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Inside the streamer's decision to salvage the surprise summer sensation — and how the move from NBC to Netflix will change season four.

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00:00The truth we're all after may well hover above the edge of traditional science.

00:08We have the inside details on why Netflix decided to save Manifest, and it wasn't the fan tweets.

00:13After the mystery series was axed at NBC over the summer, fans flooded social media with their support.

00:19Creator Jeff Rake tells The Hollywood Reporter,

00:21I've had shows canceled before, and this is the first time that I experienced such a wave of support among the fandom.

00:27He's out.

00:28Shallow breath. He's alive. Come on, we've got to move him before the room claps.

00:33Leave me alone.

00:34All right.

00:35My name's Ben. What's yours?

00:36Meanwhile, the first two seasons of Manifest had recently debuted on Netflix.

00:40The series kept gaining traction on the streaming platform, even hitting number one on the top ten.

00:45Plus, fans on social media also didn't give up.

00:48But it wasn't the Save Manifest hashtag or the fan letters that saved the show.

00:52What scored Manifest a critical fourth and final season were those top-secret numbers created by viewers

00:58binging the show's first two seasons.

01:00Netflix head of Global TV, Bella Begeria, said,

01:02Fan enthusiasm is always great to see, but it really isn't the emails or tweets.

01:07To save a show in this way, it has to have that fan viewing.

01:10I appreciate their passion and being connected to the characters, but the viewing is the thing that saved the show.

01:15Today is November 4th, 2018.

01:22We've all been missing, presumed dead, for five and a half years.

01:26Netflix reveals to The Hollywood Reporter that 25 million accounts in the U.S. and Canada

01:31watched the show within its first 28 days of streaming.

01:34Moreover, Manifest relentlessly stuck around in the service's top ten for 71 days since its debut

01:40and was number one in the U.S. for 19 days.

01:43So, a deal for a 20-episode final season at Netflix was struck.

01:47The season will likely be split into two parts, with the first probably airing in late 2022.

01:52Rakes said,

01:52We established early on there is a death date in our mythology of June 2nd, 2024,

01:58when the story has a happy or a sad or a mixed ending.

02:01Fundamentally, I'm going to be able to continue telling the story that I was always going to tell.

02:06For much more on this story, go to THR.com.

02:08For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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