As expected, NBC has pulled their low-rated new series, Persons Unknown, from the Monday night line-up. Thankfully they haven’t yanked it off the air completely. They’re just moving it to the Saturday night graveyard.
Persons Unknown revolves around a group of strangers who awaken in a ghost town and are unable to leave. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O’Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.
The TV show has been performing very poorly so July 5th will be its last Monday night airing. Beginning July 17th, it will show up on NBC’s Saturday night schedule instead.
The Visa Gymnastics Championships will preempt the show on August 14th. Otherwise, it looks like Persons Unknown will run uninterrupted and conclude with episode 13 on September 4th. Producers have maintained that the final episode will properly wrap the series.
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If by chance NBC pulls the low-rated show off the air before all of the episodes have aired, fans can take solace in the fact that they’re already scheduled to be released on DVD. Right now, the Persons Unknown: Season One
NBC has promoted Persons Unknown as a mini-series and, since it’s gotten poor ratings, there’s virtually no chance that it will return to the peacock network for another round.
However, the series was initially produced for international buyers and the studios could decide to make another season, presumably with a new mystery and group of people. The decision to call the forthcoming DVD set “season one” and not “the complete series” seems to support that possibility.
What do you think? Will you keep watching Persons Unknown or wait for the DVD release? Would you be interested in a second season?
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nope.
after the show is finished, I’m done.
but it was good while it lasted.
I love this show. Very edge of the seat kind of stuff.
Freaked me out but only in a good way. it wasn’t aliens or monsters, it was something that was actually possible to some level.
I have been looking for it the last two weeks and it’s getting really upsetting. As everyone else has already said bring it back. It has me hooked and I want to see how it ends. Come on guys give us a break finish season one and then you can decide. Don’t leave us hanging.
Really like it and miss it. Hope it will continue.
I absolutley enjoyed watching this show it keeps us thinking and the possibilities are endless for this premise. I would love to see BBC pick it up and give us a few more seasons I will be watching for it
Keep the showww! I love it! Its awesome.
Every time they come up with a good show, they pull it before it catches on. I hate to get interested in something new because the figureheads at the network can only see dollar signs. This is an original idea and given time it would probably develop a loyal following.
Love this show. Can’t wait till the very next week. This show keeps me guessing all week long and actually gives my wife nightmares after watching, how many shows can say that. The actors on this show are great. NBC, start promoting the show more and gives us a season 2.
It’s so disappointing when new, interesting and “keep you guessing” shows are taken off the air. I likened this show to The Lost Room that too only had one season. It’s a bit bizarre like LOST. This is the 4th or 5th show I’ve been totally in to that wasn’t promoted to a 2nd season. I love this show. Yes, it was slow to develop and it’s definitely not the ordinary show, but I’m hooked now and it’s a shame it won’t continue. Another unique show to bite the dust. I would love a second season.
I love this show. It’s different from all the cookie-cutter shows currently on network television. I hope they finish it off. I would like to see more shows like this one.
The lack of advertisement for the show is probably why the ratings are so low. I watch it every week and the only time I see a preview for the next episode is directly after each new episode.
I love Persons Unknown. I mean it keeps me on the edge of my seat every Saturday. If this show is set to be cancelled, let me be the 1st to say that NBC is making a huge mistake. I am a loyal fan and will continue watching until the show is saddly no more. I have been this interested in a television show since Quantuim Leap!
For all those Losties… this one’s for us! Take a little Truman Show, meets some Lost-Others, meets a little taste of Bourne Identity… meets maybe some Alias-female empowerment vs. 1984-Big Brother; you got me for Season 2!
Bring it on!
Love persons unknown. Hope they finish it. I would like more shows like this.
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Actually, very much reminds me of the British series “The Prisoner.”
I too hope that they keep the show, as I would like to see how it ends.