Castle TV show on ABC starring Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion. (ABC/Byron Cohen.)
Will ABC cancel or renew Castle for a ninth season? Per Deadline, the network must decide on the fate of the crime drama series, today. According to TV Line, Castle star Nathan Fillion has already signed on. As previously reported, executive producer Alexi Hawley has prepared two endings for the Castle‘s season eight finale. The decision of which ending to use is behind the deadline.
Hawley will use an ending with a big cliffhanger, if ABC renews Castle for a ninth season. The alternate ending is a TV series finale, which will hopefully provide Castle fans with some measure of closure, if the long-running series is cancelled. Either way, the eighth season finale will be star Stana Katic’s last outing as Kate Beckett.
In mid-April, ABC chose not to renew the contract of both Katic and Tamala Jones (Lanie Parish), reportedly for budgetary reasons. Both Deadline and TV Line are reporting that if ABC renews Castle for a ninth and final season, it will likely be an abbreviated one. The situation is similar to the FOX pickup of Bones‘ 12th and final season, although in that case, both leads are returning.
5/6 update: Word is that ABC has prolonged the renewal decision. We’ll post as soon as we hear more.
What do you think? Without Katic returning as Beckett, should ABC cancel Castle, or renew it for a ninth season?
cancel the season 9 without BeckettI do not have a sense of the season 9
They might kill Beckett or they might truly anger the entire fanbase by making the whole show a Castle novel a-la Rosanne. Either way ditching your female lead? This should be the last season.
Writer and muse is the story. Muse gone then show gone and “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”.
Maybe we will find out what really happened later?
He’s going on to write other stuff. The episode with the guy from the future says that he goes on to write more serious stuff, Beckett becomes senator and they have three (?) kids. If Beckett is on the campaign trail or bed rest, it explains an absence. 13 episodes can translate to a month or two and can totally be told from Castle’s point of view.
If ABC does not have the money to pay for the two lead characters of Castle to stay on for a final season, then end the show now. Viewers may watch a new first episode out curiosity but ratings will plummet after that. Furthermore, they should be ashamed of what they’re doing to Stana Katic.
It’s tough because Stana probably wants more money. They could barely get her to stay last season. If they write it well, it can last another 13 episodes and they don’t have to do anything stupid like kill off Beckett.
No stana no castle
End the series, but with a happy ending. Castle without Kate won’t be the series I have come to love. Even if the series continues, I will never watch another episode.
They don’t have to kill off Beckett or break them up to have 13 more episodes. They just have to explain a short absence…my favorite would be pregnancy with bed rest.