![\"Every](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NUP_198404_00921.jpg?crop=0px%2C51px%2C1000px%2C565px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Every Time NBC’s ‘Quantum Leap’ Paid Tribute to the OG Series<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tHonoring its predecessor. NBC\u2019s Quantum Leap revival has often paid tribute to the original science fiction series. The original sci-fi show, which ran from 1989 to 1993, starred Scott Bakula as a physicist named Dr. Sam Beckett who accidentally leaps through time and temporarily takes the place of a person from that time period. In [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIn terms of the reception, we were all just so thrilled to be there. We really liked the show. We were having a really good time making it. I was having a good time making it,\u201d she told Us<\/em> about her experience filming the first season. \u201cFor me personally, I don\u2019t read a ton about critical feedback or message boards or things like that. You don\u2019t have time when you\u2019re making the show. So to me it felt like sort of a perfect storm of just you keep your head down, do your work, mind your business and stay out of trouble.\u201d<\/p>\nQuantum Leap<\/em>, which is a revival of the \u201890s science-fiction series<\/a>, follows Ben (Raymond Lee<\/strong>) after he makes a secret leap through time and gets lost in the past. With help from his ex Addison (Caitlin Bassett<\/strong>) and the rest of the Quantum Leap team, Ben tries to figure out what caused him to alter history.<\/p>\nWednesday\u2019s midseason finale introduced a major twist when Addison\u2019s new boyfriend \u2014 and the new leader of the Quantum Leap team \u2014 Tom (Peter Gadiot<\/strong>) revealed that there might be a way to finally return Ben to the present.<\/p>\nKeep scrolling to see Hudson, Lee and Park break down all of Us<\/em>\u2018 burning questions about what\u2019s to come in the remainder of season 2 and the future of the show:\n<\/p>\nThe Ben Reveal<\/h3>\n\n![\"'Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Quantum-Leap-Cast-Teases-Whats-to-Come-on-Season-2-Including-Bens-Return-and-Future-Threats2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBen potentially coming back to the present threw Us<\/em> for a loop because it sounds too good to be true. According to Park, Ben\u2019s potential return means the entire premise of Quantum Leap<\/em><\/a> falls apart.<\/p>\n\u201cIf Ben is back, we\u2019re unemployed,\u201d Park joked. \u201cObviously, as the characters, we all want to see resolution with that story line. We\u2019ve been working years and years \u2014 especially with the time jump \u2014 to bring this individual back. I could probably speak for all of us to say that as characters we want Ben back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Park continued: \u201cAs an actor, I would like to make more episodes. So I\u2019m sure that [the writers room] has plans that I\u2019m really excited about for all the various ways in which the show is going to continue from this to the season finale, which I think is really, really rad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hudson, 77, meanwhile, is waiting to see how the plot twist plays out<\/a> before getting his hopes up.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s what we come into [with] trusting the producers and the writers team. We all definitely as characters really want [Ben to come back], but I\u2019m also trusting that they have looked further ahead. As we were saying, we like the surprise of what comes next,\u201d he detailed to Us<\/em>. \u201cAnd if Ben\u2019s back, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be very interesting. I\u2019m excited about the possibility and I\u2019m sort of taking it all in one episode at a time. But the possibilities are just all out there.\u201d<\/p>\nLee also praised the writers for pushing the boundaries they themselves created, adding, \u201cIt would pretty drastically change the format of the show. But if it did happen, I am sure our writers would find some really fun and interesting ways to develop that and maybe get another leaper out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t![\"Which](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Which-TV-Shows-Are-Renewed-Which.jpg?crop=139px%2C0px%2C1819px%2C1027px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Which TV Shows Are Renewed, Which Are Canceled in 2023-2024?<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAs networks make decisions about their roster of shows, Us Weekly will continue to track what has been renewed and which projects have been canceled. As Abbott Elementary\u2018s second season premiered on ABC, the hit sitcom received an early renewal for season 3. The ABC series \u2014\u00a0which stars Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
What Fans Can Expect From the Rest of Season 2<\/h3>\n\n![\"'Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Quantum-Leap-Cast-Teases-Whats-to-Come-on-Season-2-Including-Bens-Return-and-Future-Threats4.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhile the first half of season 2 finished airing, the cast is currently on set filming<\/a> the remaining episodes. Without giving any spoilers away, the trio were able to tease where the story can go from here and how it sets up the show\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s really exciting for me is [the way] there are the characters, [but] there\u2019s another huge part of it, [which] is the people behind the Pentagon. All those forces that make this possible that we really don\u2019t control,\u201d Hudson pointed out about potential threats. \u201cThey affect everything and how they\u2019ll come into play as we move forward is a mystery. But it is also very, very exciting. It\u2019s not all just up to us to just feel good about each other. There are other elements that really sort of turn things upside down and sideways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Park opted out of offering hints about how season 2 plays out because they know their \u201climits,\u201d joking, \u201cI\u2019ll ruin something somehow,\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee, for her part, reminded viewers to evolving character arcs<\/a> as well as story lines.