Good news for fans of Timeless. A full 16 episode season has been ordered. The #1 rated Monday drama is set to continue. New action series Taken will launch late February, after The Voice. I’m not as excited in The Voice, but I’ve heard a few people like it.
Press release follows:
“Timeless,” Monday’s #1-Rated Drama, Ordered to 16 Episodes
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Nov. 1, 2016 — NBC has set its midseason Monday strategy in motion with the extension of #1-rated Monday drama “Timeless,” bringing the full-season order to 16; plus the premiere of its highly anticipated new action series “Taken,” which will launch Monday, Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. The series, starring international superstar Clive Standen, immediately follows the debut of the spring cycle of the three-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
“Monday nights are critical to our success,” said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt, “and we’re going strong into the rest of the season with the return of ‘The Voice’ in February followed by the premiere of ‘Taken,’ along with additional episodes of our great new series ‘Timeless.’ We’re very happy to welcome Gwen Stefani back to ‘The Voice,’ along with Blake, Adam, and our new coach Alicia Keys. And ‘Taken’ is a thrilling new series inspired by the hit movie franchise but updated in a very clever way.”
“‘Timeless’ is a phenomenal new show that takes the audience emotionally to a completely different place and time each week,” added Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment. “We’re thrilled to be ordering additional episodes so that we can run the final six hours of the season in a row with no pre-emptions after the new year. Our hats are off to Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan for producing one of the most ambitious new shows anywhere on television.”
“Timeless,” which stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Višnjić, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit, has averaged a 2.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 10.7 million viewers overall in live + 7, making it the top-rated Monday drama so far this season in 18-49.
Timeless” is undefeated in its Monday 10-11 p.m. ET slot among the ABC, CBS and NBC dramas thus far in “live plus same day” ratings through its first four weeks on the schedule.
The Los Angeles Times said “Timeless” is a “high-minded adventure thriller,” The New York Times called it “a good-natured science-fiction adventure series” and the Washington Post praised it as “thought-provoking.”
Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke are the co-showrunners, writers and executive producers. John Davis, John Fox and Marney Hochman also executive produce.
