Manifest has become a top rated show at Netflix.
The series was canceled by NBC in June 2021 after three seasons but Netflix picked up the rights to the show’s reruns. They became so popular the streamer created a fourth season.
Now the fourth season has become a massive hit after the first 10 episodes dropped on November 4.
Huge turnaround: Manifest nearly ended on a cliffhanger at the end of the third season. Now, its the most streamed show on Netflix thanks to a fourth season
Season four has a total of 20 episodes, so that means 10 more are coming.
Manifest tells the story of an airplane full of passengers that ‘suddenly reappears after being missing for five years. As those aboard reintegrate into society, they experience guiding voices and visions of events yet to occur, and soon a deeper mystery unfolds,’ according to its IMDb page.
The show stars Melissa Roxburgh, Once Upon a Time actor Josh Dallas, Jessica Jones actor J.R. Ramirez and Fresh Off The Boat actress Luna Blaise.
On Tuesday, the official Twitter account for the Netflix show reported that it was ‘the #1 series on Netflix worldwide with over 57 million hours streamed.’
Roxburgh, told The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix gave the show quite a bit of creative freedom for the fourth season.
Canceled: The show, which originally aired on NBC from 2018 to 2021, was canceled by the broadcasting company in June of last year
The comeback: Netflix acquired the streaming rights for the show right before it was canceled and, because the first three seasons did so well on the platform, they picked it up for a fourth season just months later
Big news: On Tuesday, the official Twitter account for the Netflix show reported that it was ‘the #1 series on Netflix worldwide with over 57 million hours streamed’
‘Netflix bought us for a reason, and it felt like they trusted those creatives on the show to keep doing what they had been doing,’ she said. ‘They had their input, but there was just a lot more trust and freedom from Netflix as opposed to NBC.’
She added that she was glad they got another season because all of the stars ‘would have been a little bit depressed’ if they hadn’t.
‘I’m happy that Netflix brought us back, not only to finish the story but to give everyone a proper goodbye,’ she said.
Opening up: One of the show’s stars, Melissa Roxburgh, told The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix gave the show quite a bit of creative freedom for the fourth season
A mystery: Manifest tells the story of an airplane full of passengers that ‘suddenly reappears after being missing for five years’
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