This Sunday night marks the second season finale of Enlightened, HBO’s low-rated drama. Other than Curb Your Enthusiasm, Enlightened is the cable channel’s only scripted series whose fate is still up in the air. Boardwalk Empire, Eastbound & Down, Game of Thrones, Girls, The Newsroom, Treme, True Blood, and Veep will all be back for new seasons .
TVLine recently talked to Enlightened co-star and creator Mike White about the show’s fate:
So I saved the toughest question till the end: Will we get a Season 3 of Enlightened? Do you have a sense of which way the network is leaning?
To be totally honest, I usually have a gut about these things, but this time around I really feel like it could go either way. I felt like we had little chance of coming back as of just a few weeks ago. But it seems like in the last couple of weeks, we’ve had more people voicing their affection for the show. And internally at HBO, the executives themselves are big fans. I’ve met with them, and I know the pros and cons. I just hope that they’ll decide soon. All day long I’m being asked this question by journalists, by actors who are on the show, by people in my life. Psychologically, I’m either free as a bird or I have eight or 10 episodes of television to write as quickly as possible. It’s a lot to deal with. We’ve kind of been on the precipice for a while.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the series? Are you hoping that it’s renewed?
Please renew Enlightenment. I love this show; I think the characters are so good, real and human. Please, HBO, renew Enlightenment!
I love this Show! I stumbled upon this series when I was recuperating from an Illness. I watched it on-demand,so in case I liked it I could watch the entire series and not have to wait. I was hooked right from the beginning! I introduced this show to my sister,because her life is so similar to what Amy has to go through. My sis watched it and by Monday she called me to say to say ” I love this show!” My sis has 30 of her co-workers “hooked” on it as well. The story is so well written and… Read more »
At the risk of sounding like a sap, I think this season of Enlightened has been fabulous. Although much of the show has a surreal feel, there have been moments of enormous poignancy and truth. Tyler’s relationship with the Molly Shannon character is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. The interaction between Amy and her mother feels so meaningful and real, undoubtedly enhanced by the fact they are real life mother and daughter. Having said all that, this may be the perfect way to end the show. Everything is played out, Much as I love the characters, why not… Read more »
I hope there is a season 3 so sad to think no one is watching this brilliant show. Mike White is a wonderful writer and as usual Dern is great. The only reason I feel there might not be a 3rd season is there were only 8 episodes to last years 10. Tonight was the finale and the story was basically wraped up tonight, Hopefully I’m wrong.
More Enlightened please. I want there to be a season 3.
Please dont cancel this show, i found it this year and its become one of my favorite shows.
Laura Dern is amazing in this..
Love the show-please renew it!!
I love this show. It has pathos and depth that is rare to find in any media these days.
Please powers that be at HBO renew Enlightened
Love enlightenment. Hope we have season 3
To be honest, season 1 wasn’t very good but season 2 was excellent. So give it one more shot and produce season 3, then see what happens.
Enlightened is Fabulous !! I hope this show gets renewed !!
Love the show! Please renew it. I find a lot of people don’t know about it. I have 5 people now watching who had no idea it was even on.
We sure hope you’ll renew Enlightened! My husband and I love the show!! We’re hooked : )
I sure hope Enlightened comes back for season three. I just recently got into the show for the first time. I watched all of season one, and the first six episodes of season two, over about a three day period. About halfway through I started loving the show. Dern is great in the lead role, and some of the supporting cast are a riot. Dern is so pleasantly irritating as Amy Jellico. The show is at turns, funny, chalkboard uncomfortable and comforting much like Lucy or Carol Burnett. The show is just getting a rhythm, give them at least one… Read more »
the series is brilliant! please please renew it