David Duchovny's 'Aquarius' TV Series Renewed for Another Season
After it cancelled the critically-acclaimed series "Hannibal," NBC is giving another TV series a new lease on life. The new period crime series "Aquarius" will get a second season at NBC, which means approximately sometime in 2016.
"Aquarius" stars "X-Files" lead actor David Duchovny. Duchovny plays L.A. Detective Sam Hodiak, who together with an undercover narcotics agent are investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl. The period crime drama series, which will run for 13 episodes, is actually more about Charles Manson and his criminal activities, which Hodiak and his partner discover.
The series is set in the late 1960s in Los Angeles, at a time when the Manson Family commune was beginning to build itself up and gain notoriety.
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The show is in the middle of its first season, with eight episodes left to air on NBC. The network experimented with the marketing of this series. As soon as the season started, NBC made all the 13 episodes of the series available on its different digital platforms for what is called "binge-watching."
According to a report in Variety, this experiment worked well for NBC. The idea was to generate enough buzz for the show and it achieved just that. The show's first episode became the "most watched series premiere" on NBC.com and the NBC app. The series is also doing well in the ratings part, definitely better than "Hannibal" did.
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke had this to say about the show: "It's no secret that the way people watch television is evolving, so we took a unique approach to how we delivered 'Aquarius,' and it's driven some record numbers for NBC Digital and helped us reach viewers who might have otherwise overlooked a great summer drama."
NBC hopes that its experiment with "Aquarius" will pay off as Season 1 progresses and when Season 2 comes around.
