Executive producer Rina Mimoun has revealed that plans for Red Band Society Season 2 are already being conceived, confirming that the hospital drama could continue as anthology series with all new patients, per THR:
That has been the question. Right now, our order is for 13 episodes. That works very well for this show. The life span of the first 13 is about three weeks, maybe even a little less. It’s not that they’ve been in the hospital for months. People don’t live in that hospital that long. In terms of a second season, what’s great is that we’re wide open. I think the cable model that’s happening in TV now gives you a lot of freedom. Anthology series are doing very well. People like Octavia, Dave, Rebecca and Wilson Cruz are there forever; they work at that hospital. But there is always a chance that patient stories can change. With shows like this, you grow so attached to the kids and those stories and our goal would be to keep that intact. Someone on the writing staff lived in a children’s hospital for a certain amount of time and said after she got out, she went back and worked with kids there. With this show, there are lots of ways to keep it going.
Red Band Society has an initial 13-episode first season order from FOX, but Mimoun says the show’s renewal doesn’t depend on getting the back nine order:
There is a possibility for a pickup but my understanding is if we didn’t get a back order, that certainly doesn’t mean we won’t get a second season. I do think there’s something about this show that if you stretch it out too long, you stretch the believability. This show works really well in smaller doses. We can tell it year after year and infuse it with new life and new people and change up the situation as much as we want, but I think it does work nicely in the cable mode.
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