This evening marks the season finale of the Turn TV show on AMC. Will it also be the series finale as well? Will this drama get a chance to grow in season two or will it be cancelled after one short season?
Taking place during the American Revolutionary War, Turn follows a group of friends who become spies and help turn the tide of the war. The cast includes Amy Gumenick, Angus Macfadyen, Burn Gorman, Daniel Henshall, Heather Lind, JJ Feild, Jamie Bell, Kevin McNally, Meegan Warner, and Seth Numrich.
The show debuted on April 6th to 2.12 million viewers. In week two, the series dropped 12% to 1.87 million and week three dropped 25% to 1.40 million. Turn has been dropping nearly every week and has fallen to a low of just 1.08 million.
Will the show be cancelled? It’s difficult to predict what a cable channel like AMC will do because they have so few scripted series to compare. It’s certainly not positive that the ratings have dropped but they aren’t nearly as low as Low Winter Sun’s from last fall. Plus, last week’s debut of Halt and Catch Fire didn’t do much better with 1.19 million viewers.
AMC could go either way with this one but I suspect that it will be renewed for a second season. We’ll have to wait and see.
But, what do you think? Have you been watching? Should the Turn TV series be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
This is a very entertaining show. There is no other history based show on tv. Isn’t that what tv was meant for..HISTORY…Ok I realize there is extra drama BUT in this day and age without drama it would have been cancelled after the first two episodes.PLEASE GIVE US MORE!
As a history Buff, I find that ‘Turn’ is the only show that I have seen that makes the ‘Revolutionary’ period come to life by portraying ‘ordinary’ hard working colonists who daily are forced to deal with life and death situations.
…..and how so many are conflicted, both ‘rebels’ and ‘loyalists’……Excellent TV.
Renew!
Gerry
I think the show is wonderfull and needs another season !
This show is outstanding. Please don’t cancel.
I like TURN, but the story line is too slow in development. The griping scenes are anticlimactic and nothing ever comes from them leaving me disappointed. This show has potential, but needs to get somewhere fast if it is to succeed. I say renew it, but please kill off Simcoe, I can’t stand him or the sound of his voice!
I hope AMC will renew this show and give it the opportunity to build an audience. It is a unique show and gives the history buff something to look forward to each week. It will also provide an opportunity to educate people on their own history. The issues at play in the American colonies in the 18th century developed into one of the most unique experiments in governance in history. My one fear is that “Turn” will abandon the attempt to remain historically correct in favor of appealing to a modern audience by showing modern attitudes and morality instead of… Read more »
A great show! Thought-provoking view of a subject that truly played a significant role in the success of the American Revolution. Good story lines and portrayal of the division of friends and families, i.e. Loyalists and Rebels. Please renew this intelligent program. A refreshing change from all of the mind-numbing “reality” shows.
Excellent series
“Turn” deserves to be renewed. It is unique quality historical drama–nothing like it has ever been aired as far as I know. My family & I look forward to it each week.
Please, please, please… keep this wonderful show!
I hope that AMC doesn’t read the comments like “the spy story is hard to follow” and “it’s difficult to tell the good guys from the bad guys” and insist on dumbing things down for a second season. That is, in fact, the point. The war for American Independence was a messy and confusing affair with most people not really able to make up their minds as to which side they should claim as their own and many of them switching back and forth as things played out. I, for one, really appreciate the way TURN has tried to handle… Read more »
The show is PHENOMENAL! WRITTEN POETICALLY!
I’M IMPRESSED!
I love the show as does my 12 year old son. We would be very upset if it goes away. We run to the TV every Sunday night at 900 to see it. The American Revolution was a amazing time in history and Turn dose a great job of telling people of today what it was like back in the 1770’s. THE ACTING IS VERY GOOD AS IS THE STORY LINE. AND THE LOOK OF THE TOWNS AND THE PEOPLE ARE DEAD ON TO WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK THEN. AMC as a great show here Hell on Wheels took… Read more »
I have watched every episode and love it! They have some amazing characters, such as Captain Simcoe and Richard Rogers. I really like the Ben Talmadge, Caleb Brewster, Anna Strong and Judge Woodhull characters, as well. The script is really well written. In my humble opinion, if there is a problem, it is with the lead actor, Abe Woodhull and his wife, Mary Woodhull. But both have grown on me.
please , please renew it. I’ve been waiting years for a good Rev. war show.
Renew “Turn”. There has never been a period show on the American Revolution or one quite so unique, atmospheric or with its spy intrigue.