Earlier this month, Sleepy Hollow showrunner Mark Goffman left the series after two seasons. The show’s ratings were way down in season two and word was that the network would cancel Sleepy Hollow if a suitable replacement showrunner couldn’t be found.
Today, FOX announced that Sleepy Hollow had been renewed for a third season of 18 episodes. Clifton Campbell, who created The Glades, will take over as showrunner.
A supernatural police drama, Sleepy Hollow follows Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison), a patriot who was killed 230 years ago. He finds himself resurrected in modern day and partners with a female police lieutenant. Unfortunately, the Headless Horseman has also returned. The cast includes Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, Clancy Brown, John Cho, and Richard Cetrone.
Here’s the renewal press release:
“SLEEPY HOLLOW” PICKED UP FOR A THIRD SPELLBINDING SEASON ON FOX
Veteran Television Producer Clifton Campbell Signs On As Executive Producer and Showrunner
FOX has renewed mystery-adventure series SLEEPY HOLLOW for a third season, it was announced today by David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. Television producer Clifton Campbell has signed on as executive producer and showrunner.
“SLEEPY HOLLOW is truly inventive television. The talented producers – led by Alex, Bob, Len and Heather – along with the brilliant cast, anchored by Nicole and Tom, have created a fantastic world that brings ‘history’ to life with compelling and vibrant storytelling,” said Madden. “I had the pleasure of working with Clifton on both ‘The Glades’ and ‘White Collar.’ He is an excellent producer, and we can’t wait to see what this team has in store for Season Three.”
Campbell joins the series after serving as creator and executive producer of “The Glades” and co-executive producer on “White Collar.”
The jaw-dropping conclusion of Season Two left Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and Lieutenant Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) with a decisive, albeit heartbreaking, victory over evil. In the name of good, Crane made the ultimate decision to kill his wife, Katrina Crane (Katia Winter). With evil seemingly at bay, the third season will explore how the partnership between Crane and Mills will evolve and what challenges these two witnesses will now face.
SLEEPY HOLLOW is a thrilling mystery-adventure drama series spanning two and a half centuries, in which a resurrected Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) pairs up with a present-day police lieutenant (Nicole Beharie) to save the enigmatic town of Sleepy Hollow – and the world – from unprecedented evil.
From K/O Paper Products in association with 20th Century Fox Television, SLEEPY HOLLOW is co-created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Phillip Iscove and Len Wiseman (“Hawaii Five-0,” “Underworld” and “Total Recall”). The series is executive-produced by Kurtzman, Orci, Wiseman, Heather Kadin and Clifton Campbell, who will serve as showrunner.
“Like” SLEEPY HOLLOW on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SleepyHollowFOX. Follow the series on Twitter @SleepyHollowFOX and join the discussion at #sleepyhollow. Find out more about the series at www.fox.com/sleepy-hollow.
All episodes of Season Two of SLEEPY HOLLOW are available on FOX NOW and Fox on Demand to subscribers of participating pay-TV services. To learn more about FOX NOW, please visit www.foxnow.com.
What do you think? Do you like the Sleepy Hollow TV show? Do you think it should have been renewed or cancelled instead?
Hey that is awesome news!!! I love this show because of the unique slant on the story telling and I want to see that ***** witch Katrina get hers. It is interesting combining history and horror with a sense of humor. What other show does that? Great decision to renew but maybe they should commit for more seasons so that they don’t loose the great actors to another project.
so the wife is not gonna come out no more
I love the TV show Sleepy Hallow! I am glad it is back for a third season. Please keep Abby and Crane as partners against evil, do not make them lovers! The only way anyone would except them as lovers is when the show comes to an end. Keep this show going with great plots and history, then this show will do really well for several more seasons.
YAY!! This is a fun show and LOVE LOVE LOVE CRANE!
This is great news. Hopefully, the show will get back to what made it so fresh in the 1st place. And I hope Ichabod and Abby remain tight friends, not “Witness with benefits” as so many are chanting. SMH.
Jules (and others), completely agree. Hey, tv and movie writers, not every man/woman partnership ends up in bed. In fact, in real life, most DON’T. I know, what a concept. Get a clue, keep these two apart as witnesses, give them other romantic entanglements, if you must.
You don’t know how happy I am that they renewed for season three.
Best show on TV
YESSSS! So glad they’re going on to another season!!
Love love love the show…. wish it were on friday nights but love the show
And Yah! again. After the non-cliff hanger ending I wondered if the show had been cancelled, since it kind of tied everything up. Now I still get to drool over Tom Mison – but I certainly hope they get him a new modern wardrobe, that coat has got to go!
I really love his wardrobe the way it is. It makes him so unique. If he goes to a modern wardrobe, he’ll look just like all the rest of ‘good guys’ on TV.
I know how you feel Vicki. He is so sexy and is compassionate and has so much charisma. I would love to find a man with those qualities.
I am so grateful that Fox renewed the series. Keeping the show on now depends on the Sleepy Hollow staff and the fans. So come on fans and get tuned in.
Yea! So happy that Sleepy Hollow is renewed for a third season! I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with the Headless Horseman, but please just keep Ichabod and Abbie as partners and good friends rather than a romance. I really love their relationship the way it is now.
So happy to hear Sleepy Hollow will return. Love the show. Love the characters. ….
sleepy hollow is one of the few shows we like on television, we hope it comes back. if not I just wont watch tv on Monday nights .
Just made my day….good move, Fox.
Yay! glad to hear it.