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?
THAT SHOW WAS AWSOME, ALL CAST MEMBERS.WRITERS, EVERYONE INVOLVED.WHOEVER MADE THE DECISION,YOU BITE!
I stopped watching syfi after Firefly. Finally came back because of Dark Matter. Bring it back!!!
Firefly Originally Aired on FOX. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series) SyFy had re-runs of Firefly
Take the show to another Network !! Netflix ,Hulu, somewhere ! Don’t let it die.
As so many others have very capabily expressed, I to am very disappointed with this cancelation. Not just because I like the show, but because we viewers have invested many hours of our time over multiple seasons getting to know the characters, and getting wrapped up in the plot of the story. It’s just plain inconsiderate on the part of the network(s) to routinely just cancel these programs midstream with no conclusion. There seems to be no concern or sense of obligation on the part of the networks for us faithful viewers. We deserve an ending to these canceled programs,… Read more »
Dark Matter is the best Sci Fi show since BSG. Until it is back on, will not watch the Sci fi channel. I predict this latest screw the fans decision by SFC will start the end to their network.
Yet again Syfy has let it’s viewers down.
As Baron rightly points out below we need another company to start and support a genuine sci-fi network.
Dark Matter was excellent and to bin it is simply myopic.
this is completely stupid… it is an awesome show and should not be cancelled!!!
Terrible news! Syfy is having their 25th anniversary this month. atched this channel since they showed the original week long “test pattern” with countdown timer. The test pattern is better than most of Syfi’s current programming. I am tired of supporting this network. It is never returning to the glory days. Owner NBC has no love for science fiction. They are bored with it. NBC cancelled the original Star Trek tv show. Instead of supporting Syfy we should let it go. Then another company can start a real sci fi network. I watch Killjoys and Expansion. No point watching any… Read more »
Petition to renew Dark Matter. https://www.change.org/p/syfy-renew-dark-matter-for-season-4?recruiter=31008783&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition
Awesome show. It’s too bad that more people did not see the great stories, wonderful character development and interaction, and mystery. Yet another sci-fi show that I loved … canceled. The plus side is that that I don’t have to watch the stupidly-named SyFy channel any more.
Dark matter was the first summer series I watched on SyFy. It led me to give other shows that weren’t as good a chance on their network. I am very dissappointed that they canceled this show. From what I hear Syfy cancels serials quite often, always to anger of the shows fans. Now that I know this I’ll just switch back to watching baseball during the summer. Thanks Syfy!
Im so pissed at syfy why do you guys cancel all your good show, this was such an awesome show loved it from day 1
Syfy has really screwed up again by cancelling Dark Matter, the best sci fi on TV by far. It’s a slap in the face to sci fi fans to cancel DM and yet renew silly fluff like Killjoys and Earp !
Dark Matter has wonderful cast, acting and chemistry which really add to the affection I have for this show. Great plots, suspense , humour, wittyness, everything.
Shame on you Syfy, first cancelling Stargate Universe, now this !!
Done with SyFy. Cancelling a show on a major cliffhanger, and killing one of the only decent shows on TV. Starting to remind me of Fox network cancelling good Sci-Fi due to their own ineptitude.
The show was constantly getting better and better, and now Syfy is cutting fans off at the knees. I’ve given up on the channel. Not the first time and not the last time they disappoint viewers. They didn’t really support the program with advertising.