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?
I loved Sun Records! Someone please pick this up!
Great show. Someone please pick it up.
Great show, they need to promote it better.
LOVE this show and should not only be returned but it needs to be promoted properly when it is
I would most definitely follow Sun Records to another channel. What a great show! Sad for CMT to cancel but who didn’t know that would happen. Guess it took up too much tv time for another reality show. Boo to CMT!!!
My husband and myself loved it and hope it comes back!!
I would definitely watch Sun Records on whatever channel. It was such a good show. I got my dad hooked on it (that was good period of music) and then I had to tell him it was cancelled. Very sad. Please, some channel, bring it back!
I would follow Sun Records to CW, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, where ever it would be. Fantastic show!
Entertaining show that depicts the early careers of Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. I would be disappointed if another network, CW?, didn’t pick it up.
Please bring this show back, it was so well done. !
Somebody pick up this show for season 2!
I would definitely watch this show on any network. It is a great show and I’m tired of watching quality shows getting cancelled while other junk keeps on going and going. Somebody produce this show!
Even netflix
I so would follow to any other network! Tired of good shows coming out getting hooked and then they get cancelled!!!
Please put sun records on CW I don’t have Amazon and they’re probably a lot of people that don’t it was a great show and so is the music thanks