05-05-2025
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- Time of India
The Summit: Will CBS show return with Season 2? Here's what the ratings say and what you can expect
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The Summit, a one-of-a-kind series that featured 16 contestants tasked with climbing a mountain, had its premiere in the fall last year for its inaugural showed the participating contestants going through various obstacles, which included twists and turns by the Mountain's Keeper, to reach the checkpoints on Summit, hosted by Manu Bennett , was a spinoff of the Australian series of the same name. The latter show made its debut in 2023 and has completed two seasons so the show, the contestants were provided two weeks' time to climb the mountain in the Southern Alps, while overcoming numerous challenges that came their maiden season of The Summit took viewers on a thrilling adventure as the participants made every possible effort to be the first person to reach the top of the mountain and bag the $250,000 cash prize of the 16 contestants at the start of the journey, three were finally able to complete the path without getting eliminated or withdrawing from the these three were Nick Morgan, a salesman from Louisiana's Madisonville; Ladeania 'Punkin' Jackson, US Air Force Sergeant from Columbus; and Therron Pittman, a Los Angeles-based three of them ended up getting $250,000, while Morgan received $500,000 in total winnings after being voted by the players, who were eliminated earlier from the though fans of the Australian version of the series have witnessed two seasons to date, there is no possibility of having a Season 2 for The Summit in the April this year, broadcaster CBS announced its decision to cancel The Summit along with its comedy series Poppa's came after it placed two other shows in the lineup -- DMV and Summit did not perform well in terms of ratings and received 2.6 million viewers on average in the maiden season, according to TV Season 1 of the series did not receive much praise from critics, who criticised the concept of including normal people in the contest rather than going for experienced of the critics had even termed Bennett's hosting as a "cheap Survivor knockoff".As a result, CBS decided to avoid going ahead with a second season of the Jai Courtney presented the show in the will reportedly share details during its CBS 2025-2026 schedule reveal on May 7.
