It seems Dorothy Gale will return to Kansas. NBC has cancelled the Emerald City TV show. There will be no season two. The fantasy drama starred Adria Arjona, Vincent D’Onofrio, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Mido Hamada, Gerran Howell, Jordan Loughran, and Joely Richardson.
As usual, it comes down to the ratings. The first season of Emerald City on NBC averaged a 0.72 rating in the 18-49 demographic and an audience of 3.02 million viewers. When you compare its ratings to those of other NBC TV shows, the cancellation is understandable.
Emerald City Cancellation Confirmed
While we have been anticipating the Emerald City TV show cancellation for a while, Variety confirmed it, last night.
Emerald City‘s yellow brick road to the airwaves was riddled with potholes. Production on The Land of Oz-inspired drama was supposed to begin in 2014. Although the network planned for a 2015 premiere, creative differences derailed the project.
The Peacock Network eventually reversed that decision. In April 2015, they brought on a new showrunner. Still, it seems they didn’t have much faith in Emerald City, since they scheduled it on Friday nights, and held the premiere until January 2017.
What do you think? Were you a fan of the Emerald City TV series? Should NBC have cancelled or renewed it for a second season? Let us know, below.
The show was amazing, very disappointed it wasn’t given a little more time to develop a bigger fan base
That sucks really enjoyed this show please reconsider.
So sad, I loved the cast and the storyline. Thought it was very well done.
The ratings weren’t good. Friday was its best shot, and it didn’t work out. What is sad is that Shades of Blue got renewed. Now there is a bad show with awful ratings and it got a third season. Who is going to complain to NBC?
I’m gutted!
Loved this show!
This pisses me off. Everytime these networks start a show they cancel it because of low ratings. They never give the shows time to grow. It was came on on Friday of all days. Good grief. Give it a chance it was a GREAT show.
So mad. I sent this email to NBC a while back…
My complaint is that it seems unlikely that there will be more Emerald City. I see the ratings are low. This show was amazing and improperly marketed. The settings, cinematography and costumes were spectacular. The story was layered and got me fascinated with Baum’s original books. The actors were engaging.
I know people who were confused, thinking it was a children’s show. The show is a blend of Game of Thrones and Outlander. It should have been aired on cable and marketed as such.
Definitely a fan of Emerald City. Watched it with my granddaughter. Please renew!!!
I am very disappointed that the series was cancelled
Really enjoyed this version on OZ
That is really too bad.
The acting was very good and the scenery spectacular.
A fine alternative to the multitude of trashy sitcoms littering the TV arena.
This is SUPER depressing. One of the few interesting, unique, well written shows on network TV. Amazing special effects, really cool concept, good acting, excellent soundtrack- just an all around entertaining show that kept you hooked every week. West and Tip/Ozma were two of the most interesting characters on tv in some time. So sad to see their stories cut short. But people can’t handle interesting stories anymore. They want some crappy reality show that they can zone out to for an hour and that’s it. And the networks are on board because what’s cheaper than reality tv?? Or, this… Read more »
Next: Chicago Proctologist. Then Chicago Plumber. Good going, NBC. Now you once again got nothing I want to watch. Emerald City should be on cable–where all the good shows live to see a second season.
I don’t believe networks give new tv shows a chance. It’s easier to cancel them and stick with the old and boring same old crap. I think that the networks are going to start losing viewers on all their first season shows. Why waste my time watching a show that will most likely get cut because the networks ain’t making money hand over fist the first season. Emerald City was a good show. Just like The B astard Executioner, but nope sorry we’re not getting instantly rich off it so cancel it.
That is bullcrap for cancelling that interesting show for no reason been given!
A reason WAS given. The most powerful of reasons. Poor ratings.
I really liked this show! The writers did a great job modernizing a classic story and I was excited to see what was to come. Oz was almost setup to fail being aired on a Friday night. Boo!