'Manifest' receives an order for three additional episodes from NBC
Director Jeff Rake's 'Manifest' has received an order for an additional three episodes which will extend the formerly 13-episodes Season 1 to 16 episodes. The show follows the incidents of Montego Air Flight 828 which disappeared for almost five years and returned only to find out that none of the passengers have aged a day. Other than involving the element of time lapse, the show also uses mythological tales to showcase the mental turmoil that the passengers are experiencing after their return.
While NBC's decision comes right after the premiere of Episode 4, it is not much of a surprise that the network has considered extending the show by three more episodes. 'Manifest' has broken all records for NBC, as just within two days of the first episode's premiere it had set new records for the channel adding +1.28 of a rating point in adults 18-49 and +4.9 million viewers overall. Following the second episode which aired on October 2, the show had also added a whopping 5.7 million viewers to its credit, after three days of playback. In fact, Rake's mythological sci-fi has managed to crush the viewership of the 'Will & Grace' revival which itself had broken all records last year.
