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?
Loved it! Please bring it back!
Bring it back. Good show
Please bring the show back . I would watch it on CW
Sun records is a great show and my friends and I would go another network to keep watching. Please keep it going.
Sun Records was an awesome show….don’t leave us hanging!
I loved Sun Records and I am so bummed if it isn’t coming back. Yes, I will watch it air anywhere!
I loved this show and hope you find s way to bring season 2 back. I found it so interested the facts I never knew if that time era and billy gardel is excellent! Bring it back people!
Yes, if I know when and where, I will be there. It was a great show about real people. Please!
Please please please continue the show!! I was always looking forward to it and didn’t want the first season to end!
We all really like this show. I told my parent which are 78 and 80 about it and they looked foward to watching it. it should be on nbc, abc, cbs. It is a great show with history and learning from young to older, everyone enjoys the cars, settings music ect. Please make it Big it is worth it!!!!! lay off of so many commercials, gee!
Please bring back Sun Records! We loved watching the show!
Please bring it back! Loved the show and the actors in it. Season 2 please!
very disappointed it has been cancelled.
Hoping it gets renewed.
I agree with everyone I’m a Elvis, Johnny cash and jerry Lee fan sun records is a great show please bring it back teach the younger people wat great music was and great singers
LOOKED FORWARD TO IT COMING ON AGAIN. please dont cancel