TNT has been cleaning house in recent months — cancelling shows like Perception, Dallas, and Franklin & Bash. Will new series The Librarians be cancelled as well or, will it be renewed for a second season?
On The Librarians, Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) welcomes four new people to the library organization, to help solve ancient mysteries and recover/protect historical artifacts. Together, they fight against supernatural threats — including the mysterious and immortal Dulaque (Matt Frewer) and the Serpent Brotherhood. The show stars Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Kim, and John Larroquette. Wyle, Jane Curtin, and Bob Newhart recur in their roles from the movies.
The TNT series debuted in early December with a pair of episodes that drew a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.35 million viewers. That was a solid premiere for a basic cable series.
Unfortunately, the second week’s installment fell more than 35%, to a 0.8 demo rating and 3.37 million. The ratings have gone up and down in the later weeks but haven’t edged higher than a 1.0 in the demo and 4.1 million. Last night marked the season finale.
Though the ratings fell quite a bit after the premiere, The Librarians still performed well for TNT. It’s pretty much matched Rizolli & Isles’ demo numbers and is one of the cable channel’s most-watched programs. Though the cable channel supposedly wants to focus on very edgy material, it looks like a safe bet that The Librarians will be renewed for a second season.
Executive producer Dean Devlin certainly wants to continue with the show and told EW, “The world of The Library is a world I want to live in for the rest of my life. The more we can expand that universe and take it into surprising areas… we want to just see how far we can keep pushing the limits of where the show can go. Hopefully we’ll hear soon about a pick up soon and get back to work. We’re all chomping at the bit to get back into the world of The Library.”
Via Instagram he later said, “I want to thank each and every one of you who tuned in for your support this season. As soon as we hear any news regarding Season 2 of The Librarians you’ll be the first to know!”
But, what do you think? Do you like The Librarians TV show? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
2/12 update: TNT has renewed The Librarians for a second season. Details here.
Keep. It’s decent, fun, well executed entertainment. It’s a welcome break from too much violence and too much gore. It combines the best of fantasy with real science. It combines likeable characters each with a secret and they will (if given another season or two) become a terrific albeit dysfunctional family. It can grow and grow. The Library represents a (literally LOL) huge repository of tales, legends, myths, stories, truth, history from which the show can gather storylines. Warehouse 13 made 5 seasons and it was not as good as The Librarians. Give Cassandra, Jake and Ezekiel a chance to… Read more »
Please keep my boyfriend and I love the show. It is a good family show and it is very entertaining. We need more shows like this!!
Love this show watched the movies with my kids have been waiting a long time for more!! By the way I am over the 45 age you have listed on your viewer stats!!
A good sci-fi flick with a good cast, mix of myth and history(a good story always blends fact with fiction), and has lots of room for expansion. Please do keep this going.
Renew it, TNT!
Keep!!!
Renew it, TNT. Give it a chance to establish itself and gain a dedicated audience. Otherwise, I might think I’ve been watching Fox all this time.
Keep!!!
please keep 🙂 we love it 🙂
I wish I understood what TNT is trying to accomplish. They supposedly started years ago with their ‘we want to be edgy’ routine and promptly cancelled Leverage…what was more edgy than that? Now they serve us a ‘full-plate’ show like The Librarians that entertains the entire family…maybe not ‘edgy’ but different, wholesome and exciting…and they can’t make up their minds whether to keep it or not after only 10 episodes??? Stop playing with the fans, TNT. If you want ‘edgy’ go with 7 nights a week of LeBron vs Kobe. Give The Librarians a second season…set Devlin and Rodgers and… Read more »
Please don’t cancil the librarians. It is a good fun show for the whole family.
Please renew the Librarians! Fantastic idea, wonderful cast and amazing pace! We love the Librarians!
KEEP!!! An all-American Doctor Who, The Librarians will become a flagship show of TNT. 30 years hence, when TNT executives are celebrating the network’s and the show’s huge continuing success, they will toast the brilliance of their predecessors who approved and renewed the now-legend first season of the groundbreaking show.
This is one of best shows I have seen in years edgy and unpredictable with an very nice storyline please keep this show
Please keep it! It’s fun and has so much potential!
Love this show.
Please keep the librarians! My daughter & I love the show!!