‘Joe Pickett’ Renewed For Season 2 At Spectrum; Michael Dorman Drama Becomes Network’s Most Watched Series As Paramount+ Set To Stream

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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Pickett, the Michael Dorman-fronted drama series, is returning for season two.Spectrum Originals has renewed the series, which follows a dedicated game warden and his family as they navigate the shifting socio-political climate of a small rural town on the verge of economic collapse, after it becomes its most-watched series ever.Katherine Pope, SVP, Head of Original Content.

Charter Communications, told Deadline that the C.J Box adaptation was watched by over 1M households in its first month after its December launch – making it the company’s most-watched original before the full season was released.This puts it ahead of series such as Mad About You, Manhunt: Deadly Games and LA’s Finest.The series, which is produced by Paramount Television Studios, is currently available exlusively on its Spectrum service and will launch on Paramount+ at a later date.

While the network usually employs a model that sees it take a first window with nine month exclusivity, in this case, it ordered Joe Pickett to series and subsequently scored its streaming partner.“What’s so special about the fact that Joe Pickett connected with the audience is that it’s just a great show,” she told Deadline. “I feel that sometimes our business gets in its own way… [asking] what do we do?

How do we reinvent it? Sometimes you just make a great show. We wanted this to be a character drama that spools out over time.”Season one followed the Pickett family as they found themselves in the crosshairs when a murder victim wound up on their doorstep and they were forced to navigate a tangled web of schemes, secrets, and conspiracy amidst the scenic vistas of the Wyoming wilderness.It comes from Waco creators John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, who