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?
I loved the show and was looking forward to continue watching it.I am very disappointed to hear about the cancelation
Too bad! My husband and I loved this show and looked forward to it every Thursday! Please bring it back!
This show needs to be renewed. It was just getting interesting with all of the main characters just beginning to come together! There is absolutely no sense in ending the series before Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison even walk in the door! And we only got 2 minutes of Carl Perkins, who would make a compelling story with the car accident, rivalry with Elvis, and the actual Million Dollar Quarter session. So many ideas for the next 8 episodes – you can’t quit now!
Love this show!! I just saw that season two was cancelled. Please bring back.
I loved Sun Records. Please bring it back. My daughters loved the show also. I looked forward to watching it ever week. We need more shows like this on tv. Please give it a chance.
I am a big fan of the series and was disappointed to hear of the cancellation!
I was hooked! Very disappointed that it’s cancelled. Hope it comes back
I am very upset that Awesome TV Series just get cancelled. Nashville is awesome even though they killed off Rena but again I luv Sun Records n it’s a shame series bringing back memories of Iconic Music n Stars won’t b back for a S 2. I rated all eps on IMDB 10 bc I enjoyed the EPS each week reminding me of the music from that Era. So sad
I need It!
Only thing I looked forward to! :,(
Love Sun Records!!
Please bring it back! Best show ever.
What a shame! At least finish the story the play is based on!
Please bring back Sun Records.
It’s a shame that it’s not coming back. So much fun. At least finish the story the play it’s based on was telling!!!!
My husband and I enjoyed this show. Was looking forward to seeing more of this story!!