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Manifest has joined the NBC shows that are officially coming back next year. On June 15, the supernatural drama about a group of plane crash survivors was officially renewed by the Peacock network, 10 weeks after its most recent season finale aired.
This is good news for creator Jeff Rake, who pitched the show as a six-season story. He told SyFy: "I pitched it, as someone who didn't have a previous serialized show before, with a roadmap and clear chapters along the way. We don't always know the number of episodes we get per season, so we roll with the punches. But the show wants to be six seasons."
Josh Dallas, who plays Ben Stone in Manifest, celebrated the news on Twitter, writing: "Season 3 of @NBCManifest is OFFICIAL! Thanks for all the support! Because of you, we get to continue this ride and I get to dust off these glasses. Now let's find out what happened to use [sic] on that plane."
Though Manifest is definitely coming back for Season 3, its release date has not been confirmed. Season 1 began in September 2018, while Season 2 came in January 2020. As such, an early 2021 release seems possible—but of course, all of that will depend on when the show can start shooting.
NBC has not confirmed its 2020-2021 TV schedule, though other networks have announced that they are pushing the majority of their fall shows to January 2021, and its midseason shows to spring of that year. If this is the case at NBC, then Manifest Season 3 may have to wait until May 2021 before it airs.
Based on his Twitter celebrations over the renewal news, Dallas will return to lead the cast of Season 3 (as will his glasses), as will fellow star Melissa Roxburgh.
Manifest Season 3 will follow on from the events of Season 2, which saw Zeke Landon (played by Matt Long) resurrected while a tail fin from Flight 828 was fished out of the water off the coast of Cuba, suggesting the plane is somehow in two places at once.
Explaining to TVLine what this will mean for Season 3, Rake said: "Once the entire world finds out about this tail fin, that's going to re-trigger the global scrutiny and paranoia about Flight 828 and its passengers. More pointedly, it's going to lead people—and not just hatemongers like the Xers, but even rational minds—to conclude, in light of this evidence...that the passengers are not the passengers."
Manifest is the latest show renewed by NBC. So far, the Peacock has renewed American Ninja Warrior, The Blacklist, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the One Chicago shows, Ellen's Game of Games, Good Girls, Law & Order: SVU, Making It, New Amsterdam, Superstore, This is Us and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. Among the shows canceled, meanwhile, are Bluff City Law, The InBetween, Indebted, Lincoln Rhyme and Perfect Harmony.
Manifest Season 3 is coming soon to NBC.
