Underground un-cancelled? The doomed WGN America drama came close to a Season 3 revival at BET, according to Deadline:
BET, Hulu and OWN had been mentioned as possibilities at the time, and I hear BET came close to a deal for the slavery drama before it came apart. At around the same time, the Viacom network took in two scripted series from sibling VH1, hip-hop themed The Breaks and Hit the Floor, which were relocated as part of the program migrations at the realigned Viacom cable group.
According to the publication, there are no other outlets in the running to save Underground.
As such, only an 11th hour cancellation reversal from WGN will keep the critically-acclaimed drama on our screens.
WGN America was not immediately available for comment. The network previously stated that the show’s future is up in the air, though multiple sources say it’s already doomed, as further evidenced by Sony’s attempts to shop the series elsewhere.
Barring a miracle, it’s still RIP.
Marion Emery says
this is a wonderful show great actors and very interesting to see how the underground worked and how brave all those involved were . truly hope this will be renewed by someone .
Ann says
Please don’t cancel,we need some closure.If WGN don’t want to renew the contract go to another network (OWN) this is a good message. Let’s go people fans or speaking up.