Fox’s crime anthology “Accused” and Philadelphia-set procedural “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” will get a sophomore season, the network announced Thursday.
The drama, which is both co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment, will air a second season in the 2023-24 season.
Both series have premiered with impressive first seasons, as “The Accused” debuted on January 22 with 14.6 multi-platform viewers and a 2.5 demo rating among the key demographic of viewers aged 18 to 49, television’s highest in two years. The rated drama climbed up on debut. As per Nielsen Live Plus 35-day data. The series from executive producer Howard Gordon has 7.5 million multi-platform viewers, a 126% increase over its live plus same-day figures.
“Alert”, starring Scott Cain, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Roll and Ryan Broussard, premiered to 8.5 million multi-platform viewers and an average of 6.7 million multi-platform viewers for Season One, which debuted on its Live Plus the same day. The figures saw a jump of 154%.
“‘The Accused’ and ‘Alert’ stand out as two of this season’s new broadcast and multi-platform success stories,” Michael Thorne, president of Fox Entertainment scripted programming, said in a statement announcing the renewal. “Looking to 2023-24, we will continue to deliver the powerful storytelling coming from both series, building on our incredible partnership with Sony and further strengthening Fox’s strong slate of dramas, allowing us to expand our schedule season-by-season.” There will be stability.”
With “Accused,” Howard Gordon takes the crime anthology to new heights and acclaim, featuring a premier roster of directors and talent who entertain audiences with a provocative, fresh take on the most relevant, topical issues of our day,” Thorne continued. “Scott, Dania, John and Jamie have done an incredible job launching ‘Alert’ and bringing its story into heartwarming focus, giving us an emotionally intense procedural drama that’s even more Poised for success as Carla takes over the day-to-day reins, continuing the great work we’ve seen this season.
Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning series, “The Accused” follows 15 emotional and intense tales of crime and punishment with a new cast for each episode including Michael Chiklis, Abigail Breslin, Whitney Cummings, Margo Martindale, Malcolm- Artists such as Jamal. Warner, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, Molly Parker, Rhea Perlman, Betsy Brandt, Keith Carradine, Aisha Dee and Jason Ritter. Season 1 was also directed by Billy Porter, Marlee Matlin, Tjabah Chavez, and Michael Chiklis.
“Alert: Missing Persons Unit”, which follows Philadelphia Police Officers Jason Grant (Caan) and Nikki Batista (Ramirez) as they chase leads in a life-or-death missing persons search, Jamie Foxx and executive produced by John Eisendrath. Eisendrath served as showrunner for season 1 and Carla Kettner is set to join as executive producer and showrunner for season 2.
“We are excited to continue our long partnership with Fox to bring more ‘Accused’ and ‘Alert’ to audiences around the world,” said Catherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television. “It’s wonderful to see these timely, touching stories resonate with audiences, and we want to congratulate the writers, producers, cast and crew on their success. We are incredibly proud of their collective work and look forward to seeing where this series goes next!
