Quantum Leap’s Time Runs Out as NBC Cancels Revival Sequence

The 2022  Quantum Leap collection has been canceled by NBC after a two-season run.

Per Deadline, the cancellation information comes following the present’s finale again in mid-February. In keeping with the outlet, the community was beforehand uncertain if the present would go previous season two—by comparability, it greenlit a second season as the primary was on its winter break. By a number of accounts (together with us), the present was completely strong and largely devoted to its supply, although it didn’t have fairly the identical quantity of enjoyable as the unique collection. To this point, it’s the one present from the 2023-2024 season that NBC’s canceled, because it beforehand renewed the assorted Dick Wolf-led exhibits and new collection Discovered and The Irrational.

“Simply needed to say thanks to our QL followers and those that’ve tuned in,” wrote Raymond Lee, who performed collection lead Ben Tune. “Your help was felt and all the time warmly obtained. You all have made it the trip of a lifetime.”

An analogous farewell was written by co-lead Caitlin Bassett (Adeline Augustine): “Farewell, Leapers. Thanks a lot for each second of this superb journey. And thanks, NBC and Common TV, for the trip of a lifetime.”

The season two finale ended with Ben and Addison reunited (once more) and touring by means of time collectively. After it aired, showrunners Martin Gero and Dean Georgaris instructed Deadline they’d written it as a collection finale on the possibility NBC didn’t greenlight extra seasons, and that it’d already been written previous to Hollywood strikes. “We had been going to finish it on the primary scene from Season 3,” stated Georgaris, “and we’re going to finish it with the 2 characters collectively, however in a method that you just by no means anticipated. […] So if it seems like a completion for audiences, that’s great. It’s a completion of a part of the journey, however I feel for us, it serves because the launch for the remainder of the journey.”

With the present now formally over, you possibly can catch the brand new Quantum Leap over on Peacock.

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