Airing on FOX on Monday nights, Houdini & Doyle recently completed its first season. Will the series be returning for a season two? Should there be a second season?
A mystery adventure series, Houdini & Doyle revolves around the uneasy partnership of two legendary figures of the early 20th Century. Harry Houdini (Michael Weston) is a master magician and paranormal debunker while famed author Arthur Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan) is a paranormal aficionado. They’re teamed with Constable Adelaide Stratton (Rebecca Liddiard) to solve cases that may have roots in the supernatural.
Looking at the ratings, it’s clear that Houdini & Doyle wasn’t a big winner for FOX. However, the network didn’t produce the series so it presumably didn’t cost them a lot either.
The show was produced by a number of companies and aired in the UK and Canada, as well as the United States. Because there are so many pieces of the financial puzzle, the show’s fate is difficult to predict. We’ll have to wait and see on this one.
But, what do you think? Should Houdini & Doyle be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Were you satisfied by the first season finale or, do you want more?
8/2 update: FOX has cancelled Houdini & Doyle after one season. Details here.
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38 Comments on "Houdini & Doyle: Cancel or Renew for Season Two?"
Please bring this show back it was awesome!!!!!
This was a great show – how can you cancel something so entertaining? I really looked forward to something my husband and I enjoyed watching together. It had great story plots – bring it back on any network, I’d watch it!!!! some of us do NOT like reality shows, which are just plain awful.
If Houdini and Doyle cannot put back on, then I will not step down until it does or other network will take over that.
Houdini and Doyle deserves to be renewed. it was one of few shows that I actually watched and enjoyed. I heard it was cancelled and I hoped it was a joke, but I also heard that Netflix took over the rights to it….
Please bring back Houdini and Doyle. I loved it and was looking forward to a second season. I loved the female constable Adelaide , she was before her time.
Thank you K
Please renew Houdini & Doyle. One of my favorite TV Series. Thank you.
They take off the good stuff and leave the crap on. Maybe that’s why more people watch cable shows!
Houdini and doyle was a good family program please renew for another season I really enjoyed it and my husband liked watching it also we also liked the cop she wasgreat at her acting job well done by all
after i watched the first episode, i liked it just enough to want to watch the next one and then i was hooked. i liked the way their personalities are, it was great watching them as they slowly came together on the job, personalities, and still getting to know each other outside of the work they have together..i hope it really is not cancelled..
Please renew this show. I love the stories and the actors. It was nice to see a show that didn’t have graphic violence and was more family friendly. I looked forward to seeing it every week. Please get it back on the air and give it time to get a better following.
For all of you out of the loop, THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED! Yes, THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED.
i really liked the show and was looking to a new season. being a fan of both the real ones I thought it was a lot like holmes stories i looked and the only other show I watch on fox is bones most of your shows are cartoons and their is a cartoon network I noticed all of renewed shows I really do not like so good bye fox
It took me a few episodes to get into the characters and the name of the show is terrible
All that said I really like the show and am very disappointed that it’s been cancelled
Maybe Netflix would pick it up
from episode one to ten fair to fantastic!!!
The only reason I didn’t watch earlier was the name
Patricia Kudish
They need to cancel it! It was a god awful show,I stopped watching it after 3 episodes. The worst was the actor playing Houdini,now he was especially awful!. If they recast Houdini and have him married like in real life and make this a dark and gritty and little scary it could be a great show and not the awful crap show it was.