Richard Castle will be back next season. Nathan Fillion recently signed a new contract and now ABC has renewed the Castle TV show for an eighth season. (It’s currently unclear if Fillion’s co-star Stana Katic will renew her contract as well.)
On Castle, the relationship of author Richard Castle (Fillion) and Detective Kate Beckett (Katic) is anything but smooth. The rest of the cast includes Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones, Molly Quinn, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Susan Sullivan.
The seventh season of Castle has been down by about 15% season-to-season (currently averaging a 1.58 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.47 million viewers) but it’s still the network’s fourth most-watched scripted series.
What do you think? Are you glad that the Castle TV show has been renewed? Should this be the final year? Would you watch without Katic?
My husband and I love this show. So glad it’s renewed. So many shows are so violent and dark. This show has a great cast and even though it is a crime show, it still has many light and funny moments. I hope “Kate” returns, but I’m sure that even without her, the show will continue to be very entertaining with wonderful new story lines.
I watch every episode of castle over and over, never getting tired of the stories or the actors. It would not be castle without Stana Katic . I know she just got married. I hope that doesn’t mean she won’t be back.
I am glad that the series (castle) has been renewed for the 8th season. Really love the series
I am most thankful that Castle is going to have at least two more seasons. The show
is one of the few i do not like to miss. The connection between the cast members
is wonderful. It is like they are a family and having a ball. I congratulate ABC for
making such delightful choices in the cast. Thanks to all.
I love Castle, I started watching them about 5 or so months ago and I love it. I am watching the reruns now and would love for it to stay on for another season. I also think both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion are perfect together. My husband started watching little over 3 months now and he can’t wait to get home to watch it as well. Thank you
This is a good show. It’s easy to watch. No gore, but with enough drama, and you can’t always predict the outcome. I was about to comment about “would you watch if Beckett didn’t return”, but looked at some comments and it seems she is returning. Yea! Keep the whole gang together, at least for another season. One comment from another viewer said they wanted Castle over Blacklist. Blacklist is very well done, as is Castle, but please….enough. James Spader…..a genius in his role…….but if I stay up and watch, I know I may not sleep very well. Why not… Read more »
I agree that James Spader does a great job in Blacklist. My issue is that it is unnecessarily violent and severely confuses issues of good and evil.
I hope this is not the last season everytime someone gets married on the show they cancel it. It would be nice to see if castle and Kate have children and see how that goes.
Please do not have Castle and Kate have a baby!!! Will ruin the show’s dynamics for me.
We are very glad castle is coming back!!!!! But if Kate is not on we will NOT be watching.
If we are only going to have 13 episodes in season 8, is Stana really going to have a baby? That might be the reason for only 13. The math put that mid December or early January.
We used to watch Blacklist and record Castle but Blacklist is so violent that we decided to stop watching it. Castle is great and we’re looking forward to another season.
I guess the 18-49 demogrhic likes the violence, that must be why people watch How To Get Away With Murder, another show that is too graphic.
I love castle, his cute little quirks as his boyish jesters make him so unique. The writers are great. DO NOT CANCEL
Our family has watched Castle for years.. even re-runs. It would not be the same without Stanic. Why, on why do shows try to get on without a main character, or worse, recast them. Cases in point: The Dukes, Fresh Prince, and Family Matters. Yes, I abbreviated them. No, I’m sure we wouldn’t continue to watch.. not even ones she is already in.
“It’s currently unclear if Fillion’s co-star Stana Katic will renew her contract as well.”
UPDATE: Stana Katic renews contract for Season 8 of “Castle”:
http://deadline.com/2015/05/stana-katic-castle-return-season-8-1201425016/
My family and I have been avid, loyal fans of Castle and its cast since the beginning. I realize some of the Production Staff are leaving , but, there is so much more as a married couple that can be explored. Also, the storyline could allow Stana/Becket to expand her role with a promotion or some international detective work, now that they are married Castle can go anywhere Becket’s work takes her. International police departments could request their help on tough cases and you still have the Castle “missing” storyline to build on for travel overseas. There is also Castle’s… Read more »
Will not watch without Kate!!!!