Countdown is simply previous the midway level of its first season, with Episode 8 dropping on Prime Video on Wednesday, July 30. And so whereas it’s nonetheless early, we are able to’t assist however surprise what the probabilities are for a second season. When TV Insider spoke with creator Derek Haas (Chicago Hearth) on Tuesday, July 29, we needed to ask how he’s feeling in regards to the present’s future.
“I’m feeling good. I haven’t achieved streaming earlier than, so form of the entire analytics are new. It’s totally different from once I was doing community and also you knew the subsequent morning, like, oh, that is doing nice, no matter,” he mentioned. “However I’m excited as a result of it appears like we proceed to choose up viewers each week and in order that will get me all excited.”
The format of the present — brokers and officers introduced collectively from totally different legislation enforcement companies — lends itself to a multi-season present, with totally different instances. The collection stars Eric Dane, Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, and Uli Latukefu. Up to now in Season 1, they’ve been attempting to cease a significant menace to Los Angeles and have already misplaced considered one of their very own (Jonathan Togo‘s Drew in Episode 4). However the members of the duty pressure can at all times change. Haas doesn’t have an finish level in thoughts on the subject of Countdown‘s future.
“I mentioned this earlier than with Chicago Hearth method again when. I used to be like, so long as individuals maintain displaying up, we’ll maintain making it. Now did I believe that will go for 14 years? I had no thought,” he admitted. (He left the One Chicago franchise in 2023.) “So I’ll say the identical factor about this: So long as individuals maintain watching and digging it, then we are going to maintain making it.”
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