Rejoice! TNT’s ‘The Librarians’ Renewed for Season Two!

Oh hell yes! TNT’s The Librarians has just been renewed for a second season.

From the press release:

TNT has renewed its hit fantasy-adventure The Librarians. One of the hottest new shows on cable, The Librarians burst onto the scene with a chart-topping launch in December and went on to finish the year as basic cable’s #2 new series of 2014, second only to TNT’s The Last Ship. The show’s success extends across TNT’s multiple platforms, with each week’s episode reaching an average of 11.4 million viewers through linear telecasts, DVR playback and VOD, digital and mobile viewing. TNT has ordered 10 episodes for the second season, which is slated to launch later this year.

I’m going to be honest, those big numbers surprise me. There is virtually zero passion for the show from other geeks that I can see, and it was hardly discussed on other outlets and blogs. Hell, even we here at Geekscape remained relatively quiet on this delightful series.

The Librarians was one of the best and woefully underrated new TV shows from last fall. I was concerned its lifespan would be cut short due to lack of buzz, but my worries have been relieved.

If you haven’t watched the series yet, go out of your way to do so. In one word, it’s fun. It has the spirit of Guardians of the Galaxy but with B-movie/genre TV sensibilities. I’m in love with the characters and the world they have been thrown in. The premise has opened their doors to literally anything, and in its first season the show has lived up to that. Haunted houses, Santa Claus, minotaurs, even a U.N. for fucking DRAGONS. It’s great stuff.

We may be rooting for other, lesser-known shows like Constantine, but in this golden age of television our television adventures have been too quick to explore the darker reaches of the human condition. I’m not condemning this, but we’ve rendered whimsy and wide-eyed points-of-view into something uncool. We’ve belittled optimism and hope, and it’s kind of made us all too moody. Even our beloved Doctor, in his Twelfth form, and the once wise-cracking Green Arrow have become something darker than they probably should be.

Check out The Librarians on TNT and add a little pep to your step. When you watch, I dare you not to smile.

Source: Turner Press Room.