<\/p>\n\u201cSeason 2 has had more of a focus on the relationships. Between what\u2019s going on with Ben and Addison together and separately [on an emotional level], as well as the rest of the team and what everybody is sort of grappling with,\u201d she noted. \u201cIt\u2019s a really nice opportunity for the audience to get to know other facets of these characters. Some of those things tend to build and we see some arcs of those things. But past that, I can\u2019t divulge too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t![\"Winter](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Winter-TV-Preview-2023-Inside-the-Must-Watch-New-and-Returning-Shows-Feature-01.jpg?crop=176px%2C0px%2C1752px%2C990px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Winter TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tSettle in! The winter season is upon us \u2014 and it won\u2019t be long before new and returning shows are back on our screens. Fans of That \u201970s Show will see the cast reunite in its upcoming spinoff, That \u201890s Show. Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama will be reuniting [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
How Much They Know About Their Character\u2019s Upcoming Story Lines<\/h3>\n\n![\"'Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Quantum-Leap-Cast-Teases-Whats-to-Come-on-Season-2-Including-Bens-Return-and-Future-Threats5.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cFor me, I\u2019d rather sort of discover it as we go along. But I think if there\u2019s some major things that are about to happen, it\u2019s kind of nice to be aware because it affects everything that comes [ahead of it],\u201d Hudson shared. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be totally naive about it, but as much as possible, I\u2019d like to kind of discover it in the same way the audience does.\u201d<\/p>\n
Park told Us<\/em> they would \u201cget made fun of a lot\u201d on set for \u201cnot reading ahead\u201d in their scripts.<\/p>\n\u201cNanrisa gives me a really hard time with the level of uncertainty that I maybe approach some things with. But there\u2019s so much fun in discovery. There\u2019s so much fun in seeing what the writers come up with every week, especially because the show does go to really wild places and it does shift pretty drastically really quickly,\u201d they gushed. \u201cI try not to get too attached to story lines or get too attached to an idea of what could happen because odds are they\u2019re going to throw a curveball at us anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee, meanwhile, enjoys reaching out to her cast members to unpack the big twists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cDefinitely, on more than one occasion, I\u2019ll text the [cast] thread just, like, all capitals after a script gets released to us. It\u2019s exciting to be a part of an ongoing series where big things happen,\u201d she noted. \u201cI like being surprised, but like Mason said, if it\u2019s something that\u2019s directly attached to our character, we get a heads up about it.<\/p>\n
The actress concluded: \u201cAs far as the twists and turns of things that are happening with the program or in the leap, we just got one that I could not contain myself [about]. I just read it the other night. It was insane. It\u2019s going to be really, really, pretty exciting to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t![\"Sam](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sam-Smith-Cameo-on-And-Just-Like-That.jpg?crop=203px%2C197px%2C1453px%2C821px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Surprising Celebrity TV Cameos<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tWhile many TV shows have made household names out of their star players, occasionally showrunners have been able to corral some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest names to drop in for a surprising cameo during a complete episode or a single scene. Perhaps one of the most polarizing cameos belonged to Ed Sheeran on HBO\u2019s Game of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Their Favorite Guest Stars \u2014 and Their Dream Additions<\/h3>\n\n![\"'Quantum](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Quantum-Leap-Cast-Teases-Whats-to-Come-on-Season-2-Including-Bens-Return-and-Future-Threats3.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLee noted that it was fun having Justin Hartley<\/strong> and his real-life wife, Sofia Pernas<\/strong><\/a>, appear on an episode during season 1. She also applauded Bel-Air<\/em>\u2019s Diandra Lyle<\/strong> for playing a district attorney when Ben leaps into the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Quantum Leap<\/em>, which is a revival of the \u201890s science-fiction series<\/a>, follows Ben (Raymond Lee<\/strong>) after he makes a secret leap through time and gets lost in the past. With help from his ex Addison (Caitlin Bassett<\/strong>) and the rest of the Quantum Leap team, Ben tries to figure out what caused him to alter history.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s midseason finale introduced a major twist when Addison\u2019s new boyfriend \u2014 and the new leader of the Quantum Leap team \u2014 Tom (Peter Gadiot<\/strong>) revealed that there might be a way to finally return Ben to the present.<\/p>\n Keep scrolling to see Hudson, Lee and Park break down all of Us<\/em>\u2018 burning questions about what\u2019s to come in the remainder of season 2 and the future of the show:\n<\/p>\n Ben potentially coming back to the present threw Us<\/em> for a loop because it sounds too good to be true. According to Park, Ben\u2019s potential return means the entire premise of Quantum Leap<\/em><\/a> falls apart.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Ben is back, we\u2019re unemployed,\u201d Park joked. \u201cObviously, as the characters, we all want to see resolution with that story line. We\u2019ve been working years and years \u2014 especially with the time jump \u2014 to bring this individual back. I could probably speak for all of us to say that as characters we want Ben back.\u201d<\/p>\n Park continued: \u201cAs an actor, I would like to make more episodes. So I\u2019m sure that [the writers room] has plans that I\u2019m really excited about for all the various ways in which the show is going to continue from this to the season finale, which I think is really, really rad.\u201d<\/p>\n Hudson, 77, meanwhile, is waiting to see how the plot twist plays out<\/a> before getting his hopes up.