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Jerry Lee Lewis and other living members of the original Sun Records scene praised the show.Ĭoming back to CMT are the Billy Ray Cyrus-led show Still The King, the unscripted I Love Kellie Pickler, among other shows. Jerry Lees philandering catches up with him, and Johnny starts his own band. The Sun Records series, and Nashville‘s move from ABC were part of a change in strategy from CMT to distance from the controversial reality series Party Down South, and instead focus on television that catered more to their conventional demographics as “Country Music Television.” Though Sun Records was never a ratings king, it found a lot of positive reception with old school country and rock fans. Sun Records Season 1 (175) 7.5 2017 TV-14 Colonel Tom Parker presses to take over Elvis career, but Sam struggles with the decision to let his star go. You never know, because it did quite well.” It did extremely well but there are no current plans for additional episodes. “It always was to be a limited-run series. “Originally we had planned for it to be a three-night event, and we morphed the development into a limited-run series,” says Jayson Dinsmore. Though these would be low numbers for a network television show, they fall into the average viewership for a CMT series. Sun Records averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic, and 585,000 viewers per episode. Starring Chad Michael Murray, Billy Gardell, Drake Milligan, Kevin Fonteyne, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, with cameos from folks like Pokey LaFarge playing Hank Snow, the series was set in Memphis during the birth of rock and roll at the iconic studio landmark the show was named for.Īccording to CMT’s head of development, Jayson Dinsmore, fans should be happy they got as many episodes as they did, while also saying the series was a success in its short run, and leaving open the possibility of a return. CMT’s series Sun Records has been canceled after an eight episode run behind the network’s now signature series, Nashville. A show that gave a fresh shot in the arm to the legacy of Sun Records and artists like Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis will not be renewed for a second season.