The Leftovers Renewed for Season 2
The Leftovers won’t get left behind by HBO: The network has just renewed the Damon Lindelof–Tom Perrotta drama for a second season. The pickup isn’t a surprise, since ratings for the show have been solid throughout its season-one run, and, more important, they've been consistent: Most of the people who watched the premiere are sticking with the show. Leftovers, averaging a same-day audience of between 1.6 million and 1.8 million viewers so far, is also doing a better job of holding onto the True Blood audience than Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom did when it aired behind TB last summer. While some critics have been vocal in their displeasure with The Leftovers’ creative direction (or lack thereof, as some have charged), another segment has been impressed with what Lindelof and Perrotta have done. (Our own Matt Zoller Seitz reviewed the show here; we’ve recapped each episode here.) All sides will now get a chance to love or hate some more next year. The first-season finale of The Leftovers debuts September 7.
The Leftovers won’t get left behind by HBO: The network has just renewed the Damon Lindelof–Tom Perrotta drama for a second season. The pickup isn’t a surprise, since ratings for the show have been solid throughout its season-one run, and, more important, they've been consistent: Most of the people who watched the premiere are sticking with the show. Leftovers, averaging a same-day audience of between 1.6 million and 1.8 million viewers so far, is also doing a better job of holding onto the True Blood audience than Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom did when it aired behind TB last summer. While some critics have been vocal in their displeasure with The Leftovers’ creative direction (or lack thereof, as some have charged), another segment has been impressed with what Lindelof and Perrotta have done. (Our own Matt Zoller Seitz reviewed the show here; we’ve recapped each episode here.) All sides will now get a chance to love or hate some more next year. The first-season finale of The Leftovers debuts September 7.




Man, I'm so pissed at myself for sticking with this meandering, frustrating-assed show!....Now that I'm in this deep, I'm pretty much compelled to see it through. For every semi-riveting episode likes ones that focused on the minister and Nora Durst, you get two pieces of hot garbage like tonight's episode. What the heavenly fuck was that all about?? I was rooting for the whiny-assed daughter to off herself with the gun; either that or for that dog to eat her. At this point I don't even care what happened to the departed...I just want 4 things to happen: