(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?
Treadstone was one of the few truly good television show’s. While networks continue to churn out reality TV garbage, the few quality program’s are cancelled.
Gutted this was cancelled. One of the best shows I have watched. I was really getting into the story and characters, then nothing! Gutted.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Was anxious to finally have Bentley make appearance than BAM..series ended. What a let down that show was cancelled
I felt that the show had promise. I really liked the action and the storylines. I wish there had been a better way to produce that show, so that we could continue watching it. Well, I enjoyed the shows that did air.
Treadstone is as good as any action produced movies what a shame to let that show go. I bet it does become a big head eventually
I really hate that Treadstone was cancelled! It was one of the best written and produced on TV.
Great show loved it watched all season 1 in two days . Great action all around .
Me too! I just finished and got online to see what’s going on. I’m so mad to find out it’s over!
Treadstone is one of the best action series ever produced for television. I had a feeling it would be cancelled after the first season as the production costs were staggering. Too bad!! It was a taut, word-wide adventure that never lost a step throughout its entire run.
I sucks! At the end of the last episode, Petra goes sees Bentley, and then…. that’s it??!!! Great!
It was an interesting series, hope for more.
Treadstone was a good show. Why does everything that is not a comedy end up in the trash bin.I hope that a streaming service picks this up for a second season. There is so much crap on tv, I guess it was to hard for some to follow.
I just binge watched season 1 of Treadstone. I thoroughly enjoyed. So disappointed that there will be no second season. This was a very good show compared to other ridiculous shows. It’s hard to find good entertainment these days.
So disappointed that there won’t be a season 2. Just binged on season 1 and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Need to changes that decision. Please !!
Disappointed that there will be no season 2 of Treadstone, I enjoyed it immensely compared to the rubbish they normally mass-produce and pass off as entertainment
I enjoyed the 10 episodes greatly and am very disappointed the no more are forthcoming
Please pick this up amazon it’s the best we have ever watched . You can’t leave us hanging like this