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?
Such a shame that this has no S2. Had a good story line that had a huge number of options to follow. Bring it back
Way too many scientific plot flaws make it very distracting to get immersed fully in the story line. Only Star Trek has the right to do that and get away with it. A ship full of engineers and no one questions the perfect artificial gravity on board with 1963 technology. Really?
Yes, would have watched, once discovered it. Trippy idea: no feminist movement, devolution back to rigid class distinctions, etc. Loved some of the characters.
I just finished watching the series in 24 hrs. So disappointed theres no series 22
Yet another cancelled SyFy show. A really good one too imo. Lost faith in the channel now, as others seem to have done.
One of the best scifi series i have seen in a long time.
Shame on you SyFy 🙁
I would love to see series two! It was only just getting started!!
I think the SyFy producers need to understand that most viewers find out about their show through the alternative shower avenues like Netflix. Considering they’re the professionals, maybe they did consider it, but I think their viewings would have had much better chances of they had marketed at least the first couple episodes of the series through that to pull in interest from the outside.
Ascension is the best show ever I had watched!! What is that no season 2?!?? This show really impacted because I love space!
i really got into it. now i’m left thinking whats going to happen next :-/
Some of the acting was a bit wooden but I loved the idea. There’s legs in it for another season.
Yea, i would watch it. At least have 1 more season to complete the whole story. I hate watching a show and the last episode is a cliffhanger. I guess syfy rather play the same movies all the time instead of having great shows.
yea syfy channel has gone to crap use to watch Syfy all the time but got tired of the getting me in to a show then leaving me hanging they have done that a lot lately so I don’t even watch Syfy channel anymore
I loved the show seen on Netflix. I just assumed it would continue. I’m very disappointed. There really are not any good SCiFi space Siri is anymore. That’s why I don’t watch the SyFy channel anymore and only watch Netflix.
Pity.. i loved the show.. it was addictive.
Great show!!! why did they cancel? In the UK there is a movement to get show producers to write and film tentative show finales for those that didnt make the “viewership numbers” cut. it is so wrong that shows that didnt make it get yanked off air in the midst of a great storyline just because {for example} the viewership numbers are one million as compared to other shows that bring in 20 or 30 million viewers. those shows might still have a large audience so it’s not like they get cancelled because they had no viewers. they should always… Read more »
Such a shame to read no season 2, so many unanswered situations in the final episode. Really good watching