Castle is currently in the middle of its eighth season, but will it be the last? In a recent interview with TVLine, the co-showrunners for the ABC series’ discussed the future of the show and this season’s finale.
The second half of season eight premieres on February 1st.
Speaking to TVLine, co-showrunners Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter addressed the very real possibility that season eight may be Castle‘s last. The seventh season of the detective series didn’t perform great in the ratings, dropping more than 15% from the previous season. However, the series is still performing decently in its eighth season, with an average of around 6.7 million viewers per episode.
Hawley told TVLine:
The reality is that [the network execs] won’t make that decision until very late. So our plan is just to tell a satisfying story and try to wrap up the season in an exciting way.”
This is a similar move the series’ creators, Andrew W. Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller, made with season seven’s finale. Last year, the team intended for that season finale to also work a series’ finale in case they weren’t renewed. Winter told TVLine that they’ll do the same with season eight, but both him and Hawley think the show could continue for more seasons.
“We think the show has a lot of life in it,” Hawley said.
Looks like we’ll just have to wait and see. Word on whether ABC has renewed Castle or not won’t be available for awhile.
What do you think? Do you watch Castle? Do you think the show should wrap up or continue for another season?
Its great. Season 9 for sure. And 10. And 11 !!!
Love Castle
Please put this show out of it’s misery.
I am addicted to Castle since the first season I love the store and yes episode have been better but there is still so much they can do with this story line I love this show I watch all the time I never miss an episode It is my favorite show I will be so upset if they choose to candle it I truly hope they decide to renew it for a lot more series to come this story is far from dead it is still very alive so lets keep it that way for many more seasons please
I always watch the show and I hate to see it cancelled but this scenes episodes have not been near as good as the past episodes.
Wish the castle be renewed and not cancelled, it is good show
I really like the show and Kate is awesome and hot. It is well written and has a good audience base. Don’t cancel a good show and replace it with another crappy reality show! Keep a good thing going. The entire cast has a great chemistry seldomly seen on tv anymore!
My wife and I have watched this from Day 1 and fully enjoy the “entertainment” the show provides even if Rick is a bit selfishly petulant for an adult male. Watching the daughter “grow” has been a very well done role. Go for two more seasons.
My husband and I watch Castle all the time…even lik watching reruns more than once. Like the other comments, having Kate separate from Castlw was such a downer and didn’t seem necessary- we certainly do not want to see this series cancelled!
Why didn’t they just have Kate explain to Rick what was going on? He would have supported her. It made no sense for her to actually separate from him.That’s why the ratings were down. And they dragged that story line out way too long.
I don’t want it to be cancelled. I don’t even want it to end right now. If the writers take more precautions before they introduce new storylines, the show will be fine. I hope it at least goes for another 2 seasons.
I’ve watched it since since season 1 & don’t want iy to be cancelled either. That being said, this season’s storyline is nothing short of a disaster! I have no idea what the writers are thinking, but they gad better un-think it very fast & get Castle back on track or it’s bye-bye for sure…
I really enjoy watching “Castle” ! It reminded me of the old Nick and Nora Charles relationship…but, why did they separate? Not a good story line, as far as I’m concerned.
NO!!! DO NOT cancel Castle!! It is one of the few shows I look forward to and can count on always being good. Please keep it going!
This whole cancellation problem was the split and separation of Rick and Kate. It was too bad that the show runners refused to see that. They can fix that by ending that separation ASAP letting the fans enjoy the 14 episodes that are left.
Castle is one of my few favorite shows! You messed up the start of this season with Kate going off on her own! I watched through it, unhappy with your ideas, finally we are back on track! Don’t pull the plug on this show!