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Rittenhouse has won this round, so who’s going to save Rufus? NBC has cancelled its Timeless TV show after two seasons and a hard-fought campaign by fans and the writers alike. The second season ended on a heart-stopping cliffhanger, which is frustrating for fans, but reportedly, there are talks of a two-hour movie to wrap things up. Will it happen? Stay tuned.
An NBC time-travel drama from Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan, Timeless stars Matt Lanter, Abigail Spencer, Goran Višnjić, Malcolm Barrett, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey, and Claudia Doumit. As the Time Team, their mission is to prevent the destruction of our world as we know it. Susanna Thompson, Annie Wersching, and Michael Rady recur in season two as members of the nemesis organization, Rittenhouse.
Timeless: A Look at the Ratings
The second season of Timeless averaged a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.52 million viewers. Compared to season one, that’s down by 44% and 45%, respectively. Find out how Timeless stacks up against other NBC TV shows.
Time’s up for Timeless: NBC has officially passed on making a third season of the show, EW has learned.
The cult-favorite time-travel drama has been axed by the network after a lengthy decision-making process in which the network and studio Sony Pictures Television tried to find a financially agreeable path to renew the show for weeks.
Thursday’s news will surely be disappointing for fans because the season 2 finale ended on a major cliffhanger. All may not be lost, however: Sources say there are discussions about wrapping things up in a two-hour movie, but those talks have been going on for awhile and it’s unclear if anything will come of them.
What do you think? Will you watch a movie to wrap up the storyline? Should NBC have cancelled or renewed Timeless for season three? Sound off in the comments.
This show was awesome
Well NOW I’ve just had enough. This is just horrible. Now there’s nothing to watch.
What a shame Timeless has been cancelled. Great cast, witty, funny. All had good chemistry which you do not find. Written very well and educational. My kids learned and peaked there interest in finding out more about history. I would consider cancelling other tv shows before Timeless! Thank you for the short run and I do hope they would reconsider. A quality show which we do not see anymore. Shame, shame. Please put closure to Timeless and have a 2-hr finale.
Only half of the mission is complete. First we #SaveRufus in the two part holiday event, then we #SaveTimeless! One step at a time. As one of the Sony co-presidents recently stated on Twitter: “We’re not done yet.” Find all the information about the campaign here: http://www.savetimeless.com.
Timeless was a good show to learn more about actual history. I did not know that it was up for cancellation. If I would have known more about being able to vote for a show to be renewed, I definitely would have voted to renew Timeless. I will definitely watch a movie for Timeless! But I really wish that there would be a new decision to bring back Timeless for more seasons!
Good cast, good stories. Wish I had known about the fan “save the show” campaign. My husband and I would have participated. We would absolutely watch a tying up the ends/closure movie or 2 or 3!!
The #SaveTimeless campaign is still ongoing! You can find all the info about it here: http://www.savetimeless.com
I really enjoyed Timeless. I am sorry to hear that it will not be renewed. I was really looking forward to watching season 3. I will most definitely watch the movie if they make one.
I watched this show with my grandkids and it got them interested in history . Also it always had a good story line . I would watch a movie if it came out . PLEASE return this show for season 3 . There isn’t much you can watch anymore on TV as a family .
I really enjoyed this show, but really how many scenarios can you come up with, seemed like they were already grasping at straws.. smh but I’m in for a movie, when and where!
Among all the repetitive junk on television, there are only about a dozen excellent, interesting and different series out of hundreds. Timeless is one of them. Cancelling it is a crime. Perhaps the genius is to replace it with another dysfunctional family comedy.
If all you’re offering is a movie then yes I’ll watch but you’re taking away a really great show. I very much looked forward to watching and loved being entertained and learning history each week. How can you take that away. Before removing something popular try moving the tv spot and see if that changes things. Sometimes that is all it is. I hope another network picks it up.
This show is one of my favorites!! My teenage daughter and I watch it together. PLEASE renew. This is such an amazing show!
PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE- Renew for 3rd season!
My son and I bond over this show and it’s charac
I could go either way. Other than Goran I wasn’t too invested in the characters. It was getting very boring same old thing every week. Not too upset. Let it go.
Timeless should not have been cancelled. This is a great entertaining show reminding us of a little history. I thought it was great. Sad to see it go, while other shows that don’t teach anything still go on (boring!!!) I hope there is a movie to see what finally happens to everyone and Writtenhouse?
You have got to be kidding! This will go in history as the greatest betrayal of a cliff hanger episode not being resolved. That cliff hanger was so great I watched it several times, not to mention the future DVD sales. This was such a great educational show encouraging further learning, I guess the next show produced on NBC will be a deep and thought provoking show such as a reality show titled something like “Who made the real fart”.