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FOX have opened discussions over Gang RelatedSeason 2.
The crime drama wrapped its first season on August 14, with its future uncertain as the network has yet to officially cancel or renew for Season 2.
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However, showrunner/EP Scott Rosenbaum assures THR that talks are underway over the possibility of extending Gang Related into Season 2, with a decision expected within the next two weeks:
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We’re in discussions right now. We don’t have confirmation if it’s going to happen or not, but we’re actively talking to them about it, and I’m hoping sometime in the next couple weeks we’ll get an answer, either good or bad. It definitely has a shot, which is nice.
While Rosenbaum accepts that the show’s ratings haven’t been great, the feedback he’s received from FOX and the studio make him optimistic for Season 2, per Zap2It
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The studio and the network really like the show a lot, regardless of the numbers, which have not been great. They feel very strongly that creatively it’s a really good show, so we’re trying to find a way to bring it back.
Rosenbaum promises a richer, more character-driven second season if the show is renewed, and teased the overarching narrative for the next chapter in the story:
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What the finale really sets up is, is Ryan having to make a choice. Is his loyalty truly to the gang family, or is his loyalty to being a police officer? And he makes that decision at the end of season one, and that decision is what will be the driving narrative for him in season two, and the repercussions of him making that choice is what season two’s about.
Elaborating further, he offered:
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“Part of the show is Ryan’s journey as he moves up through the ranks in the world and can he escape his past? How high can he actually soar with the right people pushing the right buttons behind him?. In a perfect world, if we could do multiple seasons, that would be what we would track — how does a guy who starts out as a member of a gang task force, how high can he rise? And if he does rise to the ultimate heights, it’s a house of cards and you pull one card out and it collapses, so how is he going to protect himself? How is he going to stay one step ahead of those who want to expose him?”