Has Beowulf been axed? The Sun reports that the Esquire series, which airs on ITV in the U.K., has been cancelled.
Beowulf premiered in the United States on January 23rd.
The fantasy drama is based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem of the same name. In the series, Kieran Bew stars as the titular warrior, who is tasked with saving the kingdom from invading evils. William Hurt, Joanne Whalley, and Ed Speleers also star.
The Sun reports the series has been terminated due to poor ratings. In the U.K., the first season finale only drew in 1.4 million viewers. At the moment, neither ITV nor Esquire have made an official comment regarding the series’ cancellation.
What do you think? Have you seen Beowulf? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed?
I love the show and am very disappointed that it has been renewed.
Love it would do better on a more watched channel than Esquire
I see that there will be no Season 2 for Beowulf. I will discontinue watching anything on EsquireNet.
Like a few comments I found The first couple of episodes a bit slow but after that I really started to enjoy Beowulf it would be a real shame not to do at least one more season there are a lot of unanswered questions .
One of my favorite shows. Just on the wrong Network. Esquire doesn’t promote it enough. But I like that with Esquire I can watch the live broadcast online on Saturdays. Its just as good as Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, and way better than Supernatural or Helix, yet those shows keep going on and on (well not Helix). Would like to see at least 3 Seasons. Would be better on the SyFy channel.
I absolutely love this show, & can’t believe they want to cancel it! 🙁
Really love this show. Can’t wait to see what happens next. I can’t believe there may not be another season? Why not? I wan’t another season of Beowulf. My family has enjoyed it so much. Very good family show.
This show needs another series
I really love this series and look forward to every new episode. I also really like the intro with the knotwork intertwining (big fan of knotwork). I really don’t relate the intro or the story to “Game Of Thrones”. They are completely separate and different. If every heroic historical fantasy series is a “rip-off” of Game of Thrones how did the literature they are based on come before it was even written? Have people seriously never watched the historical fantasy series that came BEFORE Game Of Thrones? Personally I like to watch many series like this and have never seen… Read more »
I didn’t love the show in the beginning, but around episode 4 it got really intresting. Now i’m a big fan and I really need a second season.
I love this show, please don’t cancel
Please do not cancel this show, I love it!!!
To many good shows get axed before the first season has even finished, they don’t even wait for the final episode to air before cancelling the show or even give it a 2nd chance to improve on the storyline. In fact I have to admit when I first started watching Beowulf, the first few episodes did not hold my attention and i found them quite boring, but a round about episode 3 and 4 I started to notice the show was getting very interesting and entertaining and I really wanted to know what was going to happen next, now at… Read more »
why cancell the show!? I love it!
Love the show! Love the fact that it is family friendly and it is only remotely like G.Of.T. G.Of. T. Is too violent. Each episode of Beowulf gets better and my husband and I are loyal watchers.