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?
This show was wonderfully cast and I enjoyed it so much! Really wish it would come back
Loved this show, Was waiting on Season 2. Can’t believe it’s not being extended.
Great show network did not promote it properly
Every time I find a well-acted enjoyable piece of entertainment it is cancelled. I am the kiss of death for quality tv
What a great show! We watched from the beginning and were waiting for the new season to start. How disappointing this is!
Please bring back sun records for season two the show was awesome !!!!!
Love Sun Records ~!! Please bring it back for a 2nd Season !!
Please bring back sun Records !! It is a great show !!
I loved the show
Dan Hall
Dan H
March 25, 2018
True stories involving people you care about are the best, and this television series was great! Drake Milligan is fantastic as young elvis! I hope you produce a second season.
I love this show! Bring it back please
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!
I enjoyed watching Sun Records. I hope they run another season!
This was a great show!
Was an absolutely fabulous series for CMT, much better than reruns of last man standing!! What a shame such a great story with great acting is cancelled.