Well, it looks like I can continue to catch up on Manifest! NBC has renewed the series for a second season.
Manifest was the top-rated new scripted series of the season. The show centers on passengers of a plane that disappeared five years earlier and were presumed dead — only to reappear with no time having passed for them.
The series started strong in the ratings, drawing the best premiere numbers for any new series in the fall. It faded in the back half of its 16-episode season but never lost its place as the top first-year scripted show in adults 18-49. With a week of delayed viewing, the series averaged a 2.8 rating in the demographic — more than double its same-day ratings — and 12.61 million viewers. Its total-viewer average is second among rookie series to the 12.78 million for CBS’ FBI. The show is a big performer on NBC’s digital platforms, growing to a 4.86 rating in adults 18-49 after 35 days of multi-platform viewing.
Manifest is the 12th scripted series NBC has renewed for 2019-20. The network has also renewed dramas Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Good Girls, Law & Order: SVU and New Amsterdam and comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, Superstore and Will & Grace.
