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?
I thought the show was great. Shame there won’t be any more.
That’s a shame. At first I was bummed about the twist that it wasn’t a real ship, but the series has great acting and intrigue. FAR superior to Defying Gravity which was just an embarrassingly bad show.
Netflix should pick up this show, they can tell how popular it is, surely it would make a wise investment, there are so many possibilities for this show!
Please continue the series. I thought it was awesome and should be continued.
This show was one of the best shows I have ever seen!
Well I just viewed all the series last night and I feel it is pretty good! How are they going to get the officer off that planet?
You should bring ascension back
Yes period
Without a doubt I’d have followed through to the series finale, the show was unbelievably awesome. Syfy has a history in cancelling great shows, another I thought had real potential was stargate universe and it toout was cancelled. BRING BACK THE GOOD SHOW’S SYFY
Yes , I would watch it. I’ve watched the 1st season and was bummed it didnt continue
Heck, it started off slow with the first episode, but once through there it is without a doubt the best show I’ve ever seen, I could not stop watching!! I was gutted to see there wasn’t anything more, than to learn it was cancelled, absolutely devastated!
So sad 🙁
Please continue this series you left it on such a nail bitter! Too good not to continue… Please
Who the hell is reviewing these syfy shows? every time I find a great show it ends before its time because of bad reviews, unpopular but everytime I read posted reviews they are praising the shows the same as me. So who is it that thinks these shows are bad, why are they not fans of these shows. All I can think is because of commercials. No better way to ruin a good story then a 10 minute break every 20 minutes. Thats why comedy shows are so popular, nothing more than separate weak plots every episode, hardly ever connected… Read more »
OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE WATCHED SEASON TWO!!! I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT EVER SINCE SEASON ONE GRACED MY TV WITH ITS AWESOMENESS…
dudeman is right…at least give us a beginning middle and end. So please make another season and tie it up stop leaving us hanging! I’m hoping fx Netflix, amazon, hulu,or usa will take it on