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?
I watch with my family. Not only is the show clever, intelligent, and entertaining, it also allows us to discuss historical events with our kids. Please bring the sow back!
Timeless is the ONLY regular weekly show we watch. We love it and can’t wait to see season 2! It is well put together and we enjoy reliving history every week. Love the characters.
I absolutely love this show. I hope it comes back!!
I definitely want Timeless to continue into a second season. There is chemistry between the characters. People always find the idea of time travel interesting and exciting. It is interesting to visit the past and future possibilities.
Finally a great show worth spending time to watch!!! Seems like when it’s a good show the networks want to cancel. Given a chance this show could get a huge following. I love all the history.
It is my favorite new show. Really love it
I hope there is a second season!! Love the show and the cast and especially the history!!
This is the best show on TV. Don’t let it end now!
I think the show is awesome and want to know what happens in Season 2. My wife and I watch it every week.
I have truly looked forward to watching this show each week. I hope there is another season!
barbibee down below says it best. very clever and seeing some old history look backs and how much has changed. very cool stuff.
I would like the show to continue to season 2!!
Favorite show, lawsuit is ridiculous, maybe if those fools had made a decent show they wouldn’t be so bitter as to sue an actually successful one.
This show deserves to renewed and I trust NBC will agree. It is unique, exciting, and the acting is well above average in my opinion!
I really love the show and would love for it to continue