Last year, TBS aired the entire first season of its Search Party TV show during Thanksgiving week. In the second season, the cabler is running two episodes of the mystery comedy series each Sunday night. With a different release pattern, can they keep a binge-prone audience engaged? Will Search Party be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.
A dark serio-comedy, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds and Brandon Micheal Hall. The TBS TV series centers on five self-absorbed twenty-somethings. After an old college acquaintance disappears, they become entangled in an ominous mystery. Christine Ebersole, Christine Taylor, Clare McNulty, and Michael Showalter return as recurring players. Season two guest stars include Jay Duplass, Phoebe Robinson, Judy Reyes, Jessica Chaffin, Michelle Sohn, Jeffery Self, Edward Hibbert, Adrienne C. Moore, J. Smith Cameron, Tymberlee Hill, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Jennifer Kim, Shunori Ramanathan, and George Kareman. **Status update, below.
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For comparisons: The first season of Search Party on TBS averaged a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 year old viewer demographic and a total viewership of 483,000.
What do you think? Did you think the Search Party TV series would be cancelled or renewed for season three on TBS?
**4/23/2018 status update: Search Party is renewed for season three on TBS. Details here.