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FOX introduced a few new law enforcement TV shows, in the 2016-17 television season. While Lethal Weapon has already been renewed for a second season, APB is struggling in the TV ratings and could be cancelled. Which path will the new Shots Fired TV show follow? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
Airing on the FOX television network, Shots Fired stars Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Stephen Moyer, Will Patton, Mack Wilds, Aisha Hinds, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Conor Leslie, DeWanda Wise, and Richard Dreyfuss. Helen Hunt, Jill Hennessy, and Dennis Haysbert guest star.
A timely mystery drama thriller, Shots Fired is a 10-hour limited series which explores the tense aftermath of two racially charged shootings in a small North Carolina town. When African-American Deputy Joshua Beck (Wilds) shoots and kills an unarmed white college student, it unsettles his small burg. As word spreads about the overlooked murder of an African-American teenager, tensions flare. Launching an investigation, the Department of Justice dispatches experienced investigator Ashe Akino (Lathan) and young Special Prosecutor Preston Terry (James) to investigate.
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What do you think? Do you like the Shots Fired TV show? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season on FOX?
5/15/2017 update: There won’t be a second season of Shots Fired. Details here.
I really enjoy Shots Fired, I love the actors and the morals behind the series. i am looking forward to for season 2 anytime now. Please work on a way to bring back shots fired.
I truly enjoyed Shots Fired, I loved the actors and they all played their roles very well. One of the best cop shows I’ve seen that I’ve enjoyed in a while. I’ve looked forward to watching the 2nd season. My husband and I watched it every week and if we couldn’t catch it right then, we recorded it or watched on HULU. Please find a way to bring it back!!!
I love Shots Fired and I am waiting on season 2. This is one of my favorite tv show.
We need a season 2 of shots fired, please don’t cancel 1 of my top favorite shows
I liked Shots Fried. It had good story line. It should take on another high profile issues
This show was very good and kept him people interested and what it really happens in the streets and what happens to our all law-enforcement’s so it really be a shame to have it be took an away
Im seriously crying right now…I just saw the word CANCELLED ..NOOOOOOO YYYYY.. PLEASES DONT CANCEL SHOTS FIRE..#ILOVESHOTSFIRED
Shot’s Fired was a great job, I loved it!!! It should be another season..
THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ANOTHER SEASON!! OMG LOVED SEASON 1 SO MUCH.. LOOKING FWD TO SEASON 2!!
I hope that there is a second season. The theme of race, the stellar acting of the protagonists kept me and my wife watching every week. ‘Shots Fired” deserve to be back in the Fall.
There definitely needs to be a second season. As I am an African American mother raising an African American son, the plot of this show sheds SOME light as to what this world had come to and how UNJUST the Justice System really is. I love the show; from the actors, the acting and the storyline. Not to mention the eye candy (Stephan James)
So sad…
I had to remember this is a fictional program. Once I came to that conclusion, I realized the show was and excellent show. Though there was some parts of the script that I did not agree with but, the acting was phenomenal. As I watched the final show, I saw the similarities of actual cases. As many have written before me, I too don`t understand why we view all the garbage shows and not enough of us view the good (black) ones. We will watch all the shows that portray us in the most negative way proudly, but the shows… Read more »
Another show they’re not giving enough time. I loved the show, great acting. Leave it alone. Stop taking off the good shows and leaving on the garbage.
Shots fired is a show with much promise, as its initial premise leads to a segway that could engage a broader perspective about the injustice of the justice system.