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s what we come into [with] trusting the producers and the writers team. We all definitely as characters really want [Ben to come back], but I\u2019m also trusting that they have looked further ahead. As we were saying, we like the surprise of what comes next,\u201d he detailed to Us<\/em>. \u201cAnd if Ben\u2019s back, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be very interesting. I\u2019m excited about the possibility and I\u2019m sort of taking it all in one episode at a time. But the possibilities are just all out there.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee also praised the writers for pushing the boundaries they themselves created, adding, \u201cIt would pretty drastically change the format of the show. But if it did happen, I am sure our writers would find some really fun and interesting ways to develop that and maybe get another leaper out there.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tAs networks make decisions about their roster of shows, Us Weekly will continue to track what has been renewed and which projects have been canceled. As Abbott Elementary\u2018s second season premiered on ABC, the hit sitcom received an early renewal for season 3. The ABC series \u2014\u00a0which stars Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While the first half of season 2 finished airing, the cast is currently on set filming<\/a> the remaining episodes. Without giving any spoilers away, the trio were able to tease where the story can go from here and how it sets up the show\u2019s future.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s really exciting for me is [the way] there are the characters, [but] there\u2019s another huge part of it, [which] is the people behind the Pentagon. All those forces that make this possible that we really don\u2019t control,\u201d Hudson pointed out about potential threats. \u201cThey affect everything and how they\u2019ll come into play as we move forward is a mystery. But it is also very, very exciting. It\u2019s not all just up to us to just feel good about each other. There are other elements that really sort of turn things upside down and sideways.\u201d<\/p>\n Park opted out of offering hints about how season 2 plays out because they know their \u201climits,\u201d joking, \u201cI\u2019ll ruin something somehow,\u201d<\/p>\n Lee, for her part, reminded viewers to evolving character arcs<\/a> as well as story lines.<\/p>\n \u201cSeason 2 has had more of a focus on the relationships. Between what\u2019s going on with Ben and Addison together and separately [on an emotional level], as well as the rest of the team and what everybody is sort of grappling with,\u201d she noted. \u201cIt\u2019s a really nice opportunity for the audience to get to know other facets of these characters. Some of those things tend to build and we see some arcs of those things. But past that, I can\u2019t divulge too much.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSettle in! The winter season is upon us \u2014 and it won\u2019t be long before new and returning shows are back on our screens. Fans of That \u201970s Show will see the cast reunite in its upcoming spinoff, That \u201890s Show. Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama will be reuniting [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cFor me, I\u2019d rather sort of discover it as we go along. But I think if there\u2019s some major things that are about to happen, it\u2019s kind of nice to be aware because it affects everything that comes [ahead of it],\u201d Hudson shared. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be totally naive about it, but as much as possible, I\u2019d like to kind of discover it in the same way the audience does.\u201d<\/p>\n Park told Us<\/em> they would \u201cget made fun of a lot\u201d on set for \u201cnot reading ahead\u201d in their scripts.<\/p>\n \u201cNanrisa gives me a really hard time with the level of uncertainty that I maybe approach some things with. But there\u2019s so much fun in discovery. There\u2019s so much fun in seeing what the writers come up with every week, especially because the show does go to really wild places and it does shift pretty drastically really quickly,\u201d they gushed. \u201cI try not to get too attached to story lines or get too attached to an idea of what could happen because odds are they\u2019re going to throw a curveball at us anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee, meanwhile, enjoys reaching out to her cast members to unpack the big twists<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely, on more than one occasion, I\u2019ll text the [cast] thread just, like, all capitals after a script gets released to us. It\u2019s exciting to be a part of an ongoing series where big things happen,\u201d she noted. \u201cI like being surprised, but like Mason said, if it\u2019s something that\u2019s directly attached to our character, we get a heads up about it.<\/p>\n The actress concluded: \u201cAs far as the twists and turns of things that are happening with the program or in the leap, we just got one that I could not contain myself [about]. I just read it the other night. It was insane. It\u2019s going to be really, really, pretty exciting to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tWhile many TV shows have made household names out of their star players, occasionally showrunners have been able to corral some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest names to drop in for a surprising cameo during a complete episode or a single scene. Perhaps one of the most polarizing cameos belonged to Ed Sheeran on HBO\u2019s Game of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lee noted that it was fun having Justin Hartley<\/strong> and his real-life wife, Sofia Pernas<\/strong><\/a>, appear on an episode during season 1. She also applauded Bel-Air<\/em>\u2019s Diandra Lyle<\/strong> for playing a district attorney when Ben leaps into the 1980s.<\/p>\nThe Ben Reveal<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Which TV Shows Are Renewed, Which Are Canceled in 2023-2024?<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhat Fans Can Expect From the Rest of Season 2<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Winter TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow Much They Know About Their Character\u2019s Upcoming Story Lines<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Surprising Celebrity TV Cameos<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTheir Favorite Guest Stars \u2014 and Their Dream Additions<\/h3>\n
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