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.
PLEASE renew it!!! The show is so different from the mundane, repetitive, poorly scripted, predictable other crime shows. The dynamic between characters is amazing. The plots are different, interesting, fascinating. It holds my attention throughout, makes it difficult to predict the endings, something other shows don’t have. It’s not gory or overly sexual. It reminds us of how far women have come. I find it intriguing without giving me nightmares or boring me to death by giving away the end before the show really starts! The subtle supernatural theme is fun, the threads of history and period science, character and… Read more »
My husband and I love, love, love the show. Please renew it.
Yes please bring back the show …. I really enjoyed it … The stories the settings the characters were different and interesting… Instead of the same old reality shows or blood and gore!!!!
Please renew!
The character development is well done. The plots are interesting. The setting is refreshing. Overall, this is a very enjoyable show to watch. Worth renewing for another Season!!!
PLEASE bring back a season 2!!!!!! This show is unique and entertaining and got better as the series continued!!!
Definitely liked this series it’s nice to have a show that isn’t about CSI or police drama. I felt like it got better as the story developed and the story writers could go so many places with it. Loved that it included other famous people like bram stoker, tom Edison and all these different legends. They were able to make it dark, moody and suspenseful yet never gory. They were able to mix so many legends and tall tales along with real life drama like tuberculosis, being a widow, spiritualism, etc and make it all seem believeable. Monday nights were… Read more »
I thought the series got better with age, and the idea of missing a new level with Doyle re-starting the Sherlock Holmes character would be very disappointing. I’d actually pay for this programming. Sometimes a new timeline can be a whole new chapter of fun. Look at Star Trek the movies.
I really like the show. It’s television, it doesn’t have to be perfect. I want to be taken away to another time, another place. I like the way they bring in characters that are real people from the time period. It’s way better than another ridiculous reality show! RENEW HOUDINI & DOYLE, please.
Although there are problems with time period props, and the idea of a woman working out of Scotland Yard as a full Detective is a fantasy, this is primarily entertainment. We see famous people, Bram Stoker, President William McKinley, Thomas Edison, etc. included in some plots. This is a plus. The minus is that Houdini is far too modern a man for this period piece set in the Ragtime era. (which has not materialized yet) How about a Scott Joplin plot?
Love season 2! It was just an entertaining show…and sometimes that is just the ticket. Tired of upheaval or drama all the time!!
I enjoy the show …I hope it’s renewed
Houdini and Doyle should definitely be renewed. I thought the stories were really good and the characters are really good also. It definitely was one of my favorite shows
I love this show – very refreshing, different, and well acted. The stories are compelling. I do hope it returns – it is something I look forward to watching every week.
This show is one of the better new series recently … Tightly written, no holes, without the usual buckets of blood and dozens of bodies, no great coincidences … On the positive side, the female lead is beguiling and a perfect Victorian damsel, more than equal to the part … The males are well cast and underplayed, as befits light British detective stories … It is a pleasure to watch and should return next season with the original cast … Bring it back
Totally agree with Jon. It was a show I looked forward to every week. Would love to see it continue on for several more seasons.