The television business is a tough one with few TV shows surviving to see a second season. Will The Leftovers on HBO be one of the lucky ones? Will it be renewed for a second season or will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.
Based on the bestselling novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers follows what happens when 2% of the world’s population abruptly vanishes without explanation. The remaining population struggles to come to terms with what it means to be left behind.
The large cast includes Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Chris Zylka, Margaret Qualley, Emily Meade, Max Carver, Charlie Carver, Annie Q, Chris Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Michael Gaston, and Amanda Warren.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
8/13 update: HBO has renewed The Leftovers for a second season.
Final season averages: 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.6 million total viewers.
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What do you think? Do you like The Leftovers TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season two?
I f@cking love this show!!
I love the Leftover
Love it. Can’t wait for more.
I gave up on this show after the 3rd episode. I am so glad that I did. From what I hear from folks that watched a few more episodes, I got lucky before wasting anymore of my life on this terd of a show.
Love it. Justin Theroux is riveting to watch. Who knows what’s going on, but still, amazing acting. So glad it’s being renewed
I have trouble understanding why anyone would not enjoy this show. I sincerely believe it is a very powerful, well acted, thought provoking and fascinating series. I have to say it is one of the finest shows on TV and would put into my top 10 of all times, and this is just season 1.
Yes. The Leftovers is great! Season 2 is absolutely necessary! Why is the finale airing on same night as NFL opening Sunday? Was looking forward to watching it on this holiday weekend, but no.
I like new HBO series and have been impressed by originality, acting quality, and uniqueness. The leftovers has good acting but the plot is not interesting. In rect, it is irritating. There are unique characters but they do not evolve and are not believable. So I will be deleting my saved episodes and hope for a better series in the future.
Love it
I’m truly on the fence with this one. I find myself mildly annoyed at the end of every episode, because there are so many bizarre and seemingly random bits and pieces thrown into the mix. I abhor Amy Brenneman’s character, because she is such a talented actress, and this role is empty, dull, and not flattering for her at all. Despite my disappointment in the show so far, I’ve come back every week because I want to know what hell is going on. Eventually, I expect that I will get tired of being toyed with like we were on Lost,… Read more »
Worst HBO series I have ever seen. I am still watching it because I am trying to figure out
what it is all about. Maybe that is why other people are watching this series but are really not loving it.
I really like the show and the way the characters are presented. The way the story gets unveiled, in a non linear way just adds more to the weirdness of it all. The sorrow and disfunctional atmosphere is what draws me in, I love the fact that the characters are relatable and easy to love or dislike. It centers in the humanity of each character and the way this “rapute” affected their lives, not about the incident itself. I like disfunctional characters who have everything to lose and still try to prove themselves right. I JUST LOVE THEM I would… Read more »
I love it. The characters are difficult, complex, and easy to dislike. but the story line is so perfectly elusive I just keep coming back for more. Makes sense though, isn’t that what happened with Lost? Anyway, I just started the book to help me fill in some gaps. I am realizing quickly, there aren’t very many gaps -it’s just life for these people. I just hope we get some amswers about Garvey and his dad. I don’t need Jesus to reveal himself but I do want to know if Garvey is shizzo, or, if he’s magical! Ha. Bring on… Read more »
WORST TELEVISION SHOW EVEEEEEEERRRRR!!!!!!!! What’s HBO thinking???? Good Lord, people have officially ran out of ideas for tv shows. It is pathetic, boring, slow, confusing, senseless, hopeless, ridiculous and stupid! Yuck!
THANK YOU Smart Cookie. This show was “pathetic, boring, slow, confusing, senseless, hopeless, ridiculous and stupid” and I was also stupid enough to watch the entire season. What I want to know is what that Lost creator is using to blackmail execs at HBO into falling for his brand of “mystery without an explanation”. I suppose once again, its supposed to be about “character” and them “living in the now.” I say give that boy a new job writing mysteriously compelling commercials.
I have watched every episode. A commercial caught my attention too. I still don’t know what this is about – except it’s about these weird people after 2% of the population disappears. It makes absolutely no sense and I wouldn’t be upset if it didn’t renewed.