There won’t be any more Ascension, at least on Syfy. The cable channel has told Deadline that, “We were very happy with Ascension as an event series, but with so much high profile development in the works, we have decided not to pursue a full series.”
Airing in December 2014, Ascension follows an alternate reality in which, in 1963, President Kennedy and the government sent 600 volunteers (men, women, and children) into space on a century-long voyage aboard a self-sustaining generation ship. The cast includes Tricia Helfer, Gil Bellows, Brian Van Holt, Andrea Roth, Brandon P. Bell, Jacqueline Byers, Tiffany Lonsdale, and P.J. Boudousqué.
When Syfy ordered the six hour episodes of Ascension last year, the plan was to make it a regular series if the mini-series was successful enough — ala Battlestar Galactica. The ratings were okay but certainly nothing to write home about.
It’s unclear if the producers will try to find a home for Ascension elsewhere.
What do you think? Did you like the Ascension series? Would you have watched it as a regular weekly TV show?
wtf i was looking forward to seeing more of this show it was different and would have liked it to continue pity about this why is this happening so much to some really great shows
Looks like AMC has work to do after season 6 of Walkin Dead Ends
How stupid was it that tgey made it a mini series and not an actual tv show. The ratings would have been better if people didnt have to devote so much time on like three straight nights.
I loved the show! Interesting story line. I really looked forward to watching it! More please!
VERY Disappointed about Ascension being cancelled. I was really looking forward to watching. I agree with other who said Syfy really messed this up.
Syfy realy screwed up with this one! It was a great show with so much potential and talent! I hope to God someone picks up this awesome show.
Yes Ascension needs another season to see how Christa’s catapulting the ship into space. Why not hit the primetime stations? This is the first I have seen anyone get disgusted by Tricia Helfer. She is NOT a HAG & has talent besides a gorgeous body she feels comfortable in. Renew Ascension please. Extant with Halle Barrie has been renewed. Supernatural type programs are the rage! Resurrection Series was not renewed & yet the Returned is now on A&E. Take off a program & then reinvent another similar TV series. Make sense? No. Execs please ask your fans what WE. Viewers… Read more »
DAMMIT I am sick of watching shows promoted as “event series” only to be left hanging. To me, “event series” or “limited series” means exactly that: LIMITED…. not “we’ll show only a few episodes and leave things unresolved so you have to wait until next season.” With an event series there shouldn’t BE a next season, and now with this show we find out there won’t be! Am I the only one who thinks this?? It makes me angry that the networks deliberately mislead us into watching shows by billing them this way, and even more angry that after investing… Read more »
Its a new way of networks to try out series to see how ratings will be. Any show that you see advertised as a “limited series” or “mini series” is a season of a tv show that if ratings are good, will come back, if not, wont. But networks dont have to say they “cancelled” a series if they call it a mini series and the ratings are bad. So its a no lose for them.
Right. Guess it’s only a lose for us. Although they lose my viewership because I will no longer invest my “limited” TV watching hours on their ratings experiments.
BTW, mini-series are usually complete. Think Roots, Lonesome Dove, Shogun, Broken Trail.
Tricia Helfer as the aging androgynous hag is a turn-off. Having seen her dumb face on Battlestar Galactica way too much, I am glad there is not going to be more of Helfer on SyFy.
Bummer. It was left with a cliffhanger aswell. Going into the show I thought since it was a mini-series they would wrap up the story, but when it was left with lots of questions hanging, i thought sure there would be a second season. Hope they find a different home for it.
Thank you for letting me know it is a cliff-hanger, I HATE cliff-hangers. So I will erase the recorded episodes and discontinue recording any more. sincerely Nadine
I was hoping for a regular series. The mini had some interesting characters and themes, though I admit it wasn’t perfect. Still, with that cast, especially Helfer, I would have liked to have seen more.
At least we got to see Tricia Helfer’s hot ass in the mini-series
I liked the mini-series, too bad it won’t be a regular series, I would have watched it!
We were hoping for a season or two of Ascension. I am surprised that SYFY is not promoting this awesome show. Extant was renewed & that’s an Alien storyline. So disappointed!
loved the mini-series…was hoping it would become a show. SyFy missed on this one.
great idea. the first episode nearly made my brain go critical of boredom, but then it got better. I really enjoyed the serie, and its beyond me why it was taken out 🙁