Starz has decided to cancel their Camelot TV series after one season. While the ratings weren’t bad for the Arthurian show, the numbers aren’t necessarily the whole reason why there won’t be a second season.
Camelot, as you might have guessed, is based on the legend of King Arthur. The series stars Jamie Campbell Bower as a young King Arthur, with Joseph Fiennes as Merlin, Eva Green as Morgan, and Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere.
The premiere attracted 1.1 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That marked the cable channel’s most-watched and highest-rated original series premiere to date. Unfortunately, the second installment dropped 24% in total viewership and subsequent episodes dropped even further. Still, by the end of the season, the ratings were on an upswing. The finale nearly matching the viewership of the premiere.
While Camelot may have ordinarily ended up getting a renewal from Starz, the ratings weren’t the only factor in play.
A statement from a Starz representative notes, “Due to significant production challenges, Starz has decided not to exercise the option for subsequent seasons of Camelot with our production partners GK-tv, Octagon Films and Take 5 Productions.” Deadline reports that some of those “challenges” included scheduling conflicts with some of the actors.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Camelot has been cancelled? Would you have liked to have seen a second season?
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Why the hell do these people cancel GREAT shows?????? I’m so sick of watching and getting involved with a series to have it stop- if they keep doing this they will just lose everyone watching because we will always say “why start watching it will just get canceled”
Who can we write to…Who will listen to our Pleas??? This was my favorite series…I do not enjoy most of them. We try a few and say no Thank you.
Other then Camelot which snagged us on the First Episode…We only [ and loyally] follow Penny Dreadful!
This should not be happening bring on season 2 its way to good to stop
Agreed!!!!!!
Of Camelot is smart, they would sign up again and sell their series to Netflix or Hulu as an original series. I’m so upset I hate not finishing a series. We need the rest of this series asap!!!
You are SO CORRECT !!!!!
Please WordPress …speak in our behalf!!! We NEED to have Camelot come back for AT LEAST CLOSURE with a Season 2 !!!!
We loved this series. Could not believe it had been canceled!!
IT IS NOT TOO LATE…SOMEONE PROPOSE TO STARZ TO BRING BACK CAMELOT…THEY LEFT US HANGING AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!
I am still yearning for more of this story. What can we say to you to give us more!!?????????? It was so well casted and the script was always so well done!!!!!
PLEASE COME BACK, CAMELOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A shame this series was canceled. It was one of the very best on television. It was intriguing from the very first episode. Sad it was renewed.
We purchased the Dvd of Camelot recently and absolutely fell in love with it! Unfortunately we had not heard about it before for us to help support the show. We are greatly disappointed to find out there is NO MORE!!!! Everything about this show was “AMAZING” If only someone could convince them to make another series with more publicity!!!!!?????? PLEASE !!!!!
Cindy and Fred Kozlowski
I loved the first season I wish there was a season 2 . Stars need to make it there priority to making a season 2 Camelot ,it was the only show I loved and got hooked on watching. Now I’m done .I need a second season.
I love the first season I wish there was a season 2 .
US TOO!!! WRITE EVERYONE YOU CAN..THERE SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH INTEREST JUST HERE…WE NEED TO LET THE COMPANY KNOW THERE IS AN AUDIENCE!!!!!
We need season two and more of Camelot dont just leave us like that I found season 1 to b quite interesting can’t wait to c wat season 2 will b like I’ve watched season 1 six times n will b watching it more times.
This is just one more reason why cable sucks! Camelot was an excellent series… I watched the whole first season in one night coz I just couldn’t turn it off AND was looking forward to the next season….had set it to record. It just figures that you would cancel something great like this. Now what do we have? More stupid reality shows…… Way to go, Stars!
i’ll love to see its next season,it was a brilliant tale.it must be proceed further because its not the end… i’ll wait for its next season
I will love to see more season from Camelot this is a very good show