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Harry and Helen won’t return to work for the 2023-24 broadcast season. The True Lies TV show has been cancelled so that viewers won’t see a second year on CBS.
An action series based on the 1994 movie, the True Lies TV show stars Ginger Gonzaga, Steve Howey, Erica Hernandez, Omar Miller, Mike O’Gorman, Annabella Didion, and Lucas Jaye. The story follows Harry Tasker (Howey), a bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband who is secretly a first-class international spy for Omega Sector. His wife, Helen (Gonzaga) is a language professor bored with her daily routine. One day, she makes the shocking discovery that her seemingly ordinary husband is leading an extraordinary double life. With the secret out, his agency recruits her and she impresses everyone with her formidable skills (thanks partly to Tae Bo and yoga). Working together with Harry’s team, the couple adds much-needed sizzle to their emotionally distant marriage and upends the top-secret world of Omega Sector.
Airing on Wednesday nights, the first season of True Lies averages a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.61 million viewers. It’s the network’s lowest-rated scripted show and, other than 48 Hours (which airs late on Saturday nights), it’s CBS’ lowest-rated show overall. In the live+7 day ratings, True Lies picks up nearly 70% more viewers. Even with that boost, it’s still one of the network’s lowest-rated scripted shows.
The show’s chances of survival were also hurt because the series is produced by 20th Television, an outside studio.
The final two episodes air on May 17th. Here’s a description of the de facto series finale, “Waking Dreams”: The entire agency searches for clues with an Omega Sector spy missing. Harry and Helen’s relationship with each other, their team, and reality itself, is tested in unimaginable ways, even for the best of spies and spouses.
East New York, another freshman drama series from an outside studio, was also cancelled today. Meanwhile, SWAT was revived.
What do you think? Have you enjoyed the True Lies TV series? Are you sad that this CBS show wasn’t renewed for a second season? Were you expecting it to be cancelled?
We watched & liked true Lies ! It time slot was a problem !!
This was a great show it was different and the characters were great someone said she didn’t like the main female character because of her voice what a silly reason you must be jealous she is a beautiful woman
True Lies was a great show. Too bad it was cancelled. I won’t be watching the rest of the episodes.
Ginger Gonzaga’s nasally voice and laugh drove me nuts. With someone else in that role the show could have been better.
So True!!!
Need a second season
I loved True Lies. I think time frame hurt it. Maybe if it was on earlier. Sorry to see it go
Though we all have our own thoughts in this show. It was good it was something a family could watch together which is needed. As to East NY we enjoy this shows as well all diverse characters. It is a top show show so hope they keep it. Swat glad back for a final season.
This was a great show and needs a second chance to tell more of it’s story. Is there any other network that can help save True Lies? I will miss it very much. It had everything and was very enjoyable. Please give it another chance.
I liked this show and am disappointed that it was cancelled. I enjoyed both characters and their relationship. Reading a few other comments, I guess I’m in the minority.
watched 2 epi’s , couldnt get into it , not like the movie
It should never have premiered.
It was fun but no way would it survive. The main character Harry had limited personality. I liked gibs. He was awesome. The other two that used to date had good expressions and seemed real. The mission briefings were cheesy. I liked the premise but the main two characters relationship issues was the main focus and their relationship was not that interesting.
I had no interest in this show from the moment they announced that it was going to be a television series. The film is one of the best action movies ever made. I like Steve Howey, but maybe he should’ve been a part of something else.
No great loss. The series was a joke. It could have at least tried to align with the movie in terms of quality, but that would have been a tall order considering how fantastic the movie was. I watched the first few episodes and got bored after that.
I was interest in the first episode but as it went on I found the wife annoying in the way they wrote her character. Our family just decided to take a pass on the show.