The ending of the last season of “Extant” was a bit worrying to many fans, as the show left on a huge cliffhanger that spawned a lot of discussion around messaging boards related to the show. Fans were somewhat confused over what they saw and pretty much nobody is sure how the show is going to continue, and guessing the possible future plot developments has been a major point for many of those discussions. However, now it looks like fans have something else to worry about – whether the show is coming back at all.
This is something that has been on fans’ minds for some time, actually, as it was never too certain that “Extant” would come back for a third season. There were rumors that CBS weren’t too impressed with the performance of the show and they have been considering pulling the plug on it, but nothing concrete has been said on that front yet.
The two-hour finale of season 2 still gave fans a lot of hope that they are going to see the story continued, and there is definitely a lot more that can be said on all fronts of that storyline too – but of course, if the network isn’t interested in ordering more episodes for the show, none of that really matters and the production is doomed to fail.
The main problem, according to reports, is in the ratings of the show – they haven’t really been favorable and the network has been getting more and more frustrated with how the show has been performing in terms of viewer numbers. It’s clear that many people are still attached to “Extant” and want to see it continued, but they are more of a niche and not a large crowd at this point, and this has been diminishing the hopes of fans that they are going to see the production continued.
Some rumors sprung up at one point claiming that some high-ranking Hollywood actors were interested in joining the production and spicing up the cast a little bit, with Halle Berry specifically named more than once. And while many fans were hopeful that this was true, as it would have done a lot to help the ratings of the show, the latest rumor we heard in this direction was that the negotiations had failed as the producers couldn’t make an offer that works.
Still, the second season of the show did quite well, even though its ratings were somewhat lower than those of the first one. According to many critics, it was a very strong season with a lot to offer for the development of the storyline, and fans were pleased with how the show turned out. It was strange to see its ratings decline in the context of this great performance, according to many, but in the end there’s not much the producers can do if the network says that the show has been performing poorly and not quite as they had expected.
At this point, we have no idea if the show really is getting cancelled or not, but one look at messaging boards related to it is enough to show that many people still care for that production and want to see it come back to the screen, so the network might make a smart move by reviving it with some refreshing changes to the plot and overall setup. That could actually breathe a lot of life back into it and shoot its ratings up into the sky, according to many.