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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?
I enjoyed season 1 and am very disappointed the series is cancelled:-(
I enjoyed the show.
NOOOOOooooo….. I loved Treadstone!!!!
shows with any substance like Treadstone get cxld after a season or 2 while the brainless ones seem to go on forever. very disappointing.
I LOVED this show. Stink!
I hope another network picks it up.
Sorry to see Treadstone go, it was a good action series.!!!
I think USA must be monitoring the shows I like to watch, and cancelling them all.
I whole heartedly agree with you! I wish they’d give it another try.
Shame Treadstone great show hope they change their minds and keep on.
All the show on USA that I liked have been cancelled except (for now ) Briarpatch. Maybe it is time to cancel the USA network !
I am very upset. I loved the Bourne Identity movies. Treastone was myfavorite show on tv. I just didnt watch every episode, I also recored the whole season. Im now very upset with USA network. And the way it ended, everything up in the air. They should at least do like a 3 part series to end it or something. Also the day its on, Tuesdays at 9pm, going head to head with FBI. I bet if it was Mon or Friday, the ratings would be much better. Shame on USA network and NBC. NBC also cancelledan even better show… Read more »
I Loved the Brave too !!! Thought that that show was way better than Seal Team. going to other countries to help someone. It was the job, & maybe a little of the personal stuff. Love watching the job that they were sent to do.
Hey hey now, no need to dog on Seal Team!
I likeed Treadstone, disappointed the it has been cancelled.
Yes…I loved the show. It’s too bad. will Netflix or Prime Video carry the second season?
Enjoyed Treadstone … will miss the show.
Treadstone was awesome. Bring it back
I don’t have a lot of confidence in USA network renewing series I like. Last one to be given the ax was Colony and prior to that were Graceland, Covert Affairs and Burn Notice.
Yeah I told the same in previous topic The Purge.
We really missed Colony, it was going to be a tough Action-SiFi. What a pity.