It’s a dark time for fans of Dark Matter. Deadline reports Syfy has cancelled the TV show after three seasons.
The sci-fi drama follows the crew of a derelict spaceship who awake with no memory and who must work together to survive a threatening voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal, and plenty of secrets. The cast includes Marc Bendavid, Melissa O’Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr, Jodelle Ferland, Roger Cross, and Zoie Palmer.
Ratings for Dark Matter have been low for some time. Overall, season three averaged a .15 rating in the 18-49 demo and only 614,000 viewers, making it one of Syfy‘s lower-rated TV shows for the 2016-2017 season.
On his blog, co-creator Joseph Mallozzi confirmed the show’s cancellation and thanked the fans, cast, and crew:
It is with great sadness that I confirm the news. Syfy has cancelled Dark Matter after three seasons.
To say that I’m incredibly disappointed would be an understatement.
I’ll save my comments and field your questions in a future blog entry. For today, I just want to extend a heartfelt thanks to my amazing crew, my wonderful cast, and to all of you, our incredible fans.
You all deserved better.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Dark Matter? Do you think Syfy should’ve renewed the series?
I just binge watched all 3 seasons not knowing the forth was cancelled. I really enjoyed the series and I wish they at least made a few more episodes to conclude some of the main open plots. Really leaves a bad taste for the producers of the this show. SyFy? I’ll make sure not to watch any further shows created by this company. Obviously they don’t care about the viewer to leave everyone hanging like this. I usually don’t care about TV shows and normally don’t leave any comments but this show really offered a lot of entertainment and I’ll… Read more »
Ditto exactly
Idiotism… Total idiotism
I enjoyed Dark Matter and Killjoys. I looked forward to them every summer. I watched the premieres of Wynona Earp and Killjoys tonight and am sad Dark Matter won’t be joining them.
I cannot believe they cancelled Dark Matter when they kept Wyonna Earp. My husband and I looked forward each week to Dark Matter because the acting was brilliant. Who are these mindless people tat cancel shows especially when they had such great ratings. Must be the same idiotstat work for CBS. Well SYFY I hope all your new shows this year fail because you are flunkys. I am still in disbelief.