What’s next for Eyewitness? Recently, creator Adi Hasak spoke with Deadline about the future of the USA Network series.
Based on the Norwegian show Øyevitne, the drama follows two teenage boys who witness a murder while trying to hide a secret of their own. The cast includes Gil Bellows, Tyler Young, James Paxton, Julianne Nicholson, Matt Murray, and Tattiawna Jones.
In the interview, Hasak revealed Eyewitness was sold as an anthology series, with season two featuring a new story and new characters:
The show was sold as an anthology. I’m really enamored with shows likeAmerican Horror Story and American Crime. I told USA that this would be an anthology called Eyewitness where every season would be told from the point of view of someone who witnesses a crime. That meant that the show would be resolved at the end of Season 1.
The remarkable thing, though, about the show was that we know it’s a not a whodunit. By the end of the first eight minutes we know who the killer is, and in that sense what this really is — it is a character study trapped inside a thriller. So it’s not one of these shows, a murder in a small town. What that allows is to put almost all the genre components on the side and then delve in the characters and in the relationships, the marriage of the sheriff, the two gay boys, and the FBI agent and her sister.”
What do you think? Did you watch the Eyewitness series premiere? Will you watch the first season?
I LOVE THE SHOW, look forward 2 season 2. Great story, great acting, great characters. Depth and development is excellent, among the best on TV. EXCELLENT! Lots of opportunity 4 another fabulous suspensful story. Great writing n casting.
This is a great show. Do not cancel it.
I love the show!!! Hope to have a season two!!!
It’s a great show, one of the best on TV. Even though you know who did the murders you just don’t know when the sheriff is going to put everything together. I would really love a second season that continues to follow the relationships of all of the key players. There are lots of possibilities for suspense in a second season.
Love this show, finally a very well done TWO GUY show, it’s always girls, and it’s found acceptable in most cases on most tv shows, but the guys it’s harder to be accepted and I love how cute and innocent they are, it’s one of my favourite shows. I love Helen and Gabe, I just wish they’d get more hubby wife time, as well as more time with their foster son Philip. I impatiently wait a week for this show. If season two isn’t about the same town, with the same boys Helen and Gabe, I won’t bother watching. this… Read more »
Hope the show returns for season 2. Like the main characters especially Jul. Nic. Hope she returns as the Sheriff. Always have enjoyed her.
This show is awesome I love it. The characters are magnificent. Please bring back the same people. Very brilliant idea for a show.
Please bring the show back somehow with the 2 gay boys in love as a developing story.
I wait every week for this show to come on.
Love the series. Can’t miss a single episode. Hope it returns with same main characters
Yes!!! I love the show and a second season with a different crime would be great
I love the show but I can’t see myself loving it as much if it were to have different characters/actors. PLEASE LET THEM STAY
I love the show and hope it gets a second season … and that it will keep the same actors/characters and just use a different crime story!
Yes!! if they do i really hope it isn’t like american horror story , i hope the characters are the same.
Yes, love this show. I haven’t seen anything like it on tv before. I usually don’t watch crime dramas. But I am so glad I started this one.