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

by Eric Francisco

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.

TNT Greenlights Action-Packed Drama Series ‘The Librarians’!

by Kari Lane

I was thrilled to learn that there will be a new TV show based on The Librarian trilogy! The Librarians will be a continuation of the successful TNT films (The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines, and The Librarian: Cure of the Judas Chalice) starring Noah Wyle as the librarian charged to guard ancient/mystical artifacts. Not sure what I am talking about?

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Well, the first Librarian film came out in 2004 and I saw it while working at Hollywood Video (remember that ancient place?). I thought it was such a fun film and was quick to watch the well done sequels over the next several years. If you like movies such as National Treasure and Indiana Jones then you will enjoy The Librarian films (and hopefully enjoy the new TV show as well). They are full of action and adventure, lots of humor and they are extremely smart.

Wyle’s character, Flynn Carsen, has 22 college degrees, is socially awkward and does not have much direction in his life. He finds himself at the Metropolitan Public Library and applies to be a librarian. The library holds more than just books though. It turns out to be the place where mystical artifacts such as Excalibur, Pandora’s Box, and the Holy Grail (just to name a few) are stored. It is the job of the librarian to locate these items in the world and bring them safely to the library.

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The TV series will be set 10 years after Flynn started working for the library which is cool because it parallels the real world timeline (remember the first film came out in 2004). Being the librarian can be a tough job so now he will be working with a team.

To aid him in his duties, the Library has recruited four people from around the world, including Eve Baird (Rebecca Romijn), a highly skilled counter-terrorism agent who is responsible for protecting the group and keeping them all alive; Jake Stone (Christian Kane), an Oklahoma oil worker with an IQ of 190 and an encyclopedic knowledge of art history; Cassandra (Lindy Booth), a quirky young woman with the special gift of auditory and sensory hallucinations linked to memory retrieval, known as synesthesia; and Ezekiel Jones (John Kim), a master of new technologies and aficionado of old classic crimes who enjoys playing the role of international man of mystery.

TNT has ordered ten episodes of The Librarians with the intent of launching the series later this year and I cannot wait to check it out!