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?
NO! This is unbelievable. I love this show. My husband and I would record it to watch on Saturday mornings. Syfy has done things like this before. I am not happy.
this is the same crap they did with SGU it was just getting super awesome and wham cancel SYFY ARE A BUNCH OF MORONS THAT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SCIFI.
Totally agree, SGU was my favourite sci fi show and they cancelled it after only 2 seasons. Now Dark Matter , again the best sci fi on TV, they cancel.Obviously this stupidly named channel does not care about good, intelligent sci fi shows, just silly drivel that appeals to dumb teenagers.
At least have another season to wrap it up. I love this show and I am very upset it is cancelled.
I love this show. They should renew it and at least wrap it up next season if they want to cancel it.
Very disappointing ! I loved this show and its cast this is the only program on Syfy I watched.The least they can do is give us as fans some kind of closure like 1 more season finally.Or like when Firefly was canceled and make a movie.
All I can say is absolutely gutted, fantastic show just gone like that!
They should have canceled Kill joys nothing necessary in that boring storyline,
I’m a big Fan from Poland. Wanted to get a role in game of thrones until I’ve watttched dark matter. Too bad they cancell this good show, it is rare nowadays to find anything worth wattching in cinema – not to mention tv/internet.
I will miss this show, and I don’t miss many when they go. Maybe it was just too good for the Sharknado franchise. Thanks to the cast and crew for some great work.
I understand it is about ratings and DM was on the cusp. I suspect something else happened, like an issue with writers or cast. The show had a number of different directions it could take which made it both entertaining and unpredictable, something lacking in other shows. Hopefully, someone else can see the promise this show had to offer and take it out for another season or two.
Disappointed with Syfy. The series was starting to gain stream with introduction of black root ships and alien wars.
I am disappointed with Syfy. Loved the show and the Cast. I expected more from Syfy.
I have so enjoyed the show, and was looking forward to the next season but lo and behold those executives who think they know best pull the plug , Dark Matter has international appeal, this is like what they did to Star Trek and look what it became, the series has got better and better surely it deserves a forth and final series at the very least,
One extremely disappointed fan….!!!!
Unbelievable! I just got off the phone with my cable provider and cancelled Syfy, everyone should do the same, maybe they will learn a lesson….
This is terrible news SyFy!!! Dark Matter is an excellent series with amazing characters and plot lines. Zoie Palmer’s portrayal of the Android is superb as she brought life to a challenging character to portray. All the other actors were great at breathing life into their characters also. SyFy, you really should reconsider renewing Dark Matter for one more season to properly end the series. Listen to the fans SyFy since We keep You in business!!!