NBC’s freshman supernatural series Constantine will stop production after 13 episodes. The DC comics adaptation runs in NBC’s Friday night horror slot following the hit series, Grimm. Ratings have been decent but not dreadful enough to warrant cancellation.
The cast and crew of the series were informed on Friday that the series will halt production after completing production on the initial 13-episode order. Constantine will remain in its 10 PM Friday time slot for the remainder of its run.
Keep in mind that Constantine has not been cancelled, it remains in contention for a second-season renewal.
NBC had to make a decision whether to keep Constantine in continuous production with little ratings information. While the series began production on a standard fall premiere production schedule, its launch was delayed until late October when NBC’s Friday genre block usually debuts, so the network had to make a call whether to order additional episodes after only four episodes had aired vs. at least seven, which is the norm for freshman series.
Hopefully this show will survive and make it to a second-season.
Source: Deadline
