at a meeting with Ozan Güven and Tülay Günal, it was announced that the first season would contain 12 episodes. The first season's last episode was published on 16 June 2017. On 16 August 2017, it was reported that the series would be broadcast on Show TV. On 21 August 2017, Vatans author Oya Doğan reported on a meeting with Show TV's channel director Suavi Doğan, and announced that the series was to be broadcast after the conclusion of its second season, with 26 episodes set to be broadcast twice a week between March–June 2017. Ozan Güven later made a post on his Instagram account, stating that the second season would begin in September 2017. However, puhutv later announced that the new season would start on 9 November. International distribution The series was initially sold to 6 countries, including Chile. In October 2017, it was announced that Fi would be the first Turkish TV series to be broadcast in South Korea. From March to October 2020, the series were broadcast on ViuTV Six channel in Hong Kong. Cultural reaction Critical reception Habertürk author Mustafa Doğan wrote in an article that the series' storyline was under the influence of that of Fifty Shades of Grey. He also congratulated all the actors for their performance, except Berrak Tüzünataç. Writing for Vatan, Oya Doğan had a positive reaction to the series. She liked the first three episodes and sent the biggest applause to Mert Baykal for his talent in directing the show. Milliyets Özay Şendir believed that there were only two veteran actors in the series and criticized the existence of too many sexual scenes. Sabahs writer Ayşe Özyılmazel praised the series by saying: "Musics, filming, acting, tempo, excitement, all are 10/10". Another Milliyet author, Nazlı Mengi, criticized the series and believed that "The film series of Mr. Grey's sex and love life remained even more innocent" compared to this series. A scene in the first season's finale was also subject to criticism, during which the character Duru gets out of the shower with make-up on her face. Writing for Vatan, Cem Ceminay believed that the focus on criticism should not have been on Duru's appearance while coming out of the shower, but instead it had to be aimed towards the response that she had made to her boyfriend's question over the phone. Views The first three episodes of the series reached 3.5