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La Brea has been renewed for a third season, but the news may be less positive than we knew. Deadline reports that the NBC series has only been given a six-episode order for season three, and that would likely end the series. Filming of the half-dozen episodes will begin in March in Australia.
Starring Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Zyra Gorecki, Jack Martin, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, Tonantzin Carmelo, and Michelle Vergara Moore, the La Brea series follows what happens after a sink hole opens up in Los Angeles and takes a group to 10,000 BC when they fall through it.
With the possibility of WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA strikes looming for this summer, the shortened season is part of NBC’s strategy to bank programming for the 2023-24 season. Other networks are likely to follow suit with similar plans.
The following was revealed about the plan for La Brea on NBC:
I hear NBC approached the cast of La Brea about doing a short third season. Because the series regulars have a 10-episode minimum guarantee (meaning that they have to be paid at least 10 episodic fees a season regardless of how many episodes are produced), the network and sister studio Universal Television asked the cast to reduce their contractual minimum guarantees to six episodes, sources said. In exchange, I hear the actors were offered a release from the show after Season 3 — which they took — making them available to take other jobs. (A typical broadcast series regular contract is for six seasons.)
This means that La Brea would most likely end with Season 3. (There a small chance that the show could continue beyond that with a new family played by a new cast.)
What do you think? Are you sad to hear that La Brea will likely end with its third season? Would you watch a fourth season, with a new family at its center?
To bad. La Brea showed promise in season one, but like most Sy-Fi shows that go more than one season they run out of things to do. Enter a new team of writers who comes on board and messes things up. All of a sudden there are building popping out of nowhere. A new love interest shows up. And everything we saw in season one is gone. Bottom line, NO, let La Brea die a quiet death. We don’t need a fourth season with new faces. Unless let’s go back to the story established in season one.
Yes I’m disgusted every show they make that’s any good or we enjoying watching they just up and cut it short or just stop.making it.and let us and everyone hanging it’s getting irritating and they wonder why they probably don’t have the rating of ppl watching things cause everyone is afraid to get into a show just to get let down time after time.
Well.. At least you’ve got the possibility of a neat resolution. The writers know of the end, and it didn’t just get canceled like so many sci-fi shows often do. If anything, this is the best example for other studios and cast members. When the ratings tank, work out a deal to produce a conclusion to the story.
I just hope the series has an ending. I will watch until it is cancelled.
Not surprised. Boring characters, lame storylines, and bad acting. The plot, while not believable, was interesting ( sink holes take you back to prehistoric times ). A new cast after season three would be good. No scientists, no one to fix the problem. Just ordinary people trapped back in time trying to survive. New location, no good natives. More danger. But MOST of all, create some interesting characters next time. I don’t care if this whole cast gets eaten by a sabre tooth tiger. At least that episode would be interesting.
The very fact this made it past the absolutely dire Pilot episodes says way more about what studios think these days than if they just took out a full page ad. Terrible acting, awful writing and up there with the best D grade films for CGI – I mean come on, how this got a second season is a mystery, a third, well someone is just having a laugh.
I agree with Just Another…; just make sure to wrap up the plot, explain everything, and provide a satisfying ending. Sit-coms can run forever, but shows like The Dome, or Manifest, and, yes , La Brea have to wrap up because their plots have an expiration “date”. these plots, while amusing, simply cannot go on endlessly!
I’m sad it may not be back. I would watch another season or as many as they make
Pleased to hear this. So much bad CGI, overacting & simply ridiculous plot lines. Why those in their “Emerald City” just let those who fall through the holes they created fend for themselves seems cruel & short sighted. It won’t be remembered or missed by many.
This thing isn’t canceld yet ? I’m surprised.
Pilote was so crapy, I didn’t pasted it…
I just watched La Brea and it is all over the place. Too little action and too much endless chit chat. That’s what the fast forward button is for.
Hopefully NBC finally learned from Revolution not to cancel their SciFi shows people actually like and watch
I saw the first episode and was horrible, i don’t remember if i saw the second but didn’t liked it and i do not understand why got renewed for a second season.
Why would they cancel it? Does Simon Coward have another autotuned “singing” competition that needs the airtime?
Please don’t cancel La Brea it’s the best show on NBC they did the same thing with manifest and they put it on Disney+ where some people cannot watch it because they cannot afford to pay the money for it so please do not cancel La Brea
Manifest is now on Netflix.
Same problem!
I like the show…although the plot has become convoluted. And I really don’t care how long it lasts…as long as it has a Definitive ending.