One of the HIGHEST-RATED dramas for NBC gets RENEWED for Season 2

NBC's loved Manifest will return...

Published: Tuesday,Apr 16, 2019 15:01 PM GMT-06:00

Kunal Nirmal Kothari

When NBC's Manifest arrived last year, it had everyone's attention right away. It then went on to became one of the top-rated shows and also garnered good viewership. So, coming in as no surprise, Manifest on NBC has been picked up for a second season.

According to a report in Hollywood Reporter, Manifest started strong in the ratings, drawing the best premiere numbers for any new series in the fall. It faded in the back half of its 16-episode season but never lost its place as the top first-year scripted show in adults 18-49. With a week of delayed viewing, the series averaged a 2.8 rating in the demographic " more than double its same-day ratings " and 12.61 million viewers. Its total-viewer average is second among rookie series to the 12.78 million for CBS' FBI.

Warner Bros. TV, Universal TV and Compari Entertainment produce Manifest. Rake executive produces with Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jackie Levine and Len Goldstein.

Manifest is the 12th scripted series NBC has renewed for 2019-20 " and only the second, following Sony/Universal TV co-production The Blacklist " not wholly produced by UTV. The network has also renewed dramas Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Good Girls, Law & Order: SVU and New Amsterdam and comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, Superstore and Will & Grace.