WGN America president and general manager, Matt Cherniss confirms that "Manhattan" is officially cancelled after two seasons and the network will not move forward for season 3. Kevin Beggs of Lionsgate TV group thanked the creator and production team despite of the poor performance of the show. Season 1 only garnered a poor number of 420,000 total viewers, 114,000 of which came from the advertiser-coveted audience in the 18-49 demo.
Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager of WGN America discussed to We Got This Covered about the "Manhattan" cancellation after the show's second season.
Cherniss stated, "After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision not to move forward with a 3rd season of Manhattan. We are proud of this critically acclaimed series, an extraordinary original drama, and are disappointed that such a wonderful show could not find a larger audience."
In addition, producer and Lionsgate Group TV chairman Kevin Beggs expressed his gratitude via USA Today about the show's storyline. Beggs stated that Sam Shaw and Tommy Schlamme gave them a powerful TV series, however, the show failed to gather a large audience.
With that being said, the network has cancelled its 1st original scripted series due to its low household ratings. According to The Hollywood Reporter, its season premiere only drew an average of just 420,000 total viewers, 114,000 of them came from the advertiser-coveted adults in the 18-49 demographic.
"Manhattan" barely reached the top 1,000 TV series of 2015. The show as a whole serves as the second original program (Salem, being the 1st original program) and the first one to be axed on WGN America.
"Manhattan" (stylized as MANH(A)TTAN) is an American TV drama series created by Sam Shaw which is based on the project under the same name. "Manhattan" was originally picked up as a series and was co-produced of Skydance Television, Tribune Studios, and Lionsgate Television.
