Though Eureka remains one of Syfy’s most popular TV series, the cable channel cancelled it earlier this week. What’s even more perplexing is that Syfy announced that Eureka had been renewed for an abbreviated sixth season last week. They even issued a statement to assure viewers that they hoped to continue the show beyond that. Why was it cancelled?
Eureka executive producer Amy Berg shed some light on the move via Twitter, indicating that Syfy didn’t want to cancel the show but financially, Comcast mandated it. She said, “We are the network’s golden child in every way, except profit margins. Fact is, #Eureka is an expensive show to make. And we could not maintain the quality of our show with the cuts it would take to make us profitable for Syfy’s new parent company. Our creative execs at Syfy fought hard to keep us. Trust me, they LOVE us. We just couldn’t make the numbers work.”
The cast and crew were in the midst of filming the end of season five when the cancellation news came down. With such short notice, it seemed unlikely that they would be able to bring the show to a satisfying conclusion with such short notice.
Thankfully, Syfy has now ordered one additional episode so that, as Berg puts it, “we can end the series on our terms.” She indicated that she’s working on the series finale and it will be shot the week of the 21st.
For those keeping count, this means that there are 19 episodes of Eureka left; five more for this season and 14 for season five.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear there will be a true series finale? How would you like to see the show end?
Image courtesy Syfy.
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Love this show, I hope It would never end but it came to a stop. I hope it continues in the future.
Very sad love the show and actors, this was a bad move, no one wants to make good tv if it costs to much…so sad
I loved Eureka it was one of the most original TV shows I have seen
Too bad the ending I saw on netflix ended with the spaceship disappearing and Allison Blake still inside. I was totally shocked there was no finale. Completely disappointed. I can understand the reasons behind the abrupt ending-finances I suppose, however discarding the series without a proper ending is not the way to go.
Netflix only has four of the five seasons.
Netflix finally added season 5! I’ve been waiting sense December!
Any chance another network might pick up the show?
Good question, Rickashay. They should consider that. I love this show.
I’m so in love with the show ,I decided to watch every episode over again
PLEASE !!!!!!! chaeck and see if another network will pick it up! This show is too good to end…. forever a fan 
just like hero’s a great series gone to hell,
people still watch star track how much did it take to make that,just look at Monty python
the effects sucked it the writing ,and the people that makes the show.
i wonder how thay feel about the show being cancled
devorce sucks
Yep, just another reason why I do not watch TV series anymore. The networks cancel shows without giving them a real ending. There should be some kind of contractual agreement that a TV series that lasts more than one season must have a valid ending. I’m not even going to buy the DVD’s. Come on network people and Comcast, get a clue.
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