Oh won’t you stay, just a little bit longer? The news coming out of the last day of the 2016 TCA summer press tour makes it sound likely that Cameron Crowe’s Roadies TV show may be cancelled after its first season on Showtime. The comedy series about a team of roadies stars Luke Wilson, Carla Gugino, Imogen Poots, Rafe Spall, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Peter Cambor, Colson Baker, and Ron White.
When asked about the show’s performance, Deadline reports Showtime CEO David Nevins said, “It’s going according to vision. I like the show. It’s a very different tone for us and for pay cable in general. I think it gets better, but it hasn’t caught on big. We’re evaluating what its future is one way or the other.” Other reports took a more pessimistic tone.
The Deadline report said a cancellation or renewal decision was likely to be made when Roadies finishes its first season. Other reporters tweeted more fatalistic take-aways.
Gwen Reyes quotes Nevins as saying the he thinks the show is “…at the end of its run” and that it just didn’t “catch on.”
https://twitter.com/ReelVixen/status/763842556954226689
Likewise, Candace Havens tweeted: “So if you love #Roadies appreciate this one season. I don’t think it’s coming back. ‘Probably at the end of its run’. –Nevins #TCA16.”
So if you love #Roadies appreciate this one season. I don't think it's coming back. "Probably at the end of its run." –Nevins #TCA16
— Candace Havens, M.H. (@CandaceHavens) August 11, 2016
What do you think? Have you been watching the first season of the Roadies TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season on Showtime?
Renew – we love it!
Very good show. Please save ROADIES!!!
Best new series on TV!
My hubs & I LOVE Roadies!!!
Just watched the last episode… the characters have developed so beautifully, the music is awesome, casting PERFECT, and great storylines!!! WHY would they not renew it??
Iam begging you, PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEASE keep it on!!!!
I love Roadies! Bring it back for this 52 year old man. all about the crew and very little about the band make great entertainment!
I would love to see “Roadies” come back…We need this diversion from, well, just about everything. Great casting.
I binged watched it and loved it , great music , good acting , good laughs , good sad stuff, hated to see Ron Whites character killed off, maybe it was the time slot I only caught it because I was waiting for Ray Donovan to come on and saw the Lynyrd Skynyrd episode and and that’s all it took.
Please renew Roadies! Loved season one. First episode didn’t do it for me but it grew on me quickly.
One of the best, feel good shows that I can remember, Smart dialogue, great acting and a reminder of what both new and old music should sound like. I will be so bummed if they cancel this!
I loved the show and I want season two please. I laughed and cried with everyone on the show. The show made me feel like I was back in my 20s again.
I hope it returms. I enjoyed the acting, storyline and the great soundtrack.
Please don’t go!!!! I love LOVE this show. Truly can’t get enough….
I didn’t start watching until late in series Thank goodness for On Demand! I loved it!!! Clever, sophisticated psychologically and fun. I don’t know anything about this type of music but I came to appreciate and enjoy it.
I didn’t start watching until late in the season. Thank goodness for On Demand. I loved it. It was clever, sophisticated, psychologically and philosophically and fun.
I had to record Roadies and just finished it tonight. Told my husband how much I loved it. Something so very different. I looked just now to see about season 2. I am major bummed!