Perhaps NBC wishes they could time travel right about now. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has been denied dismissal over a lawsuit regarding the TV series Timeless.
The action-adventure drama follows a history professor, a soldier, and a scientist as they travel through time to stop a mysterious criminal. The cast includes Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, and Paterson Joseph.
In September, Onza Entertainment sued NBC, claiming Timeless “was “ripped off” from Spanish drama El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Department of Time). Later, NBC and production company Sony fired back, saying the time-travel genre lends itself to overlap:
Time travel is a well-established genre in all forms of media. Moreover, in many examples of the genre, the generic story line involves characters whose time travel alters the course of history, often preventing bad things from happening.”
Now, a California federal judge has denied NBC and Sony’s motion to end the lawsuit. What this means for the future of Timeless is unclear. The show’s freshman season has performed okay in the ratings so far, earning an average rating of 1.12 in the 18-49 demo and 4.707 million viewers. But will the pending lawsuit ensure the show’s cancellation? NBC has not yet announced whether or not the series will be renewed.
The season finale of Timeless airs on February 20th.
What do you think? Do you watch Timeless? Do you want a second season?
Yes!!!!! Please bring Timeless back!!!!
I love this show!!!! Please dont cancel it!!!!!
Awesome show please continue it into the future
Love this show & would definitely watch a season
I love this show! The entire cast is wonderful, which is not always the case.
Love the show and hope it’s renewed for a second season ~
Love the romance, character development snd twists as well as history revisited. I truly hope it’s renewed for season 2, wonderful series with the moral dilemma to change or not change history.
Great show and should continue for a second season. I would like to see what direction the producers take in resolving all of the changes that have been made to history in their travels through time.
I really hope Timeless is renewed for another season. It is really fun and very different from anything else on TV right now. I look forward to each weekly episode and I love how they incorporate actual historical events with the modern theme of the show. It’s really enjoyable.
Wait, go back further. All time travel shows stem from HG Wells! So no one is original.
Umm, do they remember Quantum Leap? Seems like they stole their idea from us!!
So true Karen and there was a show called sliders too. Unless the characters from Timeless are the same characters from the Spanish show that has the lawsuit against them and the stories are the same then there shouldn’t even be a lawsuit
Please will all the dumb ass shoes on tv please don’t cancel class and that is what timeless is class
With that finale tonight, there HAS to be a second season….surely !!!
I really do hope that Timeless is renewed. This is actually one show I look forward to watching each week.
I really hope timeless is renewed for another season. I never cared for history before but this makes history fun and I love the characters and the writing. This is so much better than all the reality shows.