‘Halt and Catch Fire’ season 3: Renewal hopes, timing for Lee Pace drama
The obviously bad news for any “Halt and Catch Fire” fan is that tonight marks the show’s season 2 finale. That means that after it wraps, we are stuck in the not-amazing position of having to wait at best a year for more new episodes to air … if there are any more that get made to begin with.
As we reported earlier this weekend, there was nary a mention of the show’s renewal hopes while at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour over the weekend, and that does not necessarily bode well for the show’s chances. This would have been a great opportunity for AMC to show that they are firmly behind a show that has received great reviews for the most part for the second season, which follows a first season that was also well-received. This one has featured many strong storylines and also great performances from the likes of Lee Pace and Mackenzie Davis.
Just for the sake of a timeline, though, the network still has a little while to make up their mind. Last year, the show was renewed a couple of weeks after the finale aired, which may have been when they got a chance to look at the full DVR data for the show. That could happen again here.
One thing that we would hope is taken into consideration here is that you are building a completely new brand with this show, and sometimes that is not easy. This is a great show that just has not had really the lucky breaks like an awards nomination or an endorsement from the right person. If FX can keep the similarly-great and low-rated “The Americans” around, AMC should really do the same thing here.
Ron
August 3, 2015 @ 10:50 am
Enjoyed both seasons… Great period piece… Writing did a great job in showing us everyday folk..how many a business venture can sometimes be a result of stolen ideas and other peoples dreams… Enjoyed the entertainment journey….hope it survives. Wish it came on twice a year like the reality show Survivor… It’s probably time for the funeral for this successful show..! All things will come to an end…we just have to know when that should be.
Gwarden
August 3, 2015 @ 10:42 am
They deserve the renewal. Really satisfying finale and a terrific season.
Jennifer
August 3, 2015 @ 6:41 am
Halt & Catch fire is the show my husband and I wait for all week! We grew up in the tech revolution in Silicon Valley. No fair canceling the show just when it finally gets to where I’ve been dying for it to be all along! Bring the show about the tech revolution to the place synonymous with it!
Sy Burr
August 3, 2015 @ 4:37 am
This show motivates me week in and week out. Since the show’s inception I have built an award winning cyber security company with a unique product that is raising serious funding. Should they renew? This show is creating a whole new generation of entrepreneurs. It’s literally worth it’s weight in gold!
renamoretti1
August 3, 2015 @ 1:55 am
This show, which I’d never heard about, averages between 400,000 and 600,000 viewers.
Ratings-wise, it is a disaster.
To be fair, the show was never really promoted (like I said after two seasons I had never heard of it) so it’s hard to draw conclusions except that the AMC executives renewed an under-promoted flop with no intention to promote it.
That sounds pretty insane to me.
pookerella
August 3, 2015 @ 4:55 am
Are ratings all that matter? AMC is STUPID if they pass, it will go straight to Netflix. And for someone who never even heard of the show or ever watched it, what is INSANE is that you have the balls to put your 2 cents in at all.
renamoretti1
August 4, 2015 @ 12:28 am
The real question is why you’re mad that I “dared” talk about the ratings.
Of course, they matter. Especially now when the trend is to endlessly renew flop after flop.
Where do you think the money for tomorrow’s shows will come if nobody watches the ones we’re making today?
AMC made a bad decision making the show, made a worse decision renewing it and an even worse one renewing it again.
If Netflix wants to waste its shareholder’s money making shows with little to no audience, all the power to them…