Starz is saying goodbye to Counterpart. Deadline reports the network has cancelled the TV show after two seasons.
The sci-fi drama centers on a low-level bureaucrat, Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons), who toils away in relative obscurity at a United Nations spy outfit based in Berlin, Germany. The cast also includes Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Nicholas Pinnock, Nazanin Boniadi, and Sara Serraiocco.
A Look at the Ratings:
It’s not entirely surprising that Starz has cancelled Counterpart. The series has taken a major dip in the ratings during it second season. So far, the show is earning an average rating of .04 in the 18-49 demo and only 225,00 viewers. That’s a nearly 50% drop in the ratings since season one.
However, while Counterpart won’t continue on Starz, there is still some hope for fans. According to Deadline, the show’s producer is shopping it around to other networks.
What do you think? Have you seen Counterpart? Do you want a third season?
I love Counterpart!!! I’ve watched it through three times since I discovered it last year! It’s an interesting way to explore love, jealousy and fanaticism. I would truly enjoy a third season and beyond! Please, please, please someone pick this story up and take it forward! There’s more story to tell and many of us who would love to see it!
Definitely I want a Season 3. Love it!!
I just discovered this show recently and it has quickly become a favorite—so disappointing to find out it was cancelled!! At 31 years old and female, I didn’t once think about the show being “too male,” I was simply watching pulled into a intriguing plot with engaging character development (so hard to find, especially with all the focus put on balancing gender rather than writing good characters). Please, please bring this show back and keep the complex character arcs of the Howards, Emily, Clare, Peter and the rest going.
Loved Counterpart and am sad to hear there won’t be a season 3! I don’t know who makes these decisions but certainly not all the fans! I’m a female over 60 and really enjoyed this show and can’t believe any one thinks it’s too male or that the excellent lead actors are too old ( I read). I’m tired of seeing shows with just young looking model types starring! Really?!! Please renew!
I just found this on Amazon Prime. Excellent show, well done, well cast, well acted. Please bring on Season 3!
Its a shame that when a show is innovative, intelligent and scientifically inspired while exposing human behaviour for exactly what it is, it gets cancelled because the general populous is too dim to appreciate it. Damn. I ask, IS ignorance bliss or blasé?
Counterpart is a great series with a fantastic cast and great script, it surely deserves a season 3, and has the potential to be even longer running.
This is one of the more fascinating series I’ve seen in a long time. Thought-provoking and very interesting science fiction. Please continue with season three!
Very well done. Building plots are not revealed until they happen. Fantastic characterization and cerebral. A+
Just finished binge watching on Amazon… its interesting and unique. Hope to see season 3.
Timely with the recent Corona virus breakout.
Great show! Fantastic premise, intelligent script and wonderful acting. TV seldom gets better than this. Jeff Bezos–please renew this show like you did The Expanse.
Agreed, this is one of the better shows I have seen in the last few years. It would make a great home on Amazon or Netflix. The story line is complex but just enough believability and you feel connected to both opposing arguments within the show.
I’m totally upset that Counterparts was cancelled. I read somewhere that the series was too Male oriented. I’m a retired female teacher who binge watched and was entertained throughout the two seasons. Please find a way to continue this fascinating series.
I just discovered Counterpart on Netflix and love it!
I definitely want a 3rd season
I love this show! I hope they can find a network for a 3rd season!!!!
Best show on any network