MTV Orders ‘The Shannara Chronicles’ Season 2

The Shannara Chronicles

MTV has announced the renewal of its freshman series, The Shannara Chronicles. The adaptation of the international best-selling fantasy novels by Terry Brooks will have a second season. The announcement was made ahead of the 2016 MTV Upfront presentation which will be held in New York tomorrow.

“This dream team delivered a beautiful, ground breaking show with compelling stories and character journeys which brought in new viewers. I can’t wait to see what season 2 brings,” said Mina Lefevre, Executive Vice President and Head of Scripted Development at MTV.

“We’re thrilled to continue the momentum established in Season 1,” said Jenna Glazier, Executive Vice President, Television Series, Sonar Entertainment. “Along with the ongoing support of MTV, the entire creative team is poised to raise the bar even higher in Season 2.”

The first season of The Shannara Chronicles averaged a 0.98 L3 rating in MTV’s core demo and ranks as MTV’s top-rated new series this year. Additionally, Shannara saw the highest average L7 lift (+106%) for a freshman series in MTV history.

The Shannara Chronicles was also a strong performer on digital platforms, where it garnered 16.6 million streams across all MTV’s digital properties and brought significant traffic growth to the MTV App. The series also ranks as the highest grossing digital download for a single season on MTV ever.

The Shannara Chronicles is executive produced and written by Al Gough and Miles Millar. Jon Favreau, Jonathan Liebesman, Terry Brooks and Dan Farah also serve as executive producers.

We’ll keep you posted on details of The Shannara Chronicles Season 2 as they surface!

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