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The team might get another trip in the Lifeboat. After NBC cancelled their Timeless TV show, yesterday, creators Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan indicated that Sony will like shop season two of the time travel drama around.
Kripke and Ryan weren’t the only Timeless vets responding to the cancellation on social media. Stars Matt Lanter, Abigail Spencer, and Malcolm Barrett also shared their thoughts about Timeless being cancelled after one season on NBC. The series also stars Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey, and Claudia Doumit.
Timeless Cancelled; No Season Two: Creators and Cast React
Its true. NBC canceled #Timeless. We're surprised & upset. Get you a longer response later. Odds are long, but trying to find another home.
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) May 10, 2017
1. Learned a lot about TV biz in last few days. A lot of things to argue for a #Timeless renewal but $$$ flows in mysterious ways in tv now.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) May 10, 2017
2. As @therealKripke mentioned, Sony will look for another outlet. Don't know the viability of that, but know there's intense fan love.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) May 10, 2017
While it sounds like there is a chance at renewal, they don’t sound overly optimistic. Meanwhile, Lantner and Spencer tried to keep positive in their responses to the cancellation.
Barrett, on the other hand, let it all hang out, while posting this video reaction.
The first season of Timeless averaged a 1.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic and drew an average total audience of 4.62 million viewers. Those numbers could still be appealing to a smaller network or streaming service.
What do you think? Did you watch the first season of the Timeless TV series? Should NBC have cancelled or renewed it for a second season? Do you think another network or streaming service will order Timeless, season two?
5/13 update: NBC has reversed their decision and has renewed Timeless for a second season. Details here.
Great show. Hope the find a home for it. Still so much history to visit!!
I love Timeless. It’s a great show for the whole family.
Please Sony, find another home for Timeless. It was such a joy to watch. Their fans will be watching and waiting..
This was a great show. Really enjoyed watching this. Why are all the good family shows cancelled yet there are those shows that are nothing but sex and drugs. Cancel those. If you cancel, I hope there is another channel that will pick it up.
It continues to amaze me how the networks are quick to judge the value of a show based on the abstract ratings and viewer numbers. Often good programs are put in difficult time slots against very popular shows on other networks. Perhaps NBC should try it in a different time slot against different competition and see how it does without simply swinging the axe.
Considering all the crap on nbc (the only bright spot is “Saturday Night Live”), seems they would want to keep a quality show (regardless of ratings). Give the show a chance.
“Please say it ain’t so Eric! Say it ain’t so!”
NBC are the same same genius’s that axed Star Trek
The CW would be a natural home. You’re already up there in Vancouver now.
For goodness sake recognize where your biggest hidden niche market is: preteen girls and 50+single women. Wyatt & Lucy are epic to them both but preteen school nights need a 9E/8C time slot and the same with with those working 50+ single women. THEN you’ll see live ratings skyrocket!
Timeless tells a really good story and at the same time presents some actual history. I hope that the series finds a home elsewhere. My grandkids enjoy the show and I love that they are also learning while being entertained,
What part of NBC CANCELLED IT don’t some of you get? It could end up on another channel or a cable channel, but NBC IS DONE WITH IT! maybe someone else will pick it up. What’s not to like? How about Horrible ratings, ridiculous dialogue and stories, and the fact that it had a very strong lead in show(The Voice) and ratings were terrible?
As I have written in the past, Timeless is both entertaining and educational. The show inspired me to see “Hidden Figures” and to read “The Devil in White City”. Just loved learning about little known instances and characters in our history. What’s not to like? Science, adventure and a little romance. Please bring it back.
How about that the ratings STINK? 16 episodes and it does a 1.10? With The Voice as a lead in? How awful might it have done on Wednesdays at 8 pm(which was where NBC moved Blindspot to give Timeless the lead in?) How about Shades of Blue ratings(which are a disgrace)?
Love that show.Never miss it.My wholè family loves it.
Please do not cancel
Loved the show, it was not only entertaining, but also gave a brief history lesson. That is something that is needed.
Please, someone pick up this GREAT series. You will have an extremely loyal fan base to go with it. #savetimeless
Such a good show don’t understand why it was cancelled.
YES please find another home! Try CW or FOX!
FOX is becoming a lousy network like many of the other networks. Look at all the shows that was just cancelled on FOX; APB, Rosewood, Sleepy Hollow,etc. No, these lousy networks rather put on reality shows or stupid comedies where there seasons go on and on like the energizer bunny. Why bother any more? I am ready to give up watching TV shows altogether, especially any new shows. Plus CW just cancelled a few shows I like too.