There’s good news and bad news for fans of The Tudors TV series. Showtime has announced that they’re renewing it for a fourth season but it will be the historically-based show’s last.
The Tudors is a fictional version of the reign of the King of England during the 1500’s, King Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Other historical players include Henry Cavill, Natalie Dormer, Nick Dunning, James Frain, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Padraic Delaney, Jeremy Northam, Jamie Thomas King, Anthony Brophy, Guy Carleton, John Kavanagh, Sam Neill, Callum Blue, Henry Czerny, Hans Matheson, David Alpay, Joe Van Moyland, Bosco Hogan, James Gilbert, Alan Van Sprang, and Peter O’Toole.
When the show debuted on April 1, 2007 to 870,000 viewers, it was reportedly Showtime’s best premiere in three years. The series has held onto those numbers pretty well, attracting 726,000 for its third season premiere last week. The series has also been well-reviewed but it is an expensive epic to produce.
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The first two seasons totaled 20 episodes while season three will have only eight. Series creator and executive producer Michael Hirst explained to reporters in January that the reason was “The collapse of the dollar.” At the time, Hirst said that he and the other producers were hoping to be able to make the fourth season a full 10 episode season and apparently they’ve been successful.
The fourth and final season of Tudors will revolve around Henry’s final descent into madness as well as his tumultuous relationships with his last two wives, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. Production is expected to begin in June in Dublin, Ireland but viewers of the period drama will have to wait until Spring 2010 to see them.
Robert Greenblatt, Showtime’s President of Entertainment, said, “I’m thrilled to complete the saga of Henry VIII as reconceived by Michael Hirst. He and Jonathan Rhys Meyers have breathed new life into the costume drama by making it both modern in sensibility but also faithful to history. I think we proved that even after 500 years this is a great story.”
By the end of the series’ run, Hirst will have single-handedly written all 38 episodes. Though the events of Henry’s life are part of the history books, it’ll be interesting to see how Hirst, with his unique take on the saga, brings it to a close.
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But I was looking forward to the daughters reign
That would be Bloody Mary reign. She only reigned for about a few years. She executed many Protestants hence the bloody ref. Her younger sister Ann Boylins daughter brought peace and reigned for quite a while.
Really you’ve got so much storyline to go from with his daughters Mary (Bloody Mary) and Elizabeth the first. You have a great idea please don’t squander it.
PLEASE Showtime….! Bring back a spin off! Look at all of these comments and replies, YOUR audience is begging for more! Please, please, please bring back the historical shows, we LOVE them and are on the edge of our seats waiting/wanting more!
hey the series is on netflix for anyone who would like to rewatch the episodes
I’m hooked. I need more.
I love this show; I wish you could at least show it again I would enjoy watching it all over again !
It’s on Netflix and showbox too
Please bring this back! I love it!!!! It’s nice to escape from today’s hetic life and go back in time….very refreshing!!! If not with King Henry then with maybe Elizabeth….please consider something! Miss this a lot!!!
I love this show I hope they continue …
This is such a good show,beautifully done. Please continue
Bring it back
Watched the whole lot again i love it , its educational as well as great please bring it back after all he had 8 wives so tjats a lot of seasons
6 wives actually
King Henry the 8th had 6 wives
Its so fcking messed up . I love The Tudors and I hate how it was cancelled ****!
I so want more. I can’t get enough. There’s so much more to the historical events of the Tudor/Stewart era that could captivate an audience.
really enjoy watching the show wish it would return and show the reign of bloody mary at least im very curious of how that really played out beings how she didnt sign the death warrent for elizabeth what made her not sign?
I am just now watching it on DvD, and I agree with you. I wish they would do The Tudors:Bloody Mary years. I think that would be awesome
I have enjoyed watching The Tudors it may not be historically correct in places but is enjoyable to watch I will miss it when it is no longer on tv cantwait to buy it on dvd the complete series 1,2,3,4 .
This is the best series I have had the privlege to watch. Wish it would come out in it’s entirety on DVD. Is this possible?