As we reported earlier, CBS has decided to “un-cancel” their 2011-12 drama Unforgettable and has ordered a second season. The 13 new episodes will begin airing next summer.
We’re now learning that, while the show will be back, not all of the castmembers will be reporting back to work. Poppy Montgomery, Dylan Walsh, and Jane Curtin are set to return but essentially the entire supporting cast is out — including Kevin Rankin, Michael Gaston, and Britt Lower.
The three stars were not surprisingly instrumental in Unforgettable being revived and the show wouldn’t have gotten a second season without them. The supporting cast being replaced is part of what the producers are calling a “new creative direction” for the crime drama.
There’s no word yet on who will replace the performers who have been dropped. That casting will likely be a good indication about what “new direction” viewers can expect to see next summer.
What do you think? Will you miss these performers and their characters? Do you think the changes will help or hurt Unforgettable’s chances for a third season?
I wish they would have been able to keep the original cast. I thought they all worked well together.
Watching season 2 in South Africa now and I don’t know why they changed the main people we got to fall in love with in Season 1. I loved the look and feel of Season 1. They even cut the mother out of this one and the whole gambling thing. The new one is too shiny and commercial. That goes against Carrie’s whole character. She doesn’t like authority so why would shebwork over there? But anyway I like Poppy Montgomery so I’ll watch for her sake. It took me a while to come around to finishing the first episode of… Read more »
Watching in uk…season 1 cast and stories much better. Weird casting for supporting actors….let them go back to where they started in season 1 with old cast please. I keep falling asleep watching this now!
We are recording the re-runs of Unforgettable and am pleased we are now that we have learnt that they are not continuing the series. Why do they AXE things when they are so good. We like all the CSI and NCIS series also but UNFORGETTABLE is the best one of them all by far. PLEASE bring it back with the original cast.
Really wished they would have kept the original cast. My wife and I thought they worked so well together.