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Can the misfits save the world? Has The Watch TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on BBC America? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Watch, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What’s This TV Show About?
Airing on the BBC America cable channel, The Watch is inspired by the Discworld novels by Sir Terry Pratchett. The cast includes Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett, Jo Eaton-Kent, Wendell Pierce, Samuel Adewunmi, Matt Berry, Anna Chancellor, and Bianca Simone Mannie, with James Fleet, Ralph Ineson, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Paul Kaye, Ruth Madeley, and Ingrid Oliver. Set in the fictional Discworld’s principal city of Ankh-Morpork, the story follows an unlikely group of misfits called The City Watch. They are forced to find the courage to save the world and surprise even themselves in the process. The series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards, and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it. Characters include leader Sam Vimes (Dormer); the last scion of nobility, Lady Sybil Ramkin (Rossi); naïve but heroic Constable Carrot (Hugill); mysterious Corporal Angua (Corlett); ingenious forensics expert Constable Cheery (Eaton-Kent); and the voice of Death (Pierce).
Season One Ratings
The first season of The Watch averaged a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 216,000 viewers. Find out how The Watch stacks up against other BBC America TV shows.
As of September 24, 2021, The Watch has not been cancelled or renewed for a second season. Stay tuned for further updates.
Telly’s Take
Will BBC America cancel or renew The Watch for season two? It’s difficult to know what BBCA and AMC Networks consider to be a success when it comes to viewership. However, given that this show is based on a series of books and they’re trying to build the newly launched AMC+ streaming service, I think that it will likely be renewed. I’ll update this page with breaking developments. Subscribe for free alerts on The Watch cancellation or renewal news.
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Loved it!!
The show was made using a loophole in a contract with Terry Pratchett. It was made by removing the authors of the show including Pratchett’s daughter whom he left the exclusive rights to his works. BBC Studios then handed them to Simon Allen who didn’t acknowledge Pratchett and took credit for the show (illegal in the UK and breaks copy right laws). It seems likely to me that the show will have a lot of behind the scene drama and personally I hope that Narrativia get creative rights back as intended by Terry Pritchett. Season 2, but only if Simon… Read more »
So much fun, great characters and great actors. Please renew.
The Warch was brilliant! Please let’s have a 2nd series
It did take some getting into, but have watched full series 1& would love a second.
A surreal take on the masters work,but it’s great.Even Will S gets adapted,I fail to see the problem.
This program shares no DNA with Sir Terry Pratchett’s work. That’s a rough quote from his daughter. Watched 1st episode not going to waste my time on any more. This show is an insult to a great author, they actually urinate all over him.
Inspired by the Discworld novels? Dear Gods, I wish the producers of this crap had picked on another series! I really do not understand why they would take great stories of well loved characters with clearly established backgrounds and then ignore all that to create this mishmash of confusion. Utter rubbish.
Don’t link Terry Pratchett to this abomination. They took his character names and a rough outline of his world. Nothing more. This show needs to fade away so we can get a proper adaptation of Pratchett’s wonderful series.
I have loved Terry Pratchett’s Disc World for nearly 30 years. Vimes and his watch are great. I’m looking forward to series 2 of The Watch.
I found the show by accident and loved it, hopefully it will be renewed. You can watch it on the BBC Iplayer