NBC Cancels Timeless Yet Again, With a Possible Send-Off Movie
This is starting to feel like déjà vu.
Bad news for fans of Team Lifeboat: NBC has decided not to renew Timeless for a third season. The time-traveling drama was canceled after its first season, but it was resurrected days later, thanks to a fervent fan campaign. Will the fans be able to rally enough support for the series to bring it back from the brink a second time, maybe on a new channel?
This is disappointing news for fans of the action-adventure series, which effortlessly explored inclusivity and took a critical eye to what we’ve learned in the history books. Creators Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan took to Twitter to express his sadness and disappointment over the news, saying:
THANK YOU cast, writers, crew and most all all, the #clockblockers for your brilliance & passion. I love you all. I was proud to bring a little positivity & inclusion into this f-d up world. I will keep my personal thoughts about network TV private until we get this movie made. https://t.co/DQc8corGGM
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) June 22, 2018
1. This is a sad day for the writers, actors, crew and especially the viewers of Timeless. We are all extremely proud of what we made and know that it was more than just a show for so many of our fans. It became a passion and a cause for many of them. https://t.co/FPbySi7LXZ
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) June 22, 2018
2. We’re proud of the impact @NBCTImeless had on so many people – the students who embraced history as a result of our show, the people who were inspired by our stories of inclusion and acceptance. We saw your tweets and were inspired by you.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) June 22, 2018
3. If NBC is sincere in wanting a 2 hour movie to give much needed closure to our amazing @NBCTimeless fans, we are ready to make it. We don’t want the journeys of Lucy, Wyatt, Rufus and the others to end yet. #ClockBlockers
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) June 22, 2018
There are ongoing talks about wrapping up the series with a two-hour movie, but no final decisions have been made yet. Here’s hoping that Sony Pictures TV (which produces Timeless) can find a new home for the series, like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Lucifer were able to. Writer/executive producer Arika Lisanne Mittman summed it up best in this tweet:
#Timeless allowed us to interact with heroes that history forgot or mis-categorized… men, women, POC, LGBT individuals. Because American history belongs to us all. If you take anything away from this show, please remember this…
— arikalisanne (@arikalisanne) June 22, 2018
Timeless is the kind of show we need now more than ever. Here’s hoping that the Lifeboat crew finds a new home.
(via Deadline, image: NBC)
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