This is certainly the worst of omens. Variety reports A&E has cancelled Damien after one season.
Based on The Omen film series, the drama followed an adult Damien (Bradley James) grappling with the fact that he is the Antichrist. Barbara Hershey, Scott Wilson, Omid Abtahi, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Robin Weigert, and David Meunier also starred.
The news doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Ratings for the short-lived thriller were never strong. Season one received an average of .18 in the 18-49 demo and a total of 478,000 viewers.
Showrunner Glen Mazzara confirmed the news on Twitter:
This hurts to say but #Damien will not be getting a second season. Thank you from all of us to our amazing fans.
— Glen Mazzara (@glenmazzara) May 20, 2016
What do you think? Did you watch Damien? Do you think the show should’ve been renewed?
Very disappointed to hear Damien is cancelled. I was really enjoying it. A&E did not let it find its following.
It was a great watching after Bates Motel.
I´d love it so much and realy hope the next and next seasion
I meant the 5th episode, not 5 season. Lol
This sucks. I didn’t know about the show until the 5th season. I heard about it from a friend who happened to tune in by mistake, watched it and got hooked. I binged watched it and was hooked. I told my family and friends who didnt know about it either. They became fans. I loved that show.
It seems like it’s statting to become a serious problem, any time I fall in love with a show it always gets cancelled. Seriously I think they did a great job with Damien. I can remember watching the Omen fir the first time as a kid and I really thought the TV show did it amazin justice and I never ended even a single episode thinking I don’t know if I want to watch the next episode. I couldn’t wait to see what else they would come up with. It is so very sad that shows like Honey Boo Boo… Read more »
I’m so sad that Damien is cancelled! I’m french speaking and I used to watch it on net. I was so impatient to watch the season 2. What is going on on tv networks? They prefer to put some stupid reality shows. A & E must rethink their decision and put more publicity for this show and put on air the first season again to see what is going on with it. Then decide if they make a second season. This is so sad!
Of course Damien got canceled, this is the same network that cancelled The Returned. It’s a shame A & E doesn’t give it’s new shows a chance. I wish Mazzara was still show runner on Walking Dead. The show was much better during season 2 and 3 when he was in charge.
I think this is a big mistake my husband and watched it every week and absolutely loved it I hope another network buys it or A&E reththinks their decision!!!
This is a shame. This show was excellent. So much potential. I am beyond disappointed. What a terrible decision.
Damien gets cancelled but the weak acting and poor writing of Season 1 of Fear the Walking Dead result in a second equally poor season. Shaking my head.
You’ve got me to be kidding me!
Have you seen the ratings difference between those two shows? All opinions on the shows your comparing aside, staying completely neutral on content… One show is making a network a lot of money while the other show is struggling to retain viewers to bring in money.
DAMIEN HAD ALOT OF POTENTIAL HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ELSE WILL PICK IT UP !!!
I watched the first few episodes. Then decided that this just isnt going to make it…
This one was ALWAYS getting cancelled… Ratings were NEVER good and the show just stretched a thing premise into 10 episodes. Damien was successful in terms of horror-visuals but the writing was weak and simply couldn’t hold an audience. When ratings are as bad as they are when it comes to Damien you at least need strong critical acclaim or buzz which Damien also couldn’t get.
*thin premise
I don’t watch much first run television. Most of what’s being broadcast is mindless reality fluff or just plain trash. Damien was the first new worthwhile dramatic series to come along to capture my interest……..in years. It seems if a show’s not about dancing stars,crime procedurals that are cloned in droves,singing would be idols and such they’re pulled in relatively short order. Damien was something different. Instead of allowing the series a bit more time to find more of an audience A&E cancels it after an all too brief season 🙁 This show deserves a second chance! It’s a shame,in… Read more »
Why do I bother watching any new shows or Network TV at all.? All they do is get cancelled. I have had it with TV and all I am going to do right now is watch movies. Good bye Network TV and good by TV shows. I am done and sick and tired of my favorites getting cancelled. This is the worse year for cancellations and this is too much.