I just re-watched the last few episodes of Timeless, in preparation for the finale that airs tomorrow...
The show's history is remarkable. Its first season of 16 episodes aired in 2016-17. The season ended in February, and we were a bit up i the air as to whether there would be a second season. In May, 2017, NBC announced the show's cancellation. The fan reaction hardly had time to get organized when, three days later, NBC announced they had un-cancelled it. Apparently, Sony, which had a major hand in the production, had faith in the show, and went to bat for it in negotiations, resurrecting it.
The second season was 10 episodes, and after that, again, it was cancelled. Fan reaction was well organized, including things like hiring airplanes to fly banners outside San Diego Comic Con to show how devoted they were. It was enough to get NBC and Sony to work out financing for a two-hour finale to wrap up a few things more neatly, which airs tomorrow night.
There's been a fan theory that if there's enough word of mouth, and enough people watch this finale... well, maybe NBC will continue it, or some other network will pick it up. I don't know how realistic that it, but it would make a heck of an X-mas present.
The show, IMHO, is one of the better genre shows available these days, and pretty clearly the best time travel show made (with the possible exception for Quantum Leap that I won't argue over). It is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and probably streaming from your cable provider. You'd have to down a lot of caffeine and stay up all night to get caught up at this point, but it is well worth your time, even if it ends tomorrow.
The show's history is remarkable. Its first season of 16 episodes aired in 2016-17. The season ended in February, and we were a bit up i the air as to whether there would be a second season. In May, 2017, NBC announced the show's cancellation. The fan reaction hardly had time to get organized when, three days later, NBC announced they had un-cancelled it. Apparently, Sony, which had a major hand in the production, had faith in the show, and went to bat for it in negotiations, resurrecting it.
The second season was 10 episodes, and after that, again, it was cancelled. Fan reaction was well organized, including things like hiring airplanes to fly banners outside San Diego Comic Con to show how devoted they were. It was enough to get NBC and Sony to work out financing for a two-hour finale to wrap up a few things more neatly, which airs tomorrow night.
There's been a fan theory that if there's enough word of mouth, and enough people watch this finale... well, maybe NBC will continue it, or some other network will pick it up. I don't know how realistic that it, but it would make a heck of an X-mas present.
The show, IMHO, is one of the better genre shows available these days, and pretty clearly the best time travel show made (with the possible exception for Quantum Leap that I won't argue over). It is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and probably streaming from your cable provider. You'd have to down a lot of caffeine and stay up all night to get caught up at this point, but it is well worth your time, even if it ends tomorrow.
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