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Click your heels together three times and make a wish, Oz fans. EPs Shaun Cassidy and David Schulner are ready, willing, and able to make a second season of the Emerald City TV show, should NBC choose to take them up on it. The first 10-episode limited season concluded its run on Friday, March 3rd, with the finale episode, “There’s No Place Like Home.”
A limited event series, Emerald City starred Adria Arjona, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu, Mido Hamada, Gerran Howell, Jordan Loughran, Joely Richardson, and Vincent D’Onofrio. Isabel Lucas, Roxy Sternberg, Stefanie Martini, Rebeka Rea, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson recurred on the NBC fantasy drama, based on the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum.
EPs Ready to Make Emerald City Season Two for NBC
Every week during Emerald City‘s network run, the duo has discussed behind-the-scenes happenings and explained the details of the new NBC TV series with Entertainment Weekly. This week, they shared their thoughts in the form of a thank you note. In it, Cassidy and Schulner indicated they’d love to make more of the fantasy drama. Here’s more from EW.com.
As you have seen in our finale, “No Place Like Home” (written by David Schulner and Josh Carlebach), this story has now ended, but a new one lies ahead. Should NBC choose to make another limited series based on Baum’s characters, David and I would welcome the opportunity. If not, know that this has been one of the most fulfilling experiences either of us has enjoyed, and we remain humbled by all of our brilliant creative partners who made this show so exceptional.
With gratitude to all of you,
Shaun Cassidy & David Schulner
Executive Producers of Emerald City
Emerald City: A Look at the Season One Ratings
While Cassidy and Schulner would love to make a new season of Emerald City, what are the odds NBC will want one? Well, we think they’re about as low as the show’s ratings in season one.
In its first season, the Emerald City TV show averaged a 0.72 rating in the 18-49 year old viewer demographic and a total audience of 3.027 million viewers. As of today, those numbers mean the show is 17th out of The Peacock Network’s 17 scripted shows we’re tracking, when sorted by their demo numbers.
When sorted by total viewers, Emerald City rises just one notch to 16th place, in terms of audience size — beating out only the new sitcom, Powerless. In fact, even when compared to NBC’s non-scripted (i.e. less expensive to produce) programming, Emerald City‘s numbers leave it at the bottom of the barrel. Only Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon is a weaker Nielsen performer.
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What do you think? Did you watch the first season on NBC? Do you think the Emerald City TV show will be cancelled or renewed for season two?
i liked it hope they keep it on tv it was is a great show i will watch it if it comes back on i hope so
More more !!!! Please do another series !!!
Awesome show I definitely want to watch second season
Would love to see a second season.
Since grimm is finished. I started to enjoy this show. Didn’t think I would at first but it kept drawing me in. Love it. Would like to see another season.
I’d love to see another season of emerald city the first one was so good with many plot twists
Id be much happier if they renew grimm
Renew Emerald City. I like the plot twist of the show.
An incredibly well thought out series. The storyline, the characters, the acting, the sets, costumes, everything very well done. Please renew for another season!
Please, please, please renew Emerald City……Awesome show!
Loved everything about the show – the acting, the storyline, the costumes… beautifully made! Really hoping it is renewed!!
My daughter and I loved the series and would definitely watch again. It was beautifully made and the story was compelling. They acting was wonderful. We’d love less romance and more adventure though.
I loved the series and hope it gets renewed. Every episode was beautiful and imaginative. I loved this few point. My husband and I enjoyed the series would love to have closer.
This show was a fresh new look and retelling of an old story, with both well loved characters and ones from other Baum Oz tales mixed in, and then twisted around so it was hard to tell who was a villain and who was the hero. My friend and I watched breathlessly each week and the ending left us clambering for more! Just tell us who to write to and we will deluge them with requests and demands for a Season 2! Mr. Cassidy and Mr. Schulner, if NBC doesn’t want you, maybe Netflix or Hulu, even Amazon, would be… Read more »
My Wife and I watched it every week anyone that is a wizard of Oz fan would love this show. We saw the play Wicked that was great but this is better and I like that it has a different spin. I hope they renew it.