Cancel your season two plans, fans. There will be no second season of the Sun Records TV show on CMT. The story is ending with one season and has already been removed from the press site. The series is set in Memphis, Tennessee, during the early days of the Civil Rights movement and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll.
A music business drama, Sun Records stars Chad Michael Murray, Billy Gardell, Drake Milligan, Kevin Fonteyne, Christian Lees, and Jonah Lees. The CMT cast also includes: Trevor Donovan, Keir O’Donnell, Jennifer Holland, Margaret Anne Florence, and Kerry D. Holliday.
Deadline reports:
While Nashville — which is half-way though its first season on CMT and fifth overall — has been renewed for a 16-episode sixth season, there are no plans to extend its companion, 8-episode period drama Sun Records, which chronicles the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, CMT’s head of development Jayson Dinsmore told Deadline.
“Originally we had planned for it to be a three-night events, and we morphed the development into a limited-run series,” Dinsmore said of Sun Records, which got a boost by airing behind Nashville. “It always was to be a limited-run series. It did extremely well but there are no current plans for additional episodes. We may revisit. You never know, because it did quite well.”
Sun Records: A Look at the Ratings
The first season of Sun Records averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 585,000 viewers. While those ratings seem low in comparison to broadcast network TV series, they fall between the other CMT TV shows we are tracking (i.e. Nashville and Still the King).
What do you think? Did you watch the first season of the Sun Records TV series? Do you think CMT should have cancelled or renewed it for season two?
We loved this show. extremely disappointed.
I loved the show Sun Records. I set my dvr in case I missed it. It was interesting to me the early years how the super stars got started. Please do a season 2…3… So on! Thanks
Please reconsider season 2! The series hasn’t even begun to tap into Jerry Lee Lewis’s recording career or what we were all waiting for.. The Million Dollar Quartet! This is actual music history. Not fictional garbage. Bring it back, please!
Loved Sun RECORDS! Agree–best show on tv, looked forward to every episode! Please bring back!!!
Loved loved this show. Was getting to a lot of the more interesting things in music history. I hate when you get invested in shows just to be disappointed when they are taken off the air. Wish some other network work pick it up.
I really enjoyed this show and thought it was very well done! Very disappointed that it has not been renewed. Please bring it back!!!
Very disappointed that it’s cancelled. I looked forward to it and it as fun getting to see how these greats lives unfolded. Please reconsider.
Elvis always gets the shaft. Elvis the Early Years was ended after one season also. Elvis Presley fans deserve better.
Elvis always gets the shaft. Elvis the Early Years was ended after one season also. Elvis Prslwy fans deserve better.
I loved the series. I have been waiting for season 2. Please don’t end it.
Oh no! I’m so disappointed. I loved Sun Records & was so looking forward to Season Two. This is the 1st TV series that my whole family has sat down & watched together in a very long time. The actors are amazing. Please, please rethink this & bring back this wonderful show!
We were absolutely loving Sun Records!! My entire family (aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, siblings and even my children!!) I am literally in shock that it is not returning! It was the highlight of week! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A SEASON TWO! Y’all really had something great. I am heartbroken and dread telling the family
We LOVE this show!!! Great writing and acting. Amazing attention to detail. Just quality tv, which is so rare these days. Won’t be watching cmt for anything else. SAD!
It was a good show. Last few episodes were, I though starting to take the series to the next level!
Have you lost your minds. This is a wonderful show. The actors are damn near spot on and all of the subplots are very captivating. I haven’t been this interested in a new series since the debut of Game of Thrones. Please dont do this.
Agree 100%!! You could not have said that any better!! The actors blew me away! Maybe another network will pick it up, its just too good to let go
Enjoyed the show. Would like and watch a season 2. Ending left us hanging, expecting more. Would like to see more on Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.