Starz has decided to cancel their Camelot TV series after one season. While the ratings weren’t bad for the Arthurian show, the numbers aren’t necessarily the whole reason why there won’t be a second season.
Camelot, as you might have guessed, is based on the legend of King Arthur. The series stars Jamie Campbell Bower as a young King Arthur, with Joseph Fiennes as Merlin, Eva Green as Morgan, and Tamsin Egerton as Guinevere.
The premiere attracted 1.1 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That marked the cable channel’s most-watched and highest-rated original series premiere to date. Unfortunately, the second installment dropped 24% in total viewership and subsequent episodes dropped even further. Still, by the end of the season, the ratings were on an upswing. The finale nearly matching the viewership of the premiere.
While Camelot may have ordinarily ended up getting a renewal from Starz, the ratings weren’t the only factor in play.
A statement from a Starz representative notes, “Due to significant production challenges, Starz has decided not to exercise the option for subsequent seasons of Camelot with our production partners GK-tv, Octagon Films and Take 5 Productions.” Deadline reports that some of those “challenges” included scheduling conflicts with some of the actors.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Camelot has been cancelled? Would you have liked to have seen a second season?
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Very disappointed that there will be no second season
Just when I find a great series… it gets canceled. If I’d known that going into it I worked have never started it. Why do all the good ones always get canceled?
Why did y’all keep cancelling good series like Camelot
I wish Starz would see these comments and decide to come back with a second series to Camelot it was one of my favorite shows
I’m very disappointed that the series has been cancelled. Camelot was well scripted and the acting was very good. The story is the best Arthurian series yet. Merlin’s character was excellently played. Very fascinating, as was Arthur’s and the other characters. The story unfolding at a perfect place and flowing along nicely in a more singular direction, instead of bouncing all over the place which loses something. I actually enjoyed that better than any of the other sword and kingdom series. That replay similar scenarios each week, with similar conclusions, and the overall story never moved along much. So much… Read more »
Really liked it a lot. Historical based fantasy is always fun.
The last episode truly sets you up for a superb season 2, am
Really upset it won’t be.
Just watched it on Hulu I wish it would come back, ending left things hanging, no closure
I so believe whole heartedly that dropping this TV Series was not only a big mistake, but will subsequently affect ratings for any other Series that might be shown. Due to the FACT that once people start watching, and truly enjoying whatever Series is on at the time, well they probably won’t patronize watching it anymore because of the probability of a next season not coming back out. Only DUE to the stupidity of whomever makes the decisions not to continue the Series again, for whatever reason. Camelot should have NEVER been dropped, as well as many others. In determining… Read more »
I want season 2 that’s not right you cancel it
There shld be more seasons!!!! Why create it, then end it so soon?! Awesome show I want to see more!!
This is my second time watching the season after it originally came out and I’m just as disappointed as the first time. This show could have been amazing. Equal to Game of Thrones and they really dropped the ball
Please make a season 2
I too just binge watched the Camelot series and very disappointed. No season 2 and not even a finale! Starz how could you! I invested in the plot and characters only to find there is no conclusion to this story. Please in the future, when deciding to cancel a series, at least think of your viewers and finish the story!!
Camelot was a terrific eries and had wonderful actors. I agree with other comments. Please finish what you start.
Just binge watched the series only to find out there is no season 2. Talk about disappointing. You shouldn’t have to go out and research whether the producers decided to finish a show or not before you watch it. There really is nothing worse than getting vested in a show with no ending. Maybe networks need to take into account their viewers when making their final decisions. Truly disappointed!
Need to bring back and finish Camelot!!
I would’ve liked to seen them at least run out one more season of Camelot to wrap up the rest of the story or at least have done two or three episodes to wrap up the rest of the story I hate cliffhangers especially when the Series get canceled it’s a terrible thing to do to the feds however many they may be I think it’s important to finish what you start that’s my voice on it
Me and my wife enjoyed Camelot and hope that stars would definitely reconsider making season twon
Please bring Camelot back. Please draft Jamie Bower and the girl who played Guinevere and as many of the original actors as possible. This series was so good and different . They gotta do it while Jamie and (Guinevere, I forgot her name) are still alive and young. This kind of TV fosters leadership… and interesting because its about something historical