TNT‘s Falling Skies is set in the aftermath of an alien attack which has left much of the world incapacitated. As survivors band together to fight back, each day is a test of survival. And according to star Noah Wyle, making the series was no day at the beach, either. Wyle tells Digital Spy he is glad the series wasn’t cancelled in mid-season, so that the audience could get some “closure.” That said, Wyle also confesses that making Falling Skies was a real “slog.”
Before ending on August 30, 2015, Falling Skies ran for five seasons on TNT. The Falling Skies cast includes: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Jessy Schram, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Carter, Peter Shinkoda, and Mpho Koaho. Read on for more from Wyle.
From Digital Spy:
“I’m proud that the show went to five seasons, I’m very proud of the character arc that I got the chance to play, and given some of the circumstances we worked in, it was miraculous that we were able to do it.”
Wyle described filming the series as a “slog”, adding: “It’s a very interesting show in that in five years we had six different showrunning writers so the voice was never singular, and as a result it always felt slightly fractured and fragmented, which put the responsibility to keep up a sense of continuity really on the actors, to give the narrative some kind of sensible shape.”
And he admitted that he’s relieved it’s over, saying: “I kind of have to be slightly politic and not show my actual enthusiasm about not doing it any more, but I’m pretty happy not to be doing it any more.
Wyle recurs on TNT’s fantasy drama, The Librarians. According to Digital Spy, he was able to contribute to five episodes of the current season two, versus only four during season one.
What do you think? Did you like the Falling Skies TV show on TNT? Do you think it should have been cancelled? Would you have watched a sixth season?
I loved this show just wished they continued the franchise like with the walking dead on how they expanded the walking dead universe, I wished they would do a sequel series to the show on how things gone that if after humanity rebuild and incorporated both the Volm and Espheni technology to everyday life and possibly aid the Volm with their war with the Espheni and how Tom’s Ben’s Matt’s as well as everyone else’s lives would have been after the war has ended and so on
Just watched the series for the second time. I hate it when they can ya great show!!!!
Bring it back
I loved Falling Skies! I wasn’t crazy about the last season. It didn’t seem to fit somehow… I wish it could have continued like it was in seasons 1-3.
I would Definitely have watched Season 6! Love this series!!! Why not bring it back?
I agree! I would have watched a 6th season. I enjoyed the show. Each season and every series put all of the Sci-Fi shows together, but with a different twist and with a different view on Aliens. The show was intriguing, and with others side stories of love and human personalities. I’m revisiting the show to remember how it ended. Hopefully, with Sci Fi being popular, the show will return in some other format or interest.
I just finally finished watching falling skies I love sci-fi tv series I definitely enjoyed watching this on HBO everybody acted so well Tom Ben Matt everyone I live em
Yes I would have watched the last season six
I am a pretty loyal fan of syfy, and quality syfy drama, the show was super thrilling for 3 season, and I could feel the stress of the cast and production team in the 4th season, but I was already fully committed to the show, they did wrap up the series much better than many other shows! Thanks for that tnt..
I’m not a big sci fi fan and accidentally started watching FS and found it very enjoyable in that they stuck to character relationships which is found in great
writing.
I really liked the first 4 seasons of Falling Skies. It was a good clean family show! But the last season had more cussing AND cursing than the first four seasons put together. What a shame. Now when I watch the first four seasons, I will not watch the last season (except maybe the last 20 minutes of the last episode.
I never missed an episode and bought the series. I think it should have had a season six. Where are most of the characters now. At least they were working then . To bad it was canceled