Summary

• The Quantum Leap revival has been cancelled by NBC.
• This news comes a month and a half after the season 2 finale.
• Season 2 of the science fiction show ended on a cliffhanger.

Quantum Leap is ending. The NBC science fiction show is a revival of the Scott Bakula show of the same name that originally ran for five seasons between 1989 and 1993. The new show premiered in 2022 and starred Raymond Lee as Ben Song, a physicist with Quantum Leap who ends up traveling through time and inhabiting different people's bodies, fixing their problems in order to continue leaping from body to body as he attempts to make his way home.

Per Quantum Leap season 3 and the show has officially been cancelled. This news comes a month and a half after the season 2 finale aired on February 20. Although the first half of season 2 was getting relatively stable ratings compared with those of the bulk of season 1, viewership dwindled toward the end of the season, with the finale getting just 1.36 million viewers, the second-lowest ratings of the entire show behind the episode that aired the week earlier, which had 1.34 million viewers.

Could Quantum Leap Find New Life At Another Network?

Quantum Leap Season 2 Ended On A Cliffhanger

The question remains as to whether the show could potentially be picked up by another network. Although the overarching storyline was generally wrapped up in the Quantum Leap season 2 finale, the ending offered a major story development that promised to change the dynamic of the show significantly in a possible season 3. Additionally, showrunners Martin Gero and Dean Georgaris recently revealed that they had already outlined the story for that season.

Because the show is the first NBC scripted show to be cancelled this season, it is difficult to ascertain if it will be an enticing prospect for other networks to pick up. However, networks are generally still focused on resuscitating their own lineups in the wake of the 2023 Hollywood strikes, which saw writers and then actors fighting for fair pay. It seems unlikely that they will pick up a show that belongs to another network unless it seems like a sure bet, especially while bigger shows like Law & Order: Organized Crime are also on the bubble.

Quantum Leap was largely unaffected by the strikes because the first eight episodes of season 2 wrapped production beforehand, meaning the show's winter hiatus only lasted about six weeks.

It's also possible that NBC will want to hold on to the intellectual property. So far, both shows in the franchise have aired on the network, and while this revival doesn't have a future, there could be room for another revival or an out-and-out reboot down the road without the current Quantum Leap cast. For the time being, it seems like Ben Song's story has come to an end.

Source: TVLine