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?
Just watch it and it was one of the best Sufi shows iv seen for a while shame there are no plans to carry it on
Im from Australia and I watched the first series loved it, told my friends and they watched it and loved it. We are looking forward for series two.
JUST WATCHED IT AND LOVED IT!
Loved it, got better every minute. Please make it into a real series I will definitely watch it. Hope to see it soon thanks!
I would like and ending to this saga. The cliff hanger is awesome. I need more.
You cant end the show with a cliffhanger than cancel the series. I watched the whole show in 1 day, and its sad to know that I wont be able to continue watching it.
Loved this show, got better with every episode. Far better than most of the other sci-fi dross on NetFlix – gutted it won’t be back 🙁
I just watched this series and it just got better and better, didn’t want it to end now i have found out that there is no season 2. What a shame would love to see it come back as it has the potential of being a really good tv series.
Bring the fascinating series back! We want the sequel(s). Ciao from Italy
why that show was so good I live in the Caribbean I watch the whole thing in a day on net flix I hope somebody picks up this show the cliffhanger was like wow
Great show maybe another network will pick it up.
It’s a shame… Just finished the season 1 on Netflix and want more 🙁
I hate companies that let their views invest time in a show, get hooked, and leave with a never ending cliff hanger. Will reconsider syfy viewing now.
I loved the series…finished on a cliff hanger….bring back series 2!!!!
it was so good, why not?
And folks that’s why SYFY now sucks big time! For the past couple of years they have been producing substandard programs. I have recently started to watch BBC for scifi and other programs. Hopefully someone will wake up at the SYFY station and read all our comments and get the hint!