Stargate Universe will have a lead-out show for its final three episodes, starting on Monday, April 25. Syfy Channel announced today (via Twitter) that Sanctuary will be moving to Monday nights at 10 p.m. (9 Central) after tonight’s new episode.
The series stars former Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis cast member Amanda Tapping, who also executive produces the show. Amanda also directed Monday’s new episode, “One Night.”
The move may help those final ratings numbers for Stargate, though the show has already been cancelled. But while Sanctuary and Stargate always did well when paired together in the past (due to the high crossover in the audience) the move to Mondays is not likely to do Sanctuary any favors. It currently follows Syfy’s highest-rated show, WWE Smackdown.
Sanctuary returned from its mid-season hiatus with just 1.217 million viewers on April 15, its lowest of the season and losing a crippling 59 percent from Smackdown‘s ratings that night (2.98 million). The show has already been greenlit for a fourth season, though.
Syfy’s reality series Urban Legends, meanwhile, will take up the anchor position at 10 p.m. on Fridays. That series just debuted this past Monday after SGU, turning in 420,000 viewers (less than half of Stargate‘s lead-in).
SGU airs Mondays at 9/8c on Syfy, with the series finale planned for May 9.
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Aww that stinks, I like this show. I wonder why Syfy is getting rid of it?
No Hanlon's razor is applicable anymore. I think they have a saboteur in their management.
Another one bites the dust... sry-fly will kill avery sci-fi show on the network.
Extremely depressing yet completely unsurprising. After Sanctuary is gone I can say I don't watch anything on SyFy, and I don't plan to ever start again.
2Piernik. This channel is called SyFy. What in this letters indicate it is about science fiction? :)
Gotta make room for more wrastlin'! Perhaps they are making room for some NASCAR reality shows? Maybe a game show called "I Bet My Family Tree Forks Less Than Yours"?
At any rate, yeah, I like(d) that show too. That will leave me with Haven, which is mediocre, but still fun - kinda X-Files-y, unless I missed the memo and that one has been canceled? Then there's Warehouse and Eureka, which are also fun, but those are a bit different kind of show.
Too bad. I didn't think when "ya'll" said you wanted to take your country back, you were going to start with a network. Interesting move.
At this point, they ought to just go with 'OyOy' (which could either be 'Oy... Oy...', or 'Oh why, Oh why').
I guess syfy wants to wash its hands of Sanctuary now too. Such a shame
Haven, AFAIK, was renewed. But I don't care because I don't watch it.
Dang I hope Sanctuary sticks around. Sanctuary, Eureka, Warehouse 13, and Marcel's Quantum Kitchen are my favorite shows these days (on any channel) along with The Event and Glee.
You all do realize that Monday is the new scripted-series night for Syfy, right? In the summer, "Eureka", "Warehouse 13", and "Alphas" will all be on Monday night. The only scripted show not on Monday will be "Haven", which is supposed to remain on Fridays.
And "Sanctuary" already got renewed for another season (it says it right there in the news article), so I don't think it matters if its ratings drop a little.