HBO has renewed their low-rated drama The Leftovers for a third season but that will be the end of the series.
Here’s the press release:
HBO RENEWS THE LEFTOVERS FOR A THIRD AND FINAL SEASON
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10, 2015 – HBO has renewed the critically acclaimed drama series THE LEFTOVERS for a third and final season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Created by Damon Lindelof (Emmy® winner for “Lost”) and Tom Perrotta (Academy Award® nominee for “Little Children”), the series is produced for HBO by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television.
“It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome back Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta and the extraordinary talent behind THE LEFTOVERS for its third and final season,” said Lombardo. “This show has proven to be one of the most distinctive HBO series and we are extremely proud of its unrivaled originality, which has resulted in such a passionate following by our HBO viewers. We admire and fully support Damon’s artistic vision and respect his decision to bring the show to its conclusion next season.”
“I have never, ever experienced the level of creative support and trust that I have received from HBO during the last two seasons of THE LEFTOVERS,” says Damon Lindelof. “Tom, myself and our incredible team of writers and producers put tremendous care into designing those seasons as novels unto themselves…with beginnings, middles and ends. As we finished our most recent season, it became clear to us that the series as a whole was following the same model…and with our beginning and middle complete, the most exciting thing for us as storytellers would be to bring THE LEFTOVERS to a definitive end. And by ‘definitive,’ we mean ‘wildly ambiguous but hopefully mega-emotional,’ as all things related to this show are destined to be.
“On behalf of our incredible crew and superb cast, we are all tremendously grateful that HBO is giving us an opportunity to conclude the show on our own terms…an opportunity like this one rarely comes along, and we have every intention of living up to it. One more thing. We are blessed by the unwavering support of our fans and the incredibly powerful voice of the critical community. We feel absolutely privileged to heat up one last helping of leftovers.”
In the second season of THE LEFTOVERS, the show expanded on the original concept of The Rapture that was explored in Tom Perrotta’s bestselling novel of the same name, continuing to focus on the ways ordinary people react to inexplicable events. Season two told a tale of two families, the Garveys and the Murphys, whose lives intersected in surprising ways, following the Garveys from New York to eastern Texas, where one small town, nicknamed “Miracle,” and its residents had been spared during The Departure.
The finale of the second season of THE LEFTOVERS debuted Dec. 6 on HBO. Among the critical praise, the New York Times hailed THE LEFTOVERS as “outstanding” and referred to it as a “master class,” while HitFix.com deemed the show “TV’s best drama,” as well as “powerful, immersive.” The Hollywood Reporter said that “every performance is superlative,” and TVLine.com hailed the series as “breathtaking, audacious, innovative.” Season two has been included in many Best of 2015 critics’ lists, while Vulture.com has lauded THE LEFTOVERS as “one of the great dramas in American television.”
Season two series regulars included Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Margaret Qualley, Chris Zylka, Regina King, Kevin Carroll, Jovan Adepo and Janel Moloney.
Season two credits: THE LEFTOVERS is produced for HBO by White Rabbit in association with Warner Bros. Television; created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta; executive produced by Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta, Mimi Leder, Tom Spezialy, Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey; co-executive producers, Gene Kelly, Jacqueline Hoyt, Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa. Lindelof serves as showrunner.
What do you think? Do you like The Leftovers series? Do you think that season three should be the end?
I mentioned elsewhere that I wouldn’t be surprised if this show got cancelled after seeing the second series. The first series was watchable and tolerable but the second was almost like watching a different show entirely. It was a bit if a mess, they even changed the opening titles. Eugh! No wonder people turned off.
I love Leftovers – it’s mystery is so compelling = should be renewed. Loved it…. bring it back….always looked forward to the next episode…love the characters…
Best religious / mystery show on t.v. I’ve ever seen! This show could have gone on as long or longer than super natural! Amazing acting even better directing.. So sad the Leftovers only made it to season 3.. People or corporate people who cancel shows like this have no idea what great t.v. is…… #bringitback same goes for true blood amazing show could have went 4 more seasons easily… Instead we’re stuck with Veep.. What a **** show that is.
This is one of the worst shows ever on hbo. How its survived is confusing. Its not some critical darling either. Not even 80 on RT. The ratings suck. Such bs spin.
Really like this show and hate to see it end!
I can’t walk out my door. I depend on tv. Oh my gosh I like this show leftovers so origanal and different. Please I heard it’s done noooo I cried why such great writing and story. Please please continue.
Don’t cancel; rebrand it, advertise it more effectively.
Please do not cancel The Leftovers. It’s a great show with innumerable possibilities.
I love this show and do not think it should end I am so addicted to this show and absolutely would love to continue it
Some of the best quality acting I’ve ever seen in television. I can’t even single it the best actors; they are all phenomenal!
So sad to here this show will be ending next season! Love the writing, weird characters, and the Guilty Remnant! Way better than that terrible vampire crap True Blood that lasted 7 seasons (I kept thinking why is this still on??)
Hahahaha, if it was cancelled it would have made the imfamous line, “what in the hell is going on, John?” Of course John says, I don’t really know? Hahahahahaah, because really does anyone really know, so the real joke would be on the audience! Hahahahahahahaha
Hurrah! Now if you DONT put it against the walking dead, THEN you will truly see how many are having to watch this ON DEMAND instead of at the time slot.
This show is phenomenal! Love it!
Fantastic!
YESSS! I am so extremely happy that we will get one more season, which I was afraid wouldn’t happen. I love this cast and the writing, so I’m just very happy to have to look forward to one more year! 😀