Certainly fans of the franchise will miss MTV and Spike’s adaptation, but is Shannara worthy of yet a third network?
The Jon Favreau-produced adaptation (with Smallville producers Al Gough and Miles Millar at the helm) started with the second novel, The Elfstones of Shannara, as its first season.
MTV put its best effort forward to adapt the YA-friendly Shannara novels as an ongoing series, but even moving the show to Spike wasn’t enough to stave-off a two-season cancellation.
TVLine points out that production company Sonar Entertainment is looking to shop The Shannara Chronicles to other outlets, though a second season that “barely drew a quarter of a million live viewers” ended all the way back in November.