CBS has God on their side. It has just been announced that the network has handed out an early season 2 renewal to their new series, God Friended Me.
The order arrives mere days after the network renewed fellow rookies FBI, Magnum P.I. and The Neighborhood for the 2019-2020 broadcast season. God Friended Me comes from Greg Berlanti, who is arguably the busiest man working in TV today. The super-producer has a TV record 15 scripted series currently on television and three pilots (so far) in the works for next season as he looks to add to that haul. Berlanti also has midseason drama The Red Line up next for the network. His current roster also includes The CW’s All American, Arrow, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Riverdale, and Supergirl; NBC’s Blindspot; Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Lifetime transplant You; and DC Universe’s Stargirl, Titans and Doom Patrol.
“We’re thrilled with how God Friended Me has performed on Sundays. It’s one of the top three new series on television, has improved its time period significantly, and continues a long tradition of prestige dramas for CBS on the night,” CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl said in a statement announcing the news Tuesday.
God Friended Me ranks as CBS’ second most-watched new series and the most-watched scripted series on Sunday with an average of 10 million total viewers. The series, which stars Brandon Michael Hall as a guy who talks to God via social media, is the fourth rookie series to earn a sophomore order so far this season.
