Although CMT cancelled its Sun Records TV show after just one season, the song may continue. The Memphis Flyer reports producers are pitching season two to Amazon and The CW. A music business drama, Sun Records stars Chad Michael Murray, Billy Gardell, Drake Milligan, Kevin Fonteyne, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Trevor Donovan, Keir O’Donnell, Jennifer Holland, Margaret Anne Florence, and Kerry D. Holliday.
In Sun Records, Sam Phillips (Murray), shepherds young musicians Johnny Cash (Fonteyne), Elvis Presley (Milligan), Carl Perkins (Dustin Ingram) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Christian Lees). These up-and-coming white musicians combine hillbilly country music, with the ’50s R&B sound of African-American artists like Muddy Waters, B.B. King (Castro Coleman), Fats Domino, and Ike Turner (Holliday).
According to the report, Memphis Film and Television Commission boss Linn Sitler said Kevin Kane, president of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, paid the rent on the show’s soundstage here for another month, to give the producers time to pitch the show to other outlets. Here’s more:
CMT already paid for scripts and outlines for season two of the show, Sitler said. So, they are “ready to go” for a second season. She said she has her “fingers crossed” for the meetings with the other networks, though she said “it may be a long shot.”
About $9 million is already set aside in the state budget for season two and season three of “Sun Records.” However, if the show is not renewed, that money all goes back to Nashville in a pot set aside for other film and television projects across the state.
Sun Records hails from Thinkfactory Media. Leslie Greif executive produced the first season with showrunner Gil Grant. Barry Berg served as co-executive producer and Herb Nanas and Colin Escott served as producers. The series is based on the book, Million Dollar Quartet, written by Floyd Mutrux and Escott. CMT confirmed the series cancellation, back in May.
What do you think? Did you watch the first season of the Sun Records TV show? Would you follow it to The CW or Amazon for a second season?
thumbs up for the second season of sun records.lot of baby boomers out guys
Please save Sun Records. Love the program. Shows the beginning of rock and roll. Definitely would watch on any network!!!
Yes for season two!!!
Such a good show! Will watch wherever season 2 is on..love tbe characters and storyline. Got my Dad hooked on it recently..he loves it!
Please save it! GREAT show! We were very disappointed when it was cancelled 🙁 We absolutely will watch it if it comes back *anywhere*.
Great series , we would definitely watch it.
Marty
I think it was a great show and have real history of the stars I grew up with . I think it should have a place at CMT . Do it as a mini series .
I loved watching Sun Records I work evenings so I have to DVR it but I still watched it every week. I would follow if it went to CW.
I am so upset that Sun Records was cancelled. I really liked the show. If I can get amazing on tv I will definitely watch. I can’t believe they canceled it. This is one reason I don’t like to watch mini series. You get into it then they cancel it. CMT PLEASE BRING IT BACK
Yes I would watch. Great show for info on sun records and the help Sam gave to our history of rock and roll.
it was very good. Give it another year There’s billions of Elvis fans
I really enjoyed the dramatized portrayal of the birth of Rock and Roll- that was Sun Records! Please let us and the other 5 million people that are not aware where their music really came from….Our culture needs this musical tale, for look to where our musical trail has led us, Auto tune, digital compression, digital everything nonsense??? Really? What would Elvis, Jerry Lee, Hank Snow ,Cash, or any of those great music pioneers think of the musical landscape of the 2000’s? I believe they would think its pretty muddy and sinking!!!
This was a great show. But I don’t want to pay for it (Amazon). GO CW.
Acting and history were great!!!!
I loved it! Please don’t cancel.
Love this show, a bright spot in the waste land TV has become
loved watching this show with my husband. I hope they can find a network to continue with Season 2.