After two seasons and one creative revamp, CBS and star Halle Berry have pulled the plug on summer sci-fi drama series Extant. The network is staying in business with the Oscar-winning actress, putting in development Legalease, a drama which Berry will executive produce.“CBS, Halle Berry and the producers have decided to conclude the Extant story after last season’s exciting and fitting conclusion,” Image (4) cbs-logo__140520194612-275x275.jpg for post 733631said Glenn Geller, President of CBS Entertainment. “Extant played an important role in expanding CBS’ lineup of original scripted programming in the summer. We are proud of the show’s success on the network, as well as its popularity on Amazon Prime Video. We also want to thank the incomparable Halle Berry for her commitment and support for the series and look forward to working with her on our next project together.”Extant had a fairytale start, with a spec by unknown writer Mickey Fisher finding its way to Amblin TV and sparking a bidding war before landing at CBS with a straight-to-series order and attracting Berry for the lead in her TV series debut. It was the second show under CBS’ new summer original drama series model following Under The Dome.Extant, starring Berry as Molly, an astronaut who mysteriously gets pregnant on a yearlong solo mission in outer space, posted solid delayed-viewing increases in Season 1 and was a strong performer on Amazon Prime, which streamed Extant and Under The Dome episodes just days after the episodes’ broadcast premiere. But the futuristic thriller couldn’t attract broad enough audience for a network show.
