Mr. Robot will return to USA in 2016 with season two. In fact, the series was picked up for its second season before season one even premiered.
What does this series owe its success too? According to Ad Week, Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, spoke about the success of Mr. Robot, and she connected the success of the series to a former USA Network series – Political Animals, which starred Sigourney Weaver and Sebastian Stan.
The series was cancelled after just six episodes in 2012. It was a bit darker and edgier than the programming usually seen on the network, but Political Animals did open the door for more edgier programming.
Hammer said:
“Political Animals was before its time: a little darker, a little edgier. The audience wasn’t ready for it. Those who were coming for Royal Pains and Suits were not ready for cocaine-addicted kids, a heavier hand in politics and for cloudier, edgier [material]. They weren’t anti-heroes, but they weren’t all nice and pretty and ‘blue skies.’ [We] realized that we had to figure out: ‘What does it mean to have some clouds in the sky, and how cloudy and edgy can we go?’ We took a few swings at bat, we didn’t nail it with the first couple, to be honest. [Rush] was an interesting, dark character in the medical world, but so what? Been there, done that before. We wanted to nail something in the zeitgeist, and that’s where Mr. Robot came.”
As for Political Animals, execs at USA did regret cancelling the series after the fact. Were you a fan of Political Animals? Will watch Mr. Robot season two? Tell us what you think.
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This is really sad, but I guess there’s to many pu55ies here in American. to even stand their ground and stand up to these motherfuckers
Absolutely want to watch Season 2 of Mr Robot! It kicks butt!
Dont forget an even better canceled series, Rubicon
I loved Political Animals! Was hoping to see more!
I actually liked Rush better than either of the other two. But again, my life always has it so that the ones I like, get cancelled first.
I hardly ever get to see what I want and many others want on shows. I’m disappoint by tv/movies on a daily basis. I’m bet you’ve seen more things you like in shows/movies than I do. The entertainment industry likes to cater to a select group and screw others over. You may be upset about tv…I plain out miserable. Too bad since I used to love tv/movies or the idea of then anyway.
I really liked Political Animals and USA had NO vision when they cancelled it. The fact that House of Cards has scored so well – and beginning in that same time frame (early 2013) as it did – proves there is a strong audience for this kind of material. I like Mr. Robot as well, the acting is great and the suspense has a very real feel to it.