{"id":27539,"date":"2016-07-29T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27539"},"modified":"2016-07-29T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T18:59:45","slug":"report-fox-renews-john-cenas-american-grit-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/29\/report-fox-renews-john-cenas-american-grit-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Report &#8211; Fox renews John Cena&#8217;s &#8220;American Grit&#8221; for Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1043921385\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fox has picked up a second season of John Cena&#8217;s &#8220;American Grit&#8221; TV series, <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/07\/john-cena-american-grit-renewed-second-season-fox-1201795158\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports Deadline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cena hinted at having a reduced TV schedule as part of the Smackdown Live brand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/29\/wwe-video-john-cena-weekly-interview-turning-time-off-wwe-schedule-goal-smackdown-live-not-picked-first-wwe-draft-ambrose-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview on WWE&#8217;s website released Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It appears he will be taking time off soon (at an undetermined time) to film the second season of Grit.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline reports that Season 2 is currently at the casting stage.<\/p>\n<p>Cena is executive producer of the series as well as the host of the military-themed competition show. Cena is re-collaborating\u00a0with Leftfield Productions on Season 2 after they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/13\/report-john-cena-signs-reality-tv-deal-production-company\/\">announced\u00a0a partnership agreement earlier in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen when Season 2 will premiere on Fox.<\/p>\n<p>The first season <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/10\/final-viewership-tally-john-cenas-american-grit-fox\/\">struggled to draw an audience on Thursday nights this spring<\/a>. The show was head-to-head with Smackdown, which meant WWE did a minimum amount of promotion for Cena&#8217;s project.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3389764511\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Cena relied on social media using various campaign hashtags to drive interest to the show, but the TV viewing audience did not come around.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re back for Season 2!! Excited to announce the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanGritFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericanGritFox<\/a>. Get ready, it\u2019s time to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShowYourGrit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShowYourGrit<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jfHDeFBh8W\">pic.twitter.com\/jfHDeFBh8W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena\/status\/759098699167461380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3859346824\"><div id=\"pwtor-210199494\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Fox has picked up a second season of John Cena&#8217;s &#8220;American Grit&#8221; TV series, reports Deadline.com. 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