It received some acclaim for recreating historical events each week-such as the Alamo, Watergate, and Lincoln’s assassination-and for bothering to examine how much going back in time would suck for women and people of color. The show follows the Time Team, made up of history professor Lucy ( Abigail Spencer), soldier Wyatt ( Matt Lanter), and programmer Rufus ( Malcolm Barrett), as they chase after the villainous Garcia Flynn ( Goran Višnjić) and attempt to stop him from changing the future by altering the past. None boasted particularly huge ratings, but Timeless was the most popular, holding a small but steady viewership towards the last half of its 16-episode first season. Timeless is the only time-travel show to survive the past week, as Time After Time, Frequency, and Making History were all done away with. But then, three days later, NBC reversed their decision and picked Timeless back up for a second season airing in 2018. Which is precisely where NBC’s Timeless appeared to have landed on Wednesday, when the network announced that the show had been axed. Anthony Bruhl in Timeless (TV series) (2016) The Bishop in Castlevania (2017) TOC Previous Next Radio Tales from the Mausoleum Club: Episode 2. While old standards like The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family need not worry too much, freshman dramas and comedies, even those that have survived one full season, are often still staring down the chopping block come spring. Lacking her own working time machine, Sakina has “no idea” whether “Timeless” will survive.The end of a TV show’s inaugural season can be a tough time for fans. Sunday, rather than time shifting, to boost ratings and save the show. Showrunner Eric Kripke issued a Twitter SOS May 5, urging fans to watch the show at 10 p.m. A recent USA Today poll ranked “Timeless” as the endangered show with the most support among viewers for renewal. With just two episodes left to air, the tension is growing. In the episode, Agent Christopher’s 1981 self remarks, “My mother drives me crazy, but she sure can cook.” While Sakina doesn’t even hint at any tensions with her mom, the line could easily be taken as a sly homage to Madhur. In “The Day Reagan Was Shot,” the Lifeboat time machine transported the cast to 1981 for she called a “beautifully done” look at Agent Christopher’s backstory. Sakina, who plays the very serious Homeland Security Agent Denise Christopher, took center stage last Sunday. NBC canceled it last spring, but fan outcry prompted a reversal in a matter of days, and it was renewed for a 10-episode second season in 2018. “But if it isn’t, you know, that’s life, that’s how this business is.”įor Sakina, the future of “Timeless” has been has been the source of uncertainty before. It’s written by Aseem Batra, an American of Indian descent, who shares executive producing duties with “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler. “I hope it’s picked up,” she says of the untitled comedy, which was inspired by the dark humor of writer-artist Orli Auslander’s 2017 illustrated book “I Feel Bad: All Day. “I was up for another one some time ago and it wasn’t picked up,” she says by phone from her home in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. “I’m getting a lot of grandmother roles, but that’s what I am now,” she says.īut she’s never had a regular series role. She’s done guest spots on TV shows, including Fox’s “New Girl” and NBC’s “Law & Order” franchise, among others. Trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she played key roles in 1965’s “Shakespeare Wallah” and other films from Merchant Ivory Productions, whose founders, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, she introduced.Įven after her unintentional fame as cookbook author, she never gave up on her first love, acting. “This is when we find out if it’s picked up or not,” says Madhur, whose fame as author of a 1973 cookbook, "An Introduction To Indian Cooking," that brought Indian cuisine to American kitchens all too often overshadows her extensive acting background. LOHUD CELEBS: Famous folk who live in the Hudson Valley
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