The game is over for Coach Daniels (Ed Marinaro) and his team. There won’t be a fourth season for Blue Mountain State. The Spike TV series has been cancelled.
The comedy series revolves around the on and off-field antics of Pennsylvania college football powerhouse, Blue Mountain State. Coach Daniels has his hands full with the hijynx of his wife (Denise Richards) and students like team captain Thad (Alan Ritchson), quarterback Alex (Darin Brooks), and team mascot Sammy (Chris Romano).
The comedy performed decently for Spike in season one and realized significant gains in season two. The cable channel reported that the series saw a 33% increase with men 18-34, a 50% climb in men 18-24, and a 14% increase with men 18-49.
Total viewership dropped however in season three which kicked off this past September. While some episodes of season two had attracted 1.25 million viewers, at least one episode of season three garnered only half as many viewers. Spike TV aired the last two episodes of the season on November 30th. It turns out they’ll also be the last of the series as well.
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Lionsgate, the studio that produces Blue Mountain State, apparently considered shopping the series to other outlets but it didn’t work out. The cast and crew were recently told that season four wouldn’t be happening.
While it’s been reported that the show was cancelled due to a decline in ratings, producer Eric Falconer says differently. He tweeted, “BMS wasn’t cancelled because of a drop in ratings. Season 3 was actually up 20% + in all male demographics vs S2. It was a budget issue.”
As recently as last week, Falconer was still hoping to hear that the show had been picked up for season four. However, it seems that State was actually living on borrowed time with Spike — even during season three. Last August, Spike TV executive VP Sharon Levy told Variety that the cable channel would be focusing on only non-scripted programming for the immediate future.
Of the cancellation news, Ritchson wrote, “Sad day for #BMS fans.” He followed that up with, “I can’t thank the dedicated cast, crew, and fans enough for all the love and support. Portraying Thad was a dream come true. I’m grateful.”
Brooks thanked the cast and crew and “everyone who made this show possible…a HUGE thank you!! Love you guys!!”
What do you think? Are you sorry that Blue Mountain State has been cancelled? Would you follow the show to another channel? Would you be interested in a BMS movie?
Image courtesy Spike TV.
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk me……..bms is awsome bring it back!!!
bms cant stop! Dam i love this program! Come on we need a season 4!
You can’t stop blue mountain state Alex needs to win a title and get drafted or become a gym teacher or something this show just can’t stop
BMS for a fourth season! Comedy central would be stupid not to pick this show up
This was my favorite show on tv. I think a movie would be awesome. I hate to see BMS come to an end. I highly suggest a fourth season. I’m positive it would be highly profitable and well worth it.
Don’t stop
Spike made a HUGE mistake. I mean seriously? All their “non scripted” shows are cheesy.. and obviously acted out. Well done spike. Well done.
if they continued it now, they would nake an incredible amount of money.. **** id jeep up with it all the way! BMS BMS !
keep the damn show going!!!! damn it!!
How dare you cancell this show?
Keep the show going! I know so many people who loved this show and I’m so disappointed that there’s no new episodes for me to watch. Even if it was switched to another channel, I’d follow. I’m sure MTV could pick it up, it would sure be a lot better than half the show they air like “Parental Control”, plus it’d be a nice twist to all the super girly shows they offer. BMS ALL THE WAY!
I can’t believe they actually cancelled it. This could be as big as American Pie. Everyone i know here in Europe, that has seen the show, loved it. But who knows, maybe this is just a stunt for some extra attention, which i really hope it is.
Keep BMS going!
my names is jasmine,now just recently I finished all 3 seasons of BMS and I was not only upset and bummed out but I was very sad to find out those spike channel fuckers cancelled season 4…..I was just starting to love this show and then you ******** pull the rug out from under us….I think BMS should continue to many more seasons…its the first american pie styled humor we and you are ever gonna create that people love….97% of all ppl you surveyed on if we thought the show should be cancelled said HELL THE **** NO!!! Believe me… Read more »
Keep BMS going. Best TV show ever!!!!