There have been many premature reports that NBC has canceled “Constantine.” Truth is, there is still is some (small) hope for the series. With executive producer Daniel Cerone citing that he has a meeting with NBC executives next week. There, he’ll pitch season two to them, and on the long shot that they decide to pick it up, the show will live again. NBC is still open to the idea of more “Constantine” and to show how open they are, they’ve chosen to stream all 13 episodes of the series starting Friday on their website.
Typically when a network is done with a show, they handle it like a bad breakup. The network ignores the show’s existence and just hopes it will go away. This streaming plan shows that there may yet be viability in the show. Hopefully there is renewed interest in this weekend’s stream.
Admittedly the show got off to a rocky start. It had to recast one of the series leads, and took its time growing out of its procedural roots. By the end of the first season “Constantine” had matured into a confident and scary show worthy of the Hellblazer himself. The show really found its footing with the introductions of major supporting players like Papa Midnight, Felix Faust and Jim Corrigan. This increased effort on world building would do wonders in a second season.
It’s still perhaps a long shot, but if you dig the show tuning in this Friday would do a whole helluva lot to save it for another year. We’ve been pretty big fans of the show here at the site, and would be overjoyed by a renewal. Check out our past coverage here, and our interview with Chas himself, Charles Halford.
