(USA Network)
USA Network is closing the books on the Treadstone TV show. The cable channel has cancelled the action drama series, opting not to order a second season.
The Treadstone TV show stars Jeremy Irvine, Brian J. Smith, Omar Metwally, Tracy Ifeachor, Hyo Joo Han, Gabrielle Scharnitzky, Emilia Schüle, and Michelle Forbes, with Patrick Fugit, Michael Gaston, Shruti Haasan, and Tess Haubrich in recurring roles. Created by Tim Kring and connected to the Bourne film franchise, the show explores both the origin of the CIA black ops program — Operation: Treadstone — and its present-day actions. Treadstone uses behavior modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly superhuman assassins. Sleeper agents across the globe — from D.C. to Berlin to Paris and beyond — as they are mysteriously “awakened” to resume their deadly missions.
Characters include Doug McKenna (Smith), an all-American oil-rig worker; SoYun Pak (Han), a piano instructor, wife, and mother in North Korea; John Randolph Bentley (Irvine), a spy dispatched by the CIA to eliminate a key target; Matt Edwards (Metwally), a CIA operative who has experience hunting down rogue assets; Tara Coleman (Ifeachor), an investigative journalist; Petra (Scharnitzky), a no-nonsense Russian patriot; Ellen Becker (Forbes), a savvy CIA veteran trying to balance the demands of work and family; and a Russian KGB agent (Emilia Schüle) who will stop at nothing to promote the agenda of her motherland.
The first season of Treadstone averages a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 502,000 viewers. Compared to the channel’s other scripted shows, Treadstone was a middle-of-the-road performer. It’s also said to be an expensive series to produce so the cancellation isn’t a surprise.
USA Network has also been moving away from producing original scripted series while shifting toward more unscripted series and event-style scripted programming.
Treadstone is yet another scripted series cancellation for USA. The channel also cancelled The Purge today and dropped Dare Me a couple of weeks ago. This leaves only the fates of The Sinner and Briarpatch up in the air.
Queen of the South has been renewed for a fifth season and season two of Dirty John (which relocated from Lifetime) is set to launch on June 2nd.
What do you think? Did you enjoy the Treadstone TV series on USA Network? Are you sorry to hear that there won’t be a second season?
This is really devastating. Was looking forward to season2
We enjoyed the series & am disappointed that the series is cancelled. It would be nice to at least have a final show to find out what happens after Season 1.
Am disappointed about no renewal for Treadstone. No one went to the trouble to promote the show in the first place. I binged it online after the series had ended, which I believe a lot of people did, leaving a lot more than you may think hoping for a season 2. Too bad. Plenty of crap and no good quality series from anyone anymore..time to just cancel cable..
We really enjoyed Treadstone; action packed with an intriguing story line. Note to USA network; the world does not need any more unscripted ‘reality’ garbage. Time to turn the channel.
I really enjoyed this show and hate to see it canceled so soon. I thought the historical perspective of each of the characters was a great concept!
Hope they pick this show up under a different network or streaming service.
I am surprised Treadstone has been cancelled. Yet again another good series has been scrapped.
I am so disappointed that Treadstone is canceled. It seems that every new show I enjoyed never gets a second season. If USA wants viewers to tune in to their network they should try to give the viewership a chance to get shows that have a beginning and a end. Don’t let us hanging. I am furious about this cancellation. Does anybody care about the viewers who invested time watching a show that never seems to be renewed ???
I ageer ….. i loved the serie and am furious that There is no second season☹️…
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