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.
It was the best show on tv and the best thing ever to happen to the Spike channel. As usual, some big wig threw in their two cents and ruined a great show. I haven’t watched Spike tv since the series ended and as far as I’m concerned, Comcast can remove Spike from the programming until they bring back BMS!
Bring it back ASAP! I’m obsessed with the series now! I’ve been telling all my friends to watch it and they all love it! They need to put it back on the air, I’ve appreciated football more then I did before since I started watching the series. I’m sad that they cancelled the show. It’s a real disappointment to the cast, crew and the fans.
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? are you serious now? Is one of my favourites serias of all time. bring it back!!!!!!!!!!
I love it and watch it all the time on Netflix I wish thare would be a seeson 4 and a movie to be quite honest it’s an awesome show I watched all three seasons in two days that’s how into it I was.
I love it and watch it all the time on Netflix I wish thare would be a seeson 4 and a movie
ohhhh come on please start season4 this serial is awesome.<3
Just finished all 3 seasons. Best series ever. Need more!!
I just finished watching BMS on Netflix. I have watched the whole series in a week. I never heard of it from being on Spike. It’s one of, if not the best series I’ve ever seen. I got others started on it too and they’re saying the same thing.
I am a college student, and watching this show was the high point of my roommate’s and my nights! We had so many laughs, and we cried at the end of the season 3 finale. I have no idea what I’m gonna do with my procrastination time unless they BRING BMS BACK!
I would be the greatest thing ever if they continued the series, I loved the first three have watched them all a ridiculous amount of time’s and I would do so with future seasons.
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Yes!! I would do anything for more seasons of blue mountain state it is the best show I have ever seen!!
This show was so great it was the best show IV seen in a while I’m sad to see it come to and end it was just great like in all honesty I would love to see more seasons come thank u
I love Bms its an awsome show I would totally follow it to a different channel
One hell of a funny show. Writer talent seldom see. The cast were brilliant made the unbelievable believable and kept us amused. As far as I know it was never advertised, at least not where I saw or heard of it. a little publicity would have gone a long long way in putting this show in the spotlight. Look at Trailer Park Boys, a very unpolished show with 9 seasons and a movie and a big enough audience following, BMS was a shining star by comparison. Could have been as popular as the Simpsons, MASH, All in The Family, for… Read more »
Never even knew it existed until I found it on my smart phone. Watched every episode back to back even endured the commercials. The show is classic, so much more could have been achieved. Abrupt ending. Viewers were just catching on like a brush fire.Told all my friends about it. Would have been a big north of the boarder. Smuch for network brass figuring out whats best for us.