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Margaret and Todd will keep working out their issues during the 2023-24 television season. CBS has renewed So Help Me Todd for a second year. The first season airs on Thursday nights and tonight marks the 12th episode.
A legal drama series, the So Help Me Todd TV show stars Marcia Gay Harden, Skylar Astin, Madeline Wise, Tristen J. Winger, Inga Schlingmann, and Rosa Arredondo. In the story, Margaret Wright (Harden) is a razor-sharp and successful attorney who is reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage. Her son Todd (Astin) is a quick-thinking former private detective who’s fallen on hard times after his “flexible interpretation of the law” got his license revoked. Though Margaret’s high standards and strict adherence to the law are at complete odds with Todd’s scrappy and seat-of-his-pants methods, she asks him to join her firm as the in-house investigator. Mother and son working together is a big first step toward mending their fragile and dysfunctional relationship. They may even come away with a better understanding of each other at this pivotal point in their lives.
The first season of So Help Me Todd averages a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.53 million viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). In the live+7 day ratings, the drama picks up nearly 40% more viewers. When you account for 35 days of multi-platform viewing, So Help Me Todd gains 63% more viewers.
“So Help Me Todd has charmed viewers with the incomparable chemistry between Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “With the series’ unique blend of captivating legal drama, laugh-out-loud humor and intriguing family dysfunction, it’s no wonder the audience continues to grow. I am delighted that these two inimitable characters and their entertaining banter will extend into a second season.”
tl;dr: we’re coming back for more 🫶. Get your ducks in a row — Season 2 of #SoHelpMeTodd will be here soon… pic.twitter.com/LCjlg6Aj3z
— So Help Me Todd (@SoHelpMeCBS) February 2, 2023
What do you think? Have you watched the So Help Me Todd TV series on CBS? Are you glad that this new show has been renewed for a second season? Were you thinking it might be cancelled?
Thank you CBS!!!!! What a decent and entertaining show.
I love this show, can not wait for Thursday to come, to watch So Help Me Todd… Love Marcia, etc, etc, the whole cast is so refreshing, compared to all the other shows on, it is a show to really get involved in… love the legal stuff, love the clothes Marcia wears, and love the humor and serious side of Todd. So glad the show is renewed… thanks!
I had no expectation for this show when i started watchin it , but i like it a look, maybe Skylar is soooo excited in this show despite his role in Zoey Extraordinary Playlist was so calm.
Now i love the show and i like that at least one of my favourites got renew it.
I am thrilled So Help Me Todd was renewed for a season 2. I hope they give it at least 4 seasons, if the writing continues to be this clever and the cast stays on. It is charming, like Only Murders in the Building, and Agatha Raisin series. Really fun and relaxing for once, not vulgar, interesting characterizations, costuming, and the amazing Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harding as the anchor. I love her dynamic with her family, all being fleshed out in each episode. Not every show has to be dark, violent, heavy, and morose. There needs to be a… Read more »
I love SO HELP ME TODD!
With Marcia Gay Harden as the lead this is hardly surprising is it – and Skylar is even passable as well. The show just proves you can have a fairly fluff filled 45 minutes and its still amusing and entertaining without it being a vapid reality show, or yet another series about zombies or the undead. Pleased this is returing, its one of the few new ones worthy of further viewing.
Love the show
Thank you Todd! I love these two actors & together they are fun & entertaining. Looking forward to more crazy situations.
Ended up liking this show more than I thought. Glad it’s coming back.