NBC announced a week and a half ago that its time travel series Timeless would not be continuing for a third season on the network, but the show’s studio has been looking for a network that would pick it up, similar to what we saw just recently with Amazon saving The Expanse and Netflix picking up Lucifer. But the window was short to shop the series around because actor’s contracts expired at the end of June and no deal was made during that time. Series co-creator Shawn Ryan put out the following tweets yesterday addressing the status of the show:
1. @SPTV has notified @TheRealKripke and me that efforts to land #Timeless at another network have sadly failed. While Sony will continue to look at any and all options, actor deals have expired and it appears there will be no Season 3 or beyond.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) July 2, 2018
2. Discussions still take place between @SPTV and @NBC about a possible 2 hour movie to conclude the #Timeless story, but there are considerable economic obstacles that make it an uncertainty. We will update you when we know more.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) July 2, 2018
3. @TheRealKripke, me, the cast, writers & crew of #Timeless want to send our immense thanks and gratitude to all the #ClockBlockers who fought so hard for this show. You made a second season possible and gave us hope for a Season 3. We wish the news was better. We love you all.
— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) July 2, 2018
Fans have continued to support the show on the social nets, lobbying for another network or one of the streaming services to pick it up. At this point, though, it appears that they should focus their efforts on a final two-hour movie to resolve the Season 2 cliffhanger because that appears to be best-cast scenario short of an unexpected savior stepping up in the next week or so.
