History Trivia / ForLife

* ChannelHop: ABC for the first two seasons, then [=IMDb=] TV for season three.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show never had much confidence by ABC to begin with; they slotted it in a time slot filled with [[Series/FBIMostWanted rival]] [[Series/NewAmsterdam2018 dramas]] that ate into ''For Life''[='=]s target audience, resulting in ratings going from solid to avalanche pretty quickly. ABC was planning to cancel it after its sole season, but the murder of George Floyd and a summer defined by social unrest in response led to ABC renewing it out of respect. By next season, ABC thought the show would make for great counter-programming against ''Series/ChicagoPD'' and ''Series/{{SWAT|2017}}''. Not only were they proven [[GoneHorriblyWrong dead]] [[CurbStompBattle wrong]] about that, but the events of the prior year had faded from the public consciousness just enough that ABC had no reason to go beyond season two. That being said, the show was successful enough on streaming syndication that Website/{{IMDB}} TV stepped in and ordered a third season.
* UnCanceled: The show was canceled by ABC due to low ratings, but was picked up by [=IMDb=] TV due to the show's surprising success in streaming viewership.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show never had much confidence by ABC to begin with; they slotted it in a time slot filled with [[Series/FBIMostWanted rival]] [[Series/NewAmsterdam dramas]] that ate into ''For Life''[='=]s target audience, resulting in ratings going from solid to avalanche pretty quickly. ABC was planning to cancel it after its sole season, but the murder of George Floyd and a summer defined by social unrest in response led to ABC renewing it out of respect. By next season, ABC thought the show would make for great counter-programming against ''Series/ChicagoPD'' and ''Series/{{SWAT|2017}}''. Not only were they proven [[GoneHorriblyWrong dead]] [[CurbStompBattle wrong]] about that, but the events of the prior year had faded from the public consciousness just enough that ABC had no reason to go beyond season two. That being said, the show was successful enough on streaming syndication that Website/{{IMDB}} TV stepped in and ordered a third season.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show never had much confidence by ABC to begin with; they slotted it in a time slot filled with [[Series/FBIMostWanted rival]] [[Series/NewAmsterdam dramas]] that ate into ''For Life''[='=]s target audience, resulting in ratings going from solid to avalanche pretty quickly. ABC was planning to cancel it after its sole season, but the murder of George Floyd and a summer defined by social unrest in response led to ABC renewing it out of respect. By next season, ABC thought the show would make for great counter-programming against ''Series/ChicagoPD'' and ''Series/{{SWAT|2017}}''. Not only were they proven [[GoneHorriblyWrong dead]] [[CurbStompBattle wrong]] about that, but the events of the prior year had faded from the public consciousness just enough that ABC had no reason to go beyond season two. That being said, the show was successful enough on streaming syndication that Website/{{IMDB}} TV stepped in and ordered a third season.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show never had much confidence by ABC to begin with; they slotted it in a time slot filled with [[Series/FBIMostWanted rival]] [[Series/NewAmsterdam dramas]] that ate into ''For Life''[='=]s target audience, resulting in ratings going from solid to avalanche pretty quickly. ABC was planning to cancel it after its sole season, but the murder of George Floyd and a summer defined by social unrest in response led to ABC renewing it out of respect. By next season, ABC thought the show would make for great counter-programming against ''Series/ChicagoPD'' and ''Series/{{SWAT|2017}}''. Not only were they proven [[GoneHorriblyWrong dead]] [[CurbStompBattle wrong]] about that, but the events of the prior year had faded from the public consciousness just enough that ABC had no reason to go beyond season two.

* ProducedByCastMember: The series is produced by Music/FiftyCent, who also plays inmate Cassius Dawkins.

* FakeAmerican: Both Nicholas Pinnock (Aaron) and Indira Varma (Safiya) are English.

* FakeAmerican: Both Nicholas Pinnock (Aaron) and Indira Varma (Safiya) are English.