68 Whiskey Season 2: Cancelled or Renewed?

68 Whiskey comes out on January 15, 2020 and runs throughout March 18, 2020. The show has ten one-hour episodes. It has an IMDb rating of 5.5 and a score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and is available in Paramount Network. Will 68 Whiskey Season 2 continue?

Roberto Benabib, the person that created the 68 Whiskey show, received around two million viewes at the start. ’68 Whiskey’ is Paramount Network’s second scripted series, following its hit, ‘Yellowstone‘, which ranked as the most watched new cable series of 2018. This dark comedy drama revolves around a multicultural team of army medics sent to an Afghan Base known by the nickname “The Orphanage.”

After its promising premiere, the ratings dropped. however, overall, the series is outside the Top 100 in total viewership, with audiences ranging from 18-49 and 25-54 year-old adults.

Here’s everything there is to know about the second season of 68 Whiskey.

68 Whiskey Season 1 Overview

As an adaptation of an Israeli TV series called Charlie Golf One, ’68 Whiskey’ tells how a crew navigates a strange land while relying on their mutual friendship, different tools, and sometimes, the will to survive at all costs. Season 1 follows the team as Roback convinces Davis to partner with him in a get-rich-quick plan which fails miserably. After various accidents, the members realize that the solution to all their problems is one thing — cash. Of course, earning so much money is not an easy task, But the gang manages to do it somehow. However, matters spiral out of control when the cash goes missing and the group must enter Taliban territory to retrieve it.

68 Whiskey follows a group of male and female Army medics in Afghanistan who are stationed at a base called The Orphanage. This comedy-drama series features an epic cast, including Raw’s Sam Keeley as Cooper Roback and Teen Wolf’s Gage Golightly as Grace Durkin.

Jeremy Tardy of The Honorable White Man takes the role of Staff Sergeant Mekhi Davis with Derek Theler of The Middle as Sasquatch. Beth Riesgraf of Leverage also stars in the series as Major Sonia Holloway. Other cast members include Cristina Rodlo, Lamont Thompson, Nicholas Coombe and Derek Theler.

Israeli series creator Zion Rubin is the executive producer alongside Euphrates Shmaya Dror and Danna Stern.

68 Whiskey Season 2: Will It Release?

Considering the not-so-impressive start, Paramount decided to discontinue the series. In September 2020, the network announced that ’68 Whiskey’ season 2 has officially been cancelled. In addition to mediocre ratings, sources state that rising costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, filming in Los Angeles, and the number of background actors in some scenes were factors that contributed to the cancellation.

Unfortunately, the show won’t be coming for a second season. On September 2, 2020, Paramount announced that the second season for 68 Whiskey would not be renewed. The news has shocked the audience. Paramount also failed to provide a reason for canceling the show. Reports say that the show experienced a drop in ratings after the first season. The cancellation of 68 Whiskey made Yellowstone the only Paramount original. Previously, Paramount held the rights to Emily In Paris but has recently moved it to Netflix.

Unfortunately, the exact reason for the cancellation of the show has not been disclosed by Paramount Network. One thing is for sure, the cancellation of 68 Whiskey was a huge shock to fans of the series.

Fans who were eagerly waiting for the second season were very surprised by the news. Fans took to Twitter to share their sadness about the cancellation of the beloved show. Soon after the cancellation, fans started flooding Twitter with tweets praising the show.