In September of 2018, NBC
premiered a supernatural drama that cobbled elements from earlier series (like “Lost”)
and managed to stand out to attract viewers. “Manifest” concerns the mysterious
phenomenon that shunted a flying civilian airliner and its passengers five
years into their future, with the world changing all that time without them,
who were presumed dead. Things get even stranger when the passengers begin to
have visions, seemingly foretelling events to come, as the government secretly investigates
the incident and circumstances begin killing survivors one by one. The premise
was solid enough to last three seasons, only to be cancelled by NBC when season
3 ended this past June.
But “Manifest” fans need not fret
over the cliffhanger ending of the show on its original network. USA Today tells us that the show has
been revived by none other than global streaming giant Netflix. There will be a
fourth streaming season of “Manifest,” consisting of about 20 episodes, which
will wrap up the storyline to a satisfying conclusion. Netflix announced as
much this past Saturday, August 28, much to the excitement of the series
production, the cast, and viewers who voted for it on USAT’s “Save Our Shows” poll.
The network might have had a
solid reason to pull the plug on “Manifest” for their primetime lineup. Its
inaugural 2018-19 season averaged about 12.61 million viewers in the US,
ranking 9th in their programming. Its 2020-21 or third season had
seen viewership shrink to just 5.35 million and rank 54. On Netflix, where it
was put up for streaming rerun right on June 2021, it proved a consistent
top-10 rated show, and for a potentially larger audience at that. Netflix sat
in on last-minute talks between NBC and producer Warner Bros. Television about
season renewal, and it seems the streamer came for the save.
“Manifest” executive producer
Jeff Rake gave a statement over the weekend expressing his relief that the
series would get a chance to tell its story to completion. "Never in my
wildest dreams could I have envisioned the worldwide outpouring of love and
support for this story, its characters, and the team who work so hard to bring
it all to life," says Rake. "That we will be able to reward the fans
with the ending they deserve moves me to no end." The cast members also
took to Twitter to celebrate their streaming final season.
Netflix has become prominent for rescuing
cancelled shows such “You” from Freeform and the DC Comics-based “Lucifer” from
Fox, with its final season set to premiere on streaming next month.
Image courtesy of Netflix
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