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.
So disappointed!!! I watched both Defiance and Dominion and now Aftermath being cancelled!!! Urgh! I guess they (networks) need to wrap up the story lines if they are going to cancel the show(s). So I believe a second season for any show is necessary………
Really disappointed…we just stumbled across it OnDemand and instantly became addicted…great show. Really hope they reprobate the first season to gain new viewers so they can push forth with a second season
Loved it!!!! Seriously it wasn’t promoted enough. I found it by accident and fell in love!!!
Big mistake cancelling Aftermath! We introduced so many people who also loved it!
No! I liked it and so did 1,000’s of others. Very disappointed.
That’s BS. This is one of SYFY’S better shows. I can’t believe they cancelled this showed. You guys suck.
Maybe Netflix could pick up this show like they did with Longmire.. Year Longmire is awesome… I do think Aftermath is better though
I am also disappointed. I just found the show on demand. I would have watched it sooner if there had been better advertising Nothing good on Syfi anymore. You could of at least given us a conclusion
Mad annoying that’s it’s canceled I found it on demand and loved it
Goodbye, good riddance, don’t call us — we’ll call you…
This thing was a monstrous pile of steaming ____ right from the start. The best that can be said about it was that it was so bad that it was an unintentional comedy. Somebody (anybody?) at Syfy needs to try to understand what makes a good show because it’s pretty obvious that either nobody knows or the higher-ups aren’t listening to those who do know.
Totally agree. This show was a load of tosh. Apart from James Tupper and the two older kids the rest of the cast must have swallowed the Dummies Guide to Overacting. As for the script! The ‘let’s throw everything in and see if it works’ approach, didn’t. Time travellers, demonic preachers (and boyfriends) random mythical creatures, volcanos, wormholes, the end of the world is nigh, oh wait, let’s throw in some parallel universes, a gun toting momma, hallucinations, bullets turning into pendants, and far more but I stopped watching as I was losing the will to live.
Renew, love this show, may have to stop watching Syfy channel. Happens too often.
Very disappointed. I am one of many that found the show late and just finished binge watching the first season. They should have at least given it a second to allow for audience to catch up. This day and age, we do more binge watching and recording than straight out watching as it airs.
This is ridiculous it was a great show poor decision on syfy part boooooo!!!!!
They should have renewed it! Networks always canceling the best TV shows to make room for garbage. They need to bring it back. I hate when a show gets cancelled and the whole storyline is up in the air.
I also found this on demand. I am not a syfy enthusiast but this show made me check out more syfy shows. But now I’m gone.