Is Second Chance getting a second chance? In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producers Howard Gordon and Rand Ravich discussed the status of their sci-fi cop drama.
The series premiered on January 13th.
Second Chance stars Rob Kazinsky as Jimmy Pritchard, an irritable sheriff who is killed at age 75. He gets another chance at life, however, when he’s resurrected as his younger self.
The series went through several changes before its current incarnation. Based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it was previously titled The Frankenstein Code before being changed to Lookinglass before being changed to Second Chance. Then, in October, FOX cut the episode order from 13 to 11.
In the interview, both Gordon and Ravich addressed the episode cut, saying it has nothing to do with FOX canceling the series early:
First of all they’re spending money on reshoots, which is great. You don’t do that for [a show you don’t believe in], but it’s also put right after American Idol. We got the Empire slot. There is not a better slot on Fox, so if that’s not a show of faith. … It really is a scheduling issue. They offered us 13 [episodes]. They said, “Do 13, but we only have 11 continuously.” For storytelling purposes we said, “So, then let’s not do it.”
Ravich added that it was them who “begged” the network to reduced the episode order so they could better tell the story:
It was our choice to tell the story in the way it should be told and not have these two little episodes hanging out there that had no meaning.”
The premiere of Second Chance did okay in the ratings, receiving about 4.7 million viewers.
What do you think? Did you watch the premiere of Second Chance? Would you continue watching the series?
great show. I hope it will last…
Well I sure hope it stays around…I was intrigued from the first episode and I feel like they’ve got a lot of different story lines to play with
I just googled ‘did second chance get cancelled’ because it’s not on tonight and I look forward to it since the very first episode… I really enjoyed the second episode even more and I like the fact that they are not into dragging plot lines on and on and look forward to the progression of the son cop realizing that his brother is his DAD! Not a spoiler ~ we as the audience are made aware of it and the brother seems to be picking it up. The OCD computer whiz in nice but the rebirth of the possible redo… Read more »
We really love this show and are recording the series! Yes, it’s an old premise, but this show has a great new spin on it!
Absolutely love this show.
How can they not like the show! All my friends loves it!!!!
Would love to see this show stay on the air. I really liked it.
I just happen to find it in the guide. They needed to promote it more.
I liked it and hope it’s not cancelled.
I liked it a lot. I saw an advertisement for the t.v. show during a football game. I am glad I saw it. I missed the episode when it premiered, but I watched it on Uverse OnDemand. It was great and interesting. I would watch it live next week, if I don’t forget. I am glad Uverse had it on Demand, but I believe the pilot episode will be available up to the 16th, Saturday. Maybe it had 1-16-2017 instead of 2016. I just believe a pilot episode should be available for viewing for more than 3 days if the… Read more »
Second chance is a 3rd rated show. Amateur writing that targets brain neutered audience. That’s 40 minutes of my previous life lost!!!
YES!!! LOVE Second Chance – my new fav!!!
Loved it! 🙂
Fox has a winner with this show. Absolutely loved it.
Please don’ t cancel!!!
Love it!!!! Hopefully it sticks around!!!