It appears that plans for season three of BBC’s Atlantis have sunk. The TV show, which airs on BBC America here in the States, has been cancelled after two seasons.
On Atlantis, a young man named Jason (Jack Donnelly) goes in search of his long-missing father and ends up on the shores of ancient Atlantis. He’s befriended by a pair of unlucky locals — former prize fighter Hercules (Mark Addy) and intellectual Pythagoras (Robert Emms) — as well as a revered Oracle (Juliet Stevenson). Others in the cast include Sarah Parish, Aiysha Hart, and Jemima Rooper.
BBC announced the show’s cancellation this way: “The final seven episodes of Atlantis will transmit on BBC One in spring. We would like to thank Urban Myth Films and all the cast and crew but the series will not be re-commissioned. We are very proud of both series but to keep increasing the range of BBC One drama we have to make difficult decisions to bring new shows through.”
Six of the 13 episodes of season two have aired so far in the US. No word on when they’ll be released here.
What do you think? Do you like the Atlantis TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for a third season?
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There is so much to do with these characters. They were just becoming great with a deeper storyline. Ending it now is truly sad and I will miss Jason greatly.
I can’t believe this show as cancelled! What a great show it has been and then to drop it right when it would be getting really good! The people that make these decisions are insane. The cast has been fantastic and I can’t believe they are going to cancel it. PLEASE don’t do this!
It should have been nice to finally see how Atlantis would have been as Jason and Aranide would have ruled. With Jason ‘s mother coming back to live refusing to give up her fight to rule.
I am pissed! This was s great show! If you are going to cancel, at keast wrap things up! I will no longer watch anything on y his channel!
Atlantis is one of the best programs on BBC please do not cancel it .The casting and story line are great
Re: Atlantis cancellation. I was hoping that when the last episode ended, it would finally begin the story line that the character Jason was famous for- just as was alluded to in the final moments of said episode- the adventures during the voyage of the Argonauts on the Argo to Kulkus. How disappointing to find out that once again I invest the time and emotional attachment to characters on a BBC program only to have it all come to nothing. If you ask me, now the writers on the show would have a fantastic storyline to draw from. Bring it… Read more »
I totally agree with the comments I’ve read here. I’ve watched Atlantis from day one and was shocked that it was being cancelled and the way they ended it was pretty bad. I love BBC America but this is the third show recently that was cancelled. Please at least bring this one back. At least give it a better ending.
I can’t believe there will be no season 3 of Atlantis. Please reconsider and bring it back.
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I’m very upset that Atlantis will not be coming back for a 3rd season. I really looked forward to watching it. I hope you will reconsider and bring it back for a 3rd season and many more seasons after that. It seems like every time a great show comes on it is cancelled way to soon. If you can’t bring it back on BBC America how about bringing it out as an internet or Hulu show? Please, please, please, reconsider and bring back Atlantis.
You are insane for cancelling this show. What is wrong with you directors. I think you need to find a new line of work because it seems you suck at putting new tv shows on and then there gone.
Well this is just Bull… I’m so tired of getting into watching something and then it gets cancelled…. I’m about to give up watching TV altogether it sucks any more.. just like American tv .. put something good on then cancel it
Why did you cancel it on a cliffhanger? If you knew you were going to cancel the show, an extra episode or two would have at least made it end properly. I am really upset!! My other favorite show was cancelled when I found Atlantis. Now I gotta search again! PLEASE bring Atlantis back.
This ending was a shock to me also. I loved the original Jason and the Argonauts and the sudden dropping of the series as it is about to get to the best part is sad. The last time I was left this disappointed at a series cancellation was Stargate Universe’s mid-season cancellation that left the crew in stasis just before embarking on an unusually far extragalactic voyage with too little power. I still miss that series and I think I will miss the Atlantis series nearly as much.