Snowpiercer is getting some good news ahead of its season two premiere. TNT has given the show an early season three renewal. Season two of the sci-fi thriller series debuts on January 25.
The interesting thing about the renewal is that it’s now TNT’s only remaining ongoing original scripted series, with Animal Kingdom and Claws coming to an end. Animal Kingdom will air its fifth season this summer with its sixth and final season likely airing summer of 2022 & the upcoming fourth season of Claws will wrap up its run. Snowpiercer launched in May with 3.3 million Live+Same Day total viewers across TNT and TBS to rank as the No.1 new cable drama series of 2020. The series, which logged TNT’s most-watched premiere since The Alienist in 2018, has reached 32 million viewers to date across TNT’s linear and digital platforms. The show is now gaining more streaming traction with its first season now available on HBO Max.
During season one of Snowpiercer, the survivors of the revolution are trying to pick up the pieces and maintain a fragile peace amongst the now merged classes with Layton (Daveed Diggs) emerging as the train’s leader. Discovering Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean) is alive and headed their way on a rival train, Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) risks going outside to prevent him from invading Snowpiercer. While she’s out there, it’s revealed that Alexandra (Rowan Blanchard), Melanie’s daughter, who she thought had died, is alive and has become Wilford’s dedicated protegee. The series also stars Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Iddo Goldberg, Katie McGuinness, Lena Hall, Annalise Basso, Sam Otto, Roberto Urbina, Sheila Vand, and Steven Ogg.
