Aftermath TV show cancelled after one season on Syfy and Space. Pictured: James Tupper as Joshua Copeland, Louis Ferreira as Bob “Moondog” Black. (Photo by: Eike Schroter / Aftermath ULC / Syfy.)
While doomsday meteors, mass vanishings, demonic possessions, and serpent gods couldn’t stop the Copeland family, no one is immune to the network TV Powers That Be. The Aftermath TV show on Syfy has been cancelled after its first and only season.
Star James Tupper broke the news that there would be no Aftermath season two, on Twitter. Halfire Entertainment produced the post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama in association with Syfy and Canada’s Space channel. Anne Heche, Julia Sarah Stone, Taylor Hickson, and Levi Meaden also starred.
James Tupper Announces Space and Syfy Have Cancelled Aftermath After One Season
So sad to report #Aftermath will not be getting a second season. #sobummed
— James Tupper (@MrJamesTupper) January 12, 2017
Aftermath Season One Ratings | Syfy
In the US, Aftermath premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic and 634,000 viewers. While the series never really built on that audience, it did manage to maintain it.
Overall, the first season of Aftermath averaged a 0.16 in the demo and drew an average total audience of 594,000 viewers.
Those numbers currently put Aftermath right in the middle of Syfy’s slate. Out of the 15 Syfy TV shows we have been tracking in to 2016-17 television season, Aftermath ranks seventh, when we sort by either demo ratings or average total audience size.
Although it is a bit of a surprise to see a cable channel cancel a middle-of-the-pack TV series, remember, Aftermath is a Syfy-Space co-production. In other words, the decision was not only Syfy’s to make.
That said, in the recent past, Syfy has cancelled shows that earned better ratings in both measures. When the cable channel cancelled Defiance after three seasons, it was averaging a 0.25 and 1.125 million, respectively. Similarly, Dominion, which was cancelled after two seasons on Syfy, averaged a 0.25 in the demo and 869,000 total viewers.
Aftermath TV show cancelled; no season two on Syfy and Space. Pictured: Louis Ferreira as Bob “Moondog” Black, James Tupper as Joshua Copeland, Julia Sarah Stone as Dana Copeland. (Photo by: Eike Schroter / Aftermath ULC / Syfy.)
Finally, what do you think? Did you watch the first season of the Aftermath TV show? Do you think Syfy and Space should have cancelled or renewed it for a second season? Let us know, below.
Aftermath suffered from a not very sophisticated writing and some issues with the acting. A marvelous idea of the space and time interruption – but the careful handling of this topic was a little clumsy. Try it again!
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You keep renewing Z Nation and Aftermath is so much better! So sad!
This pisses me off. Just got done watching the 1St and was looking forward to the next season u renew the crap shows all the time but not the actual good ones WTF.
Its like a D-movie. the worse acting and writing i have seen.
It’s a TV show not a ******* movie. The acting isn’t going to be perfect. So what. That doesn’t make it a bad show. I’ve seen crap shows and this one was great. Sure syfi has put out alot of garbage as far as TV shows but all networks do. But this one was one of the best I’ve seen come from syfi in a very long time.
The hole family started watching and we’re quite upset to find out it cancelled
I was looking forward to series 2,loved the 1st one
Please give it another shot, with lots of publicity! It’s one of those “this can really happen” shows.
You got to get season two of aftermath on. It’s one of the best apocalypse movies I’ve ever seen. Please bring it back
Really bummed to find out there is no season 2! Loved the show….wish you’d reconsider.
Why cancel a show that was doing so great . It had me in the edge of my seat every sec . Good actors and actresses . Please bring it back
I’ve just watch the last episode of season 1 this tv serial on Iflix app. And there is no for season 2. So I find out on Google for the season 2 and saw this news. Wt heck! Take back all the times that I was spent just for watch this ****, syfy ! Or make the last episode for what would Copeland’s family do for what’s happened to Karen!
really liked it! sad
Why do they still go on the air time ratings?Dont they know most people record and watch stuff later.This aint the 1970s.
I wasn’t able to watch it until we got it on demand. I love this show and I’m hoping that the networks will see that there are others like myself that picked up the show a while after it actually aired. They should definitely bring this show back.