Update: March 8, 2016
AMC Renews INTO THE BADLANDS for a Second Season
AMC is going back to the
Badlands. The cable network has renewed its post-apocalyptic martial arts drama for a second season,
The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Picked up straight to series in 2014, the drama from
Smallville's Al Gough and Miles Millar will be back with 10 episodes after launching its six-episode run in the plumb post-
Walking Dead slot. The drama will not return until 2017, AMC announced Tuesday.
The drama, with a massive marketing push, opened after TV's No. 1 series among adults 19-49 and collected the third-best cable launch of 2015. With three days of delayed viewing, the November debut drew 8.2 million total viewers with 5.1 million among adults 18-49. The strong premiere ranked behind fellow AMC launches with
Walking Dead and
Breaking Bad off-shoots
Fear the Walking Dead (No. 1) and
Better Call Saul (No. 2), respectively. Both
Into the Badlands and
Better Call Saul had the advantage of opening behind Robert Kirkman's zombie drama. All told, Into the Badlands averaged 5.6 million total viewers with 3.4 million in adults under 50 and 3.5 among 25-54.
AMC also used interest in
Walking Dead to boost
Into the Badlands. The cabler aired previews for upcoming episodes of the ratings behemoth during the Daniel Wu starrer, giving
Walking Dead viewers the opportunity to sample its latest offering.
Post-Apocalyptic Martial-Arts Drama 'Into the Badlands' Renewed for a Second Season by AMC