Constantine

NBC is not ordering any more episodes of Constantine. More than likely its done but it might be worth it in a Friday night slot, like Grimm

It's the safest move for NBC at this point since the show is on the fence. It isn't doing well enough to commit to it, but it isn't doing so bad (by NBC standards - especially on a Friday night) to cancel it. The inconsistent ratings and large live+3day bump means the show still has the potential to grow, but there's no sense in ordering the back 9 in case it doesn't. NBC will likely air all of the episodes regardless, so this buys them more time than just 4 episodes to better judge if the show is worth keeping. This doesn't bode well for the show, but the fact that they haven't outright cancelled it makes me think NBC is playing the waiting game to see just where the show lands. This also prevents the producers from shopping the show to other networks in the meanwhile.

The question I have is what NBC is planning to air once Constantine's 13 episodes are finished. Hannibal is not likely to return until April or May, which leaves the timeslot open from February to April.

Arative_sl said:

NBC is not ordering any more episodes of Constantine. More than likely its done

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You have to go back 10 years for a new show with 18 episodes to get renewed at the end of the year, much less 13. Sure, itcouldbe renewed, but there is literally no historical evidence to believe that.

Fuuuuuuuck. Seriously FX, pick this thing up and dust it off. It has serious potential but needs some love. Or hell, if AMC grabbed it and put it on just before TWD to have a 2 hour "comicbook" night.

Jim Corrigan wasn't quite what I was expecting. Still was nice to have a good chunk of Spectre foreshadowing at the end.

It'd be nice if, instead of having Walt's father come down every week to tell Constantine about the impending war and his role in it, we actually got to see said war...

I'm surprised to hear this show is struggling for ratings. I think it's fantastic and it's near the top of my list of shows to watch each week (behind Arrow, Flash, and Gotham).

Did they mess with the episode order, by the way? It seemed weird that this most recent episode took place during Halloween.

I'm guessing the writers didn't know NBC was going to hold the show's premiere until late October rather than early September.

There's also the fact that Constantine's other sidekick is boring by comparison. He seems to exist purely as exposition for Constantine's backstory and so someone can get killed every week. Zedd being "at art class" probably wouldn't have been as noticeable if they filled out his character some.

They really need to improve this drastically. That last episode was utter shit.

The production code for this episode was 3J5552 whereas the others after the pilot have been 3J5553 -4 and -5 so yeah this was indeed filmed before the others and probably before they had finalized the casting of Zed. This also explains why this episode had more in common thematically with the pilot as compared to last week.

last episode w/ fallen angel was best of the season i thought

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last episode w/ fallen angel was best of the season i thought

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Yeah I really liked it too. Fallen angel was hot. So was crazy preacher's sister. Aside from the eye candy, I thought it was a cool episode. I really hope some other network picks this up.

Yeah, I liked that one alot too.


Conspicuous mask.
Looks alot like the Medusa mask of Psycho pirate.


I wonder what the deals are for what can and can't be shown.
This show has not held back from reference after reference to DC properties.
Might be crazy, but the war/event they keep talking about might be the appearance of superhumans.

Gotham has had some Arrow Easter Eggs (ie mentions of Queen Industries in newspapers), so I don't think there really is much of a limit. Unlike Marvel, DC has (I believe) the movie/television rights to all of their properties, so there is no having one character belonging to one studio and another to a different one. DC is also keeping their television and movie universes separate, which I imagine gives the writers a little more freedom to what they reference.

This week's episode was pretty good. Damn cliff hangers.

It's a shame this is most likely going to be cancelled. It is really starting to take off.

Even though I haven't been following this show, last episode had a 25% increase in viewers