Destiny‘s mission will come to an abrupt end this season, with Syfy Channel announcing today that it has canceled Stargate Universe after two seasons.
The news was first announced by Syfy’s Craig Engler via Twitter (first reported by Deadline.com). “Syfy will end its original action-adventure series Stargate Universe when the show returns with the final 10 episodes of its second season in the Spring of 2011,” Engler said. “The Stargate franchise — consisting of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe — has aired on Syfy since 2002.
“Syfy has a slate of new scripted projects lined up for 2011 including the series premiere of Being Human on January 17, the recently green lit one-hour drama series Alphas, and the much anticipated Battlestar prequel pilot movie, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. Warehouse 13, Eureka, and Haven will also return with new seasons next year.”
Stargate Universe premiered in the fall of 2009 with a larger cast and a very different style from the two previous incarnations of the long-running franchise. Series creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper expressed a desire to do something different after producing over 300 hours of Stargate, and crafted a third installment for the franchise that was a gritty, more realistic character drama.
Lt. Matthew Scott (Brian J. Smith) records a message to try and save the crew's lives. From ''Time''
The series premiered in front of more than 2.3 million viewers in the U.S., but fell to less than 1.5 by the end of the first season. Syfy attempted to revitalize the viewer base with a move to Tuesdays — a successful night for its top-rated summer shows Eureka and Warehouse 13. The move ultimately proved unsuccessful, with SGU averaging less than 1.1 million viewers (Live + Same Day) so far this season.
SGU‘s Tuesday night lead-out companion, Caprica, was canceled in October after faring even worse in the 10 p.m. time slot.
The production team members have been focused on finishing Season Two and securing a third season, and so far haven’t publicly suggested any plans for a fourth Stargate television series. (Cooper departed Universe earlier this year.)
The 2011-2012 season will mark the first time in 14 years without new episodes of Stargate airing.
The final ten episodes of SGU will air in the spring, picking up where the mid-season finale left off, with “Deliverance.” The second season finale has already been filmed, and is expected to end on a cliffhanger.
(Thanks to Benjamin, Phil, Petroit, Tyler, Andrew, and Marie for the tip)
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Well the told us "if you don't like it don't watch it". And we did!
Can't say i'm surprised about this. It's not like it was completely unexpected. Perhaps Stargate should go on rest for a couple of years until NEW writers and NEW showrunners get involved, and can make something that properly honors the franchise (pre-SGU). Doubtful if we'll ever see the light of day for either the 3rd SG1 movie, or 1st SGA movie.
^ We have the only fandom where fans gloat about the newest series in the franchise getting canned. I'm honestly ashamed to be a part of it sometimes.
For those who kept winging about the show and are now happy it's gone; bare in mind that you will have NO Stargate for a very longr time, enjoy sitting alone and watching your Atlantis episodes over and over. ;)
This sucks, SGU was getting better and i really hoped that they would renew it for a third season.
This is a sad day for all stargate fans, as the franchise will die a slow death... RIP Stargate :(
"Crap. Just heard the news as well. Apparently, nobody decided to tell us ahead of time. My rep heard it online. Seems they cancelled #SGU.."
- DavidBlue via web -
Well done Syfy, real professional
NO, NO, NO... THEY DID IT... THEY CANCELED IT...DAMN THEM...DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL (FALLS ON FLOOR CRYING) why would they do this to the Stargate Franchise its the only thing that is watchable on "the channel that shall not be named"
i think this is unfair to all the viewers online and worldwide and im saying that because i don't have cable or a DVR and because the barely even gave the show a chance...from this point on im going to not watch any show on "the channel that shall not be named"
I don't care what all the haters say. SGU was and is an EXCELLENT show! Great acting, writing, and everything else, great science fiction! You suck syfy channel. It could have been just as big as Sanctuary if it had the same time slot, and it's a much better show than Sanctuary, hands down.
Wow, this sucks. The longer success of Universe was probably going to contribute to MGMs and SyFy's decision for the SGA and SG-1 movies.
i hope, somewhere down the line, the sgu saga will be allowed to finish their story, *for the fans*.
(((sgu fans)))