V producers aren’t letting modest ratings hold them back: The upcoming second season finale is going to finish with a major cliffhanger, sources say.
The move is important as it suggests there’s either some degree of confidence that the show will land a third season … or some measure of all-in bluster.
“To cliff-hang or not to cliff-hang?” is the angst-ridden serialized TV show producer’s existential question every season. If you don’t provide resolution, you risk a hugely unsatisfying ending should the network decline to renew your show. Yet if you write an ending that wraps up key storylines, you could lose fan interest and storytelling momentum — which makes things tougher if the show returns next season. Remember Jericho? Producers famously muscled CBS into renewing the show by ending the first season on a spectacular cliffhanger that rallied fan support. Yet season two — the show’s last — ended fairly conclusively.
For V, there is a real possibility of leaving fans in a lurch about the fate of the visitors and the resistance. Recent episodes of have averaged 5.7 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in adults 18-49 – that’s right on the borderline.
Plus, ABC has a new entertainment president at the helm, Paul Lee, who isn’t personally invested in V and will want to get his own new shows on the air next fall. Ratings for upcoming episodes and the strength of the network’s new projects in development will play key roles, with insiders saying the network’s decision on V likely going down to the wire in May.
(But since I don’t want to be complete wuss about this … if I had to bet on the show’s fate right here, right now … I’d bet V comes back).
As for what the final episodes are about, well, I’ll only hint that Laura Vandervoot’s visitor Lisa plays a key role…
Source: EW
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