‘Sleepy Hollow’ season 2: Fox executives tackle criticism, hope for story ahead
“Sleepy Hollow” season 2 has not exactly been everyone’s favorite. After a first season that was funny, creepy, and creative, the show became a little mired with Katrina drama, strange allegiances, and plots that seemed to go around in circles this fall. You could claim that some of this is the reason behind the lower ratings for the show, and that it did not get a renewal today like “Gotham” and “Empire” did.
While this season has not been perfect by any means, that is not a sign that the network is giving up on it by any means. While at the Winter TCA event today, Fox executives Gray Newman and Dana Walden expressed some faith in the series. Specifically, Walden said (per TVLine) that the show became “overly serialized” this season, and they would like to see it return a little bit to its roots.
While we tend to prefer serialized stories these days, we to a certain extent agree with this assessment of the series. We feel like the right place for this show is with a model that is similar to “The Blacklist” or “Supernatural,” where you have some storylines that do last over the course of several episodes, but there is not necessarily pressure to address them every week. You can sort of mix and match, and give some good stories their due when you want to.
We do still feel like the show will be renewed eventually. While the ratings have not been sensational, we may as well be honest here in saying that it is not as though Fox has a bevy of other high-rated options save for the renewed shows we’ve already mentioned.
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January 19, 2015 @ 6:37 pm
They are ruining this show focusing way too much on Katrina, who initially had very limited screen time in season one. The fans, as a whole (I know there are a FEW Katrina lovers), do NOT like this character nor do they like the dynamic she brings to the show. Why ruin the formula that worked in the first season? Then they release news that they will make future episodes less serialized and more episodic? Ludicrous. That is NOT what was causing the decline in viewership. People binge watch and DVR like crazy these days. If they miss an episode, they will catch up. Hopefully, that was just a statement to circumvent the blame that was surely laid on Goffman and his minions for destroying our show with that wretched corset and red wig. If their intention was to make Katrina so freaking relevant, they should’ve done so from the beginning. I literally cringe when one of her scenes comes on, and they are coming on more and more frequently it seems the more and more people complain. F U, Sleepy Hollow writers for given us another whiny B, aka Katrina, episode tonight.