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?
Season 3 please
This is so heartbroken I can’t believe there won’t be season 3 for the wonderful adventure “ATLANTIS” please for God sake let us have the third season of Atlantis do not leave us in the dark.
I am deeply disappointed about no season three of Atlantis! Horrible to leave us hanging and not to finish the story. Makes me consider not watching BBC America anymore! Who knows if I’ll set myself up to get hooked on another series just to have you pull it and not finish it!s
I just got done watching season 2, and needless to say, I was deeply disappointed to find out that now I will never know how this saga plays out and ends. I mean, really, it was Just starting to get really good. I need to know what happens between Jason and Pasiphae, And what ultimately happens to Medusa? I rarely watch series on TV unless it is really good like Lost or Heroes and Atlantis is one of the rare ones that drew me in where I highly anticipated what was going to happen next. I feel like I’ve been… Read more »
Heck, I was just getting into it. Wish they would not have cancelled it so soon. I can see some shows start to lag in 7 seasons. But this one seems too young to cancel.
I really want Atlantis to come back. I wouldn’t want I to leave off like that. Do Jason and Ariadne get married and does pasiphae truly die. The vision the oracle saw of Jason and meadea does it really happen if so what of Ariadne. Please please please please bring back Atlantis. Or I’ll cry.
It was a shame to see this young show cancelled. Jack Donnelly was quite good and applied himself diligently to his role. Ayisha Hart could have been stronger, or it may have been the writers who made Ariadne sort of weak and dependent. We were looking forward to seeing strong character development, as she grew into a more seasoned queen. Mark Addy and Robert Emms might have provided a bit more comic relief (Emms part seemed to be underdeveloped in that regard), but it would have been interesting to watch the chemistry between these pals develop a broader variety of… Read more »
Why do they always cancel the good shows! It was so much fun, well written and as a fantasy, provided much a needed escape from the the reality of every day life. Loved the characters and was looking forward to what lay ahead. Just proves that the guys who make these decisions, the ones with all the power, have no clue as to what the viewers want. Rather they let money be their guide and once again we will be subjected to an endless array of ridiculous, over done, un-original reality shows. Boring…..I’m done
it should be renewed pleases
How do I feel about it? It’s like being sucked down the black hole againnnnnn. I loved this series. It has action, bad guys, hero and love. Oh! Did I forget to mention humor. This sucks!
Atlantis should have been renewed! It was as good if not better than Hercules the legendary journeys!
Atlantis is as incoherent and stupid. The show itself is terrible and poorly written. Atlantis displays a scatter shot sense of narrative abandon that suggests a child playing in the backyard after a day of learning about Greek-Roman mythology.
Why would you cancel this awesome show?
Please don’t do this to us (historical fanatics).
Please let us know when the show continues.
This was the best “fantasy” series since Merlin and I am really surprised that it would be cancelled! It certainly left the cliff hanger on Season 2, part 2, I was sad that I couldn’t
watch more. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, do not cancel this great series. So sad that Merlin ended, looking forward to at least 6 seasons!
I can’t believe you cancelled this series. It’s unique, historical, and so well done. I can only conclude someone with a bigger wallet won out …… News flash, money isn’t everything guys