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?
Love the show and just so sorry to hear it’s been cancelled. The actors are amazing and the story line each week it excellent. Why is it that the best shows on tv don’t get the recognition it deserves!
This is so completely disappointing! This show made the world seem good again. People helping people believing in God – I’m so utterly disappointed that we are continually taking God out of our world. The show was fantastic. I’m sad.
Please br in no this show back it is uplifting we need this now more than ever . The finale was amazing please .
Yessss
It’s a shame CBS would cancel a successful show like this-just shows that it’s not about viewership, just politics. Would watch it on any network, might catch a few episodes on a major streaming network, but would never do a podcast. It’s just pointless.
does anyone know how to start an online petition to request CBS to bring this show back for next year someone there has no idea what a great show is or what great actors and actresses are!!
Loved the show! With so much junk on tv and the internet it was very refreshing to have a series of feel good events…so sad it is cancelled! I always looked forward to Sunday night!
Please work to get the show picked up by another network as this is one of the BEST shows on TV!!! Love every episode!!! Would listen but so much prefer to watch as it’s a wonderful show for all ages.
Our entire family loves this show. It helps bring us together in our busy lives. Everyone puts their phones away, we discuss how many things in the show can reflect everyday life around us. I really hope this show gets picked up by another network. Its great for the whole family.
I would definitely watch the show that’s a great idea please move forward with this idea
This was the best show on Sunday Night and extremely sad it’s being cancelled! I would prefer to watch it on TV but would watch a podcast!!!!
This was a really great show. Why do they cancel the shows that really touch our souls??
I hope another network will pick it up. So sad to see this show cancelled.
Yes I would definitely listen to a podcast of this show. It is an uplifting show, never has inappropriate language and good always wins.
I LOVED this show, and I’m SO disappointed it got cancelled. And then even the finale- we’re told it will be two hours, and it’s only one. What happened?
Mark……did you not watch both 1 hour segments!?