Why Jason Bourne TV Show Treadstone Season 2 Was Cancelled
Treadstone season 2 is no longer happening after confirmation that USA Network's Jason Bourne spinoff series has been cancelled after just one season. There are a couple of main reasons behind this somewhat surprising decision, which chiefly stem from the show's ratings, and the channel's overall shift towards a different kind of programming. These two factors spelled a death knell for Treadstone, which unsuccessfully tried to pour the international espionage-based thrills of the Bourne franchise into an episodic series.
Based on the Jason Bourne films (which in turn are based on the books by author Robert Ludlum), Treadstone season 1 is set in two different time periods. A 1973 storyline follows the character John Randolph Bentley (Jeremy Irvine), a CIA Operative who was captured by the KGB and put through a brainwashing program that programmed him to carry out assassinations and other missions for the Soviets. In the present-day storyline, a group of operatives who were turned into sleeper agents by the CIA's own behavior modification program, Treadstone, begin to awaken.
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Treadstone season 1 consists of 10 episodes and was released internationally on Amazon Prime, which undoubtedly helped the series to reach a wider fanbase than its scheduled terrestrial programming. Unfortunately, its viewership still wasn't deemed strong enough to guarantee a future for the show. Here's why Treadstone season 2 was canceled, and what the second installment's story might have been.
USA Network's cancellation of Treadstone season 2 was reported alongside the channel's cancellation of the horror spinoff series The Purge. These announcements form part of a move away
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