Under the Dome: CBS Drama Renewed for Second Season-TVLine

According to TVLine's Matt Webb Mitovich, CBS has renewed Under the Dome for a second season. The second season will consist of 13 episodes and is currently scheduled to air in Summer 2014. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on the show's renewal:

“We’re excited to tell more stories about the mystery of the dome and the secrets in Chester’s Mill,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement Monday, “and are thrilled to have the master storyteller himself, Stephen King, tell the first one of next season.”

A small-screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel, Dome premiered to 13.5 million total viewers with a 3.3 demo rating, and and at last tally had amassed 20 million with a 4.6 rating, with DVR data and non-linear playback factored in.

The 13-episode freshman drama’s most recent episode drew 11.4 mil and a 2.8 in Live+Same Day ratings.

Link to the full article:‘Under the Dome’Season 2 Renewal — CBS Drama Renewed for Second Season - TVLine



My thoughts: I was getting ready to move around the time Under the Dome first premiered, so I've only seen the first episode at this point. That being said, I absolutely loved the first episode, so I'm definitely planning on getting caught up by watching the show on Amazon Prime's Instant Streaming player. I'm also currently reading the book, and I think the book is really great so far. I definitely recommend reading the book if you haven't already.

One last thing that I'd like to say regarding Under the Dome's season 2 renewal is that I honestly wasn't expecting the show's ratings to be as high as they have been. When CBS announced that Under the Dome would be airing during the summer, I pretty much instantly assumed that the show would be D.O.A. or that if it did manage to get decent ratings for a TV show airing on a TV channel that's not a cable network that the show would quickly crash and burn. I'm beyond thrilled that I was wrong though since I loved the first episode, and it's great to know that the show will be back for a second season.