God Friended Me just wrapped its series finale, so what’s next? Recently, creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt spoke with Deadline about the cancelled CBS TV show and the possible future of the series.
The series revolves around a thoughtful and outspoken podcaster named Miles (Brandon Micheal Hall) whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from a user named “God.” The cast also includes Violett Beane, Joe Morton, Suraj Sharma, Javicia Leslie, and Erica Gimpel, with Adam Goldberg and Jessica Lu recurring.
In the interview, Lilien and Wynbrandt told Deadline their season three plans for God Friended Me had CBS renewed the series:
We would have loved to explored Rakesh and Jaya’s ongoing story, we wanted her to get pregnant and see how they would deal with it and what becoming a father would mean for Rakesh. That was a big story we wanted to explore. We also wanted to explore Miles’ relationship with the atheist podcaster that we mention in the finale, we wanted Miles to be lured over to work at his company to start a podcast, to see that relationship and how that would change Miles’ perspective on being someone who is a voice piece for atheism and young millennials.
The two creators also discussed how they turned the show’s season two finale into a series finale after finding out God Friended Me had been cancelled:
I feel relieved that we have an ending that we feel is satisfactory. We were in New York directing this episode and had to pull the plug and we had no real idea if we were going to get to finish. Then a couple of weeks ago, conversations with Warner Bros and CBS started to lean towards us not getting a renewal, so Steven and I crafted a plan to finish the finale. We’d only filmed five days so we had to get crafty and pull footage from previous episodes. The fact that we were able to pull it off was a pretty monumental thing, and we’re pretty proud of it.”
And what about continuing the series as a podcast since the main character, Miles, is a podcaster? Wynbrandt said that is a possibility:
Brandon Michael Hall has talked to us about that on occasion. Currently we are just winding down out of the editorial phase of the finale, so no plans currently, but you may want to keep your ears open for it.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of God Friended Me? Would you listen to a podcast version?
Yes. Loved the show. Very necessary in this timeframe with this awful virus! CBS made a HUGE mistake canceling.!
God Friended me is such a good show and for it to have been canceled is beyond my understanding. I don’t know about everyone else who has seen it feel but to me it is so relatable on so many levels which they touch on every single episode. It was very sad to see it go but I thank them for giving us closure on what happened after Ali’s surgery because a cliffhanger wouldnt had been nice like they do to so many other great shows.
So sad God Friended Me is cancelled – such a great, uplifting show – what is CBS thinking – they will be the losers, as usual, when another network picks them up!!
I was sad to lose “God Friended Me.” And I would like to get the writer’s perspective on why they handled the final episode as they did.
I Hope another network will pick it up. maybe Amazon Prime or Netflix.. This show is just too good to be cancelled
I agree my husband and I love God friended me they were always twists and turns here’s hoping someone picks it back up rather than another reality show
Me too! I hope another network picks it up soon! I would definitely listen on a podcast or anything else they play it on
GREAT SHOW GOOD WRITERS WANT AND NEED MORE WHOLESOME SHOWS LIKE THESE…………..
I hope it gets picked up by another network it was a good show
I am very disappointed in a finale. It was my favorite show and the only good caring show on TV.
So disappointed they are cancelling God Friended me. It was such a great show. Why is it the take the truly wholesome shows off the air. Truly a bad decision.
I am so upset and disappointed that this show has been cancelled. My grandmother and I looked forward to watching and discussing this show each week. There are still people who don’t want to watch reality shows or violence. I truly hope that CBS will reconsider this decision.
Maybe moving it to another night or time slot would have brought more viewers. I don’t think I’d listen to a podcast. Not the same.
I am a big fan of the show and might listen to a pod cast. ( as soon as I figure out how to get to a podcast
I am sad that God Friended Me was cancelled. Yes, I would listen to a podcast.
This was a quality show. It was very well written and it was something to look forward to watching every Sunday Night.
So very sad that this show is ending. It was my, and my family’s, Sunday night feel-good show. Something that showed that it doesn’t matter what your belief system is, doing good for others is always the right choice. This is the type of show we need, especially right now, to give people hope in the middle of this pandemic. Please, please, someone like Netflix or Prime pick up this show!
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I love God Friended me. Why it was cancelled I’ll never understand. I hope another network picks it up.
My mother and I were deeply disappointed that was being canceled. The show was amazing and the time slot was great so that families could watch ❤