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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 love this show. PLEASE LET THERE B A SEASON 2.
I love this show but the marketing and promition was terrible. It was a sponsonsor of a local comic convention I attended a FULL YEAR AGO and at the time I was super hyped…but I didn’t know (or remember) when it aired. Never saw a single commercial. Finally someone mentioned it on a podcast and I finally found the show the weekend after the finale aired. So, NBC, you had an excited fan (in your key demo even!) ready and willing to watch but you failed in your communication. Don’t punish a new show! Do better for season 2!
And yes please just advertise!!! No one knew about this, I’m picky about tv shows and had this been properly advertised I believe it would have done well
Yes please! Fantastic take on the Oz stories. You need to advertise the series more, had you done so there would have been way more viewers. I came upon it by accident. As far as I’m concerned it’s the best new series of the season
Impressed by the emerald city hope it keeps going I still have no idea how ratings of shows get placed never watch live tv please keep going
First NBC cancelled Dracula, a brilliant show! Now it’s possible emerald city too? Maybe ratings were so low due to lack of exposure! I didn’t even know this existed till week 3! Totally by accident. They advertise that stupid powerless show way more than emerald city. This is why network tv sucks, decision makers are clueless. They all work at stars,HBO, Netflix etc…
Yes to season two!
Love this show!! They simply HAVE to make a second season!!
Totally off da wall. Loved it. Please continue on to season 2.
I LOVE THIS SHOW! There are so many shows on TV…people just haven’t checked it out yet. It’s really, really good. It’s different and exciting. Not your typical show we are seeing over and over. ugh! I couldn’t wait to sit down and watch it every Friday night! Please write another season!
I agree that some ppl may not have watched the show yet, they should give it at least another season!! It’s a great show and they could do a lot with it. Let’s just hope and pray the channel agrees and renews!!!!
Yes!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE WORK ON SEASON 2!!! I LOVE EMERALD CITY!! ❤
I thought this show was phenomenal. It is hugely refreshing to see something so outside the box. At a time when so many shows are “formula,” I was impressed by the divergence, both visually and theme-wise, from the norm. I can’t help but think that if NBC had put more into promoting it, they would have seen better numbers. I only found out about it by accident.
I LOVED this show from episode 1. Please bring it back. Was a refreshing change from the usual on television. Please please don’t leave us hanging .
Love this show-hooked from the first episode! Finally something entirely different than the usual cops and robbers again and again.
Please renew!!
Please don’t give up on it yet. There was barely any marketing done to promote it. A little more and I’m sure a fan base would develop.
Absolutely loved this show! Can’t wait for season 2!