User blog comment:NedWolfkin/My Thoughts on Channel Zero's Cancelation/@comment-38454773-20190311081127/@comment-36627132-20190311090405

Actually, as far as I know, only the first two seasons were based on actual Creepypastas while the final two were simply "inspired" by it.

As for season one, I wouldn't suggest watching it to even the biggest Candle Cove fan. You'll pretty much spend the entire time sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for a Candle Cove clip to come on the screen, and feel pretty dissatisfied by how little of it is shown.

I think the critics who praised it were unaware of its source material.

SPOILER: They made a lot of changes to the Candle Cove story, the worst offender being how they destroyed the ending of the original story. Instead of Candle Cove having mysterious origins, Channel Zero gives us a Jeff-like bullied-kid-becomes-special-kills-his-bullies-then-creates-the-show origins.