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?
Binge watched it on Netflix. Was hoping for more
I loved this series. I’m just about to watch it again on NETFLIX. I’ve always been hoping that it was going to continue
I bought the series and hoped to see more. How disappointing it was cancelled.
Really good show. Hate when the viewer is ALWAYS left hanging. It really sucks.
season 2?
We need a second season! Let’s make it happen Ascention was awesome!!!!
Great show, good actors. I would love to see a second season. Syfi would be crazy to not make more.
Make More !
Loved series 1 – I binged watched. I tried to find series 2 on Netflix but only series 1 was listed. I Googled and found that Syfy wasn’t continuing the production. I’m very disappointed! There were so many cliffhangers and now no resolution! I would have watched it as a series on TV as I was hooked. Very disappointed!
Just watched Ascension, wow what a brilliant premise. So much potential too. Left me longing for more. We need good Scifi shows as there is a lack of good content now West World has finished.
“Ascension” came too close to the truth. And that is the reason why it was counsel in a first place.
I strongly believe it is time to create a new channel specifically geared for Science Fiction fans. In recent years the Syfy channel has been joke with shows like wrestling and other non science fiction shows. There are no “quality” sci fi shows on that particular channel. Time for a total change on that network.
I can’t believe Ascension got cancelled. It wasn’t even given a fair shot. Don’t the people at Syfy know that with the proliferation of shows available online, it takes TIME to build a core audience? Most great shows don’t get a world-wide audience right out of the gate. I mean, why would Syfy waste all that time, effort, and money on one season? Their list of one season shows is quite long, making me wonder if they’re like my kid, where the idea of basketball or hockey was great until he had to play game after game. And it wasn’t… Read more »
As usual another well written Sci Fi series cancelled after getting people interested. Imagine if all the book authors decided to write only a quarter of a book and publish it? I find it difficult to watch any more of their productions because I may only be disappointed once again when they bail on the series yet again.
I believe the show had great potential. More so than,”Aftermath,” or “Wynona Erup.” With the birth of the star child there were an infinite possibilities of an energy source, or weaponize her by the corrupt TCM or whomever is the evil corporation.