‘Once Upon a Time’ season 6 seems likely, ‘a long bright future’
Once Upon a Time heads for a return in March and ABC boss Paul Lee says the future is “bright” for the fairy tale drama. Despite the ratings drop, it sounds like a season six will be planned.
“Those guys are so inventive,” Lee told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s press tour, referring to OUAT bosses Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. “You know these great shows with strong franchises, they ebb and flow as you go through.”
Lee is feeling pretty positive about Once Upon a Time continuing on past season 5. “We had a great start to [this] season,” Lee said. “Each of their arcs they bring a new theme in. Their next theme is going to be great because Hades gives us the chance to bring back so many of the people that we lost. I think Once Upon a Time has a long and bright future.”
Beyond the regular cast of Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas,Jennifer Morrison,Lana Parrilla,Colin O’Donoghue and Robert Carlyle, the characters returning for the season half of the season include Cora (Barbara Hershey), Henry (Tony Perez,) Peter Pan(Robbie Kay), Cruella de Vil (Victoria Smurfit) and Milah (Rachel Shelley).
Once Upon a Time returns Sunday, March 6 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
