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?
Image courtesy Starz.
camelot was my favorite show, this is sad and disappointing i will make an account on starz and email them hope you all do the same so we can try to bring it back
IT WAS AMAZING BRING IT BACK!!
this was there best show yet i too discovered it on netflix and refuse to watch anymore of starz shows u guys should really bring it back a lot of people got into it after it aired which could make the second season more successful know that is more popular.Please bring it back!!! You just left us with the best cliff hanger and now we will never be able to experiences what happens next with the characters we grew to love!
Please tell me this isn’t true. I loved this series! CHANGE YOUR MINDS STARZ! Also, watched Game of Thrones – in my opinion Camelot was better…
i justed finished the season from netflix. i’m ticked that its cancelled. it is a good show.
Starz officially sucks now! Thanks for taking a great legend and only telling the first chapter! WTF?? Biggest ratings to date?!? And you cam it?? What are you the premium WB channel?? I hope you gave showtime and HBO fuel for the future! So we can really enjoy a show that is truly backed by dedicated people! What a crock starz is for canceling! I protest you now! Hope you lose your ass on this one!!
I frigging love this show it’s bs that they won’t bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very disappointed to hear that Camelot was cancled. just started getting into the show. Sigh, just another unfinished series like “Rome” historical/historical fiction series are the very best IMHO
I’m so sad to hear there is not going to be a second season. I think Starz should reconsider their decision. The show is great!!!!!
I just finished watching the series on Netflex & loved it. How disappointing to find that the series was cancelled. Starz is such a loser!!!
loved show. want more. pay the actors more.
So disappointed that this series was cancelled! I loved it and was really looking forward to a second season! Bad move from Starz !
Starz better take Torchwood a bit more seriously and not do to it what you have done to Camelot. If you do not spend the money and come up to the visual level of games, movies, and amateur videos? then you will not get the respect due to the actors working with you. Many of us know what budgets dictate, but you are ruining story…the decision makers are not narrative visual people…they would end the career of any promising storyteller. Camelot was your Battlestar Gallactica and you did not know it. Screw with the genius of Russell T Davis and… Read more »
Just found this on Netflix. Loved the show. Couldn’t wait until the next show. Sad to find out that it was cancelled. I was thinking about ordering stars, think i’ll hold off.
Oh my God ! really they are out of their mind ! It has a great story with great acts ! I’m totally agree with j loest ! They can go back for their big project snookie and garbage !!!!!!!