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Tonight, HBO airs the first season finale of the Run TV series. Though the cable channel has been quiet about whether the series will return for a second season or not, we now know that Ruby and Billy won’t be back.
The Run TV series stars Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi. In college, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “RUN” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together. Now, 17 years later, Ruby is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life with that text and she walks away from her ordinary suburb life and flies to New York. There, she reunites with Billy and boards a cross-country train. As their adventure begins, Ruby and Billy fight the tension that still exists between them while attempting to root out each other’s secrets.
Airing on Sunday nights since April 12th, the first season of Run has averaged a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 236,000 total viewers in the live+same day ratings. The traditional numbers are certainly not impressive and Run is one of HBO’s lower-rated series.
Though HBO’s press release for tonight’s finale (“Trick”) merely designates the episode as the “season finale”, HBO’s site notes that it’s also indeed the “series finale” (see below). While the HBO execs could change their minds and renew the Run series for a second season at some point in the future (ala Big Little Lies), it seems that the seventh installment was designed as the show’s last.
What do you think? Did you watch the Run TV series on HBO? Would you have watched a second season?
Update: The series creator of Run is still hoping for a second season renewal from HBO.
Yes, I would watch a second season!
Great show! Please renew.
Please renew!! I love this show! They have great chemistry together!! Don’t end it!!
Oh come on!! Why would you cancel this show?? Please do a second season! I just binged it and loved it.
Yes, absolutely! This was a quirky, fresh show with fabulous actors. Would love to see more of them.
We have been robbed. I will watch a second season of Run on whatever bright streaming services airs it!
Loved RUN! Yes, please continue … we need more Ruby & Billy. Almost forgot we’re stuck at home in a pandemic for 7 episodes!
Just finished the series, a joy to watch. Was confused initially, but came back to binge–thanks to CV-19 time on hands–was a great distraction–an entertaining action series, enjoyed characters immensely–plot too! Like life, s#*t happens. Came here to see if there would be a Season 2 BTW.
We aren’t sure we’d watch a second season of RUN. The finale left us feeling unsatisfied.
I would definitely watch a second season of Run. It was quirky and fun, and the actors were amazing. The first season felt unfinished.
I watch two shows, Insecure and Run and now the Run series has ended. Are you kidding me right now. Yes, we need a second series. HBO come thru.
Yes we need a second season or more! Once again HBO Ex look at too narrow a demo. I am a baby boomer but can relate to this series. Lets go for it.
Nice to know that once again looking at the wrong data leads Ex astray. We just binge watch this show. We need a second season! Or more! Think of the Baby Boomers who relate to this.
Loved this show! Please give us season two.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I’d record it and watch it after I watched my other programs because I wanted to save it as long as possible, if that makes sense. I liked the characters and their interactions. Like Merritt Wever since Nurse Jackie. Hope it makes it back, somehow.