Syfy has decided to cancel Caprica, the ratings-challenged spin-off of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (BSG), but the show’s universe isn’t necessarily going away.
In a statement from the cable channel, Mark Stern, EVP of Original Programming, said, “We appreciate all the support that fans have shown for Caprica and are very proud of the producers, cast, writers and the rest of the amazing team that has been committed to this fine series. Unfortunately, despite its obvious quality, Caprica has not been able to build the audience necessary to justify a second season.”
Caprica will be pulled from the schedule following the November 2nd episode. According to the statement, “The final five episodes of the season will be re-scheduled to air at a to be announced time in the first quarter of 2011, and will conclude the run of the series.”
This news comes on the heels of the channel’s announced plans for another BSG prequel called Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. It had previously been described as an online prequel that could possibly serve as a backdoor pilot for a regular series. BSG executive producer David Eick is on board while Ron Moore is not.
Blood & Chrome will have more action and combat sequences, more closely reflecting the reimagined Galactica series. The description reads, “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, a sentient robotic race, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a brash rookie viper pilot enters the fray. Ensign William Adama, barely in his 20’s and a recent Academy graduate, finds himself assigned to the newest battlestar in the Colonial fleet — the Galactica. The talented but hot-headed risk-taker soon finds himself leading a dangerous top secret mission that, if successful, will turn the tide of the decade long war in favor of the desperate fleet.”
What do you think? Are you sorry to see Caprica be cancelled? Are you excited to see another BSG prequel series?
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I liked the caprice series and I’m sure that the second series can be as good as the first.
Maybe the best sci fi epic ever
Good shows are usually cancelled. NBC is responsible for this being cancelled, between taking forever to air the initial tv episode after the dvd series and constantly changing the night it was on I lost track of when it was on to watch it. I personally couldn’t care less about BSG. I could personally do without the polygamy part but given the hellenistic religion in the show it isn’t really a surprise.
It is now 2014 and I have seen the BSG series 2 times. After watching other shows like all 3 versions of stargate, fringe, all Star Trek walking dead, including movies and many more in the syfy section I can say that it was not something wrong with the tv show but the lack of advertising for caprica. I just found out about it now when I was scrolling through netflix. I also told lots of other friends who loved BSG and they also had no idea and now they started watching it. I love the consept of the tv… Read more »
Another unbelievable slap to the fans: you never have any chance to find out how the story ends. It’s like reading Dickens in installments, only to have the papers (of the 1800s) cancel the books “due to lack of readership”……..Fie
Relay good show. Sucks they cancelled it.
They always cancel the good shows
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This show was interesting to mix the 40’s culture with the future culture of today, the mobs style imitation and the religious ideas taken from certain faiths used in Caprica, maybe this is the reason to end the show.