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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Lanterns Hasn’t Gotten a Greenlight for a 2nd Season Yet · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Normally when a TV show's debut season achieves massive success
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Speaker 2: critically and commercial success as well, like the hit HBO
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Speaker 2: series Lanterns has, a second season is almost a guarantee.
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Speaker 2: But Lanterns hasn't gotten the green light for number two yet.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran tells Collider that season
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Speaker 3: two has to be on par with the quality of
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Speaker 3: season one. And for them to give it a green light,
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Speaker 3: that all comes down to the writers who are currently
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Speaker 3: hard at work trying to dream up a really good
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Speaker 3: enough storyline.
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Speaker 4: Peter says if the writers room can come up with
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Speaker 4: what he believes is a worthy successor to a beloved
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Speaker 4: and great first season, that will dictate whether there is
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Speaker 4: a second season.
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Speaker 2: No pressure there. Peter didn't give an exact timeline for
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Speaker 2: when season two of Lanterns might get an official green light,
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Speaker 2: but says fans should know by the end of the year.
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Speaker 2: In the meantime, season one is on HBO.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.