Last year, the Dominion TV show had the highest-viewership of any scripted series on Syfy. Will it continue to do well in its second season? Will the ratings go up or down? Cancelled or renewed for a third season? Stay tuned.
Based on the characters from the Legion movie, Dominion takes place 25 years into the future, after the “Extinction War” in which an army of lower angels waged a war against mankind. The show’s cast includes Christopher Egan, Tom Wisdom, Alan Dale, Anthony Head, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale, Shivani Ghai, and Carl Beukes.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
10/14 update: Syfy has cancelled the Dominion TV series after two seasons. Details here.
Final season averages: 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 870,000 total viewers.
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For comparisons: The first season of Dominion averaged a 0.47 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.6 million viewers.
What do you think? Do you like the Dominion TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a third season?
Syfy cancelled Dominion!!! Hopefully a smarter network will pick up the show….it was well done and original from most of the shows out there….. Syfy, I am cancelling you…..I am also writing a letter to showcase asking them to stop picking up your shows…..you cancelled the best show ive seen from your network……
Well I am done with SyFy channel, I was a big fan Stargate Atlantis, Warehouse 13 and Dominion. Dominion was unique, great acting, they should at least do season 3, instead of a cliffhanger.
yeah, dominion must be renewed! good tv series!
Why didn’t syfy help to advertise the series? It was as if you wanted the series to fail. Rarily did I see advertising for Dominion.
That’s right, Hils. I am not even reading Brian Fire’s posts anymore. Too hard-headed and negative. Its not worth it. Same thing with syfy. I am back to netflix, boxed sets and dvds.
I’m sorry my honesty hurts you that much.
Renew Dominion it is good syfy
I have loved the SYFY channel but am getting really ticked off at studios lately with not properly finishing off a show for those of us watching. It’s happening at USA, SYFY, & NBC mostly. I understand low ratings but at least be courteous enough to close out a show if you have already given the season a full run/season. That’s just plain good business & the right thing to do. I’m really considering not watching SYFY anymore because I don’t know how long I’ll have to watch it & don’t want any more cliff hanger endings for shows that… Read more »
I just wished they had at least finished the story line. I hate it when shows leave you hanging.
If you dont renew Dominion, me and my friends are boycotting your channel
Yap, Richard. That’s what I’m doing. I’ve lost respect on channels and ratings who do not value viewers outside their 18-49 demographics and viewers outside US. I’ll enjoy my new TV with netflix.
WOW…that sounds like a mature thing to do.
I cant believe Dominion was Cancelled! Please reconsider and Renew it for a third season.
Noooo!!! SyFY, NO!
I agree to pay a subscription to continue to view it! And i am sure that i am not the only one!
Thats a RAP!!!! They ruined the show.
this show is amazing all the actors are brill! what is it with sky tv and cancelling excellent shows like dominion and firefly are they brain dead! sorry don’t mean to be rude but i.m really pissed now..
Don’t be sorry. It is time to get rude and tell these criminal managers what they deserve!
The only problem is if there still is any judge not corrupted to put these criminals in jail as they deserve. They are same as Volkswagen managers and bankers.
It is time that people, customers, the ones making these scam managers very rich step up and do something to change this shameful state of affairs.
Dominion has a big fan base in Scotland. Please bring it back for season 3 as well as Defiance season 4. It’s time we all face Lucifer in season 3!
These managers are like Volkswagen ones. They only cheat, lie and steal. They don’t care about their employees, their products and surely not about their customers.
They fake accounting and then use the fake movies and shows failure they create on paper as a way to to evade taxes and avoid paying producers, actors, directors.
This is a scam! These managers only deserve to be put in jail.
Love this show. Vaun Milmottis a genius! He took Legion & breathed new life into it. The plot & cast are fantastic.
PLEASE RENEW THIS SHOW!!!
And because he is someone good at his work he got fired. Because these managers want puppets and not good employees nor good products.
These managers are like Volkswagen ones. They cheat, lie and steal. They fake everything.
They fire good employees. They destroy good products. They spit on their customers.
He got let go…because he messed up this show. Plain and simple. All they had to do was follow the lead and trail the film “Legion” left…and they would be on a solid path. Instead…the cheesy casting and weak plots killed it. The ratings were down by as much as 40% in the second season. That is NOT good. I’m not sure if some of you just like the idea of the show or simply like the actors and don’t care. It was going downhill fast! I even offered to come on and write on the show to help get… Read more »
Just plain nonsense.
The Dominion tv show is even better than the movie Legion.
What the heck are you babbling about?
Do you work for the criminal managers at SyFy perhaps ?
This show…is NOT on the level of the Film Legion….not even close. IF it were…it would be on top in ratings. No I do not work for SYFY. I am a hard core film goer and this show just never lifted their game up. they were given a second chance and steered the show into the rocks. I don’t babble. When a show almost gets the axe…and is given a second chance. What part of the show is DOWN by 40% viewership don;t you understand? That means folks that WERE excited and tuning in…stopped tuning in…for a reason. You don;t… Read more »
Dominion is even better than the Legion movie.
And Scott Stewart is the executive producer of both the Legion movie and the Dominion tv show.
Better than the movie? I’m sorry…there is GLARING difference between the movie and this soap opera. betters actors…better effects…more believable story! Scott Stewart may have produced both but Vaun was trusted with the direction of the show. IF it was better than the movie…it would still be on.
I agree with you! Dominion was much better than legion and the cast was amazing
then you can explain why the ratings went down so fast.!!! it was a good show, but the writers blew it.
They only counted the US viewers. A large number of whom DVR the shows in general or watch on demand. The rest of the very large global fan base were ignored completely. And there was little publicity for season 2, and it was rescheduled to another timeslot. As I keep repeating. And the cancellation had nothing at all to do with the viewing figures, it was purely financially motivated. Go check out all of SyFys show ratings in recent months and tell me why shows with far less viewers than Dominion were renewed.Bitten, for example. SyFy spend money on ridiculous,… Read more »
Sorry, do you work for SyFy or something? This isn’t the first time they have done this, they regularly cancel great shows on cliffhangers. Vaun Wilmott created a thing of beauty, it was the best show SyFy have produced in years. I read your comment about “cheesy casting”. Are you serious or just baiting people? This was a group of amazingly talented people who put their heart and soul into this show, as did its creator. And sorry, but anyone who thinks Neilson ratings should be used to judge the popularity of anything isn’t too bright. Its a GLOBAL show,… Read more »
DO I work for SYFY? NO. IF this was a great show Hils…it would still be on. Vaun had a great platform IF they used Legion as the backdrop. As they got further and further away from legion…the show got worse and the writing got weker and weaker. I stand by my comment about the Casting. The Two British angels had the show feeling like an 80’s European rock band…trench coats and all. I never took the serious….I never took CLaire serious. She too was miss cast. The characters also never felt damaged enough for what was going on. When… Read more »
Actually, what damaged the show was moving its schedule for Season 2. Someone has done an in depth analysis of how rescheduling shows to certain days has affected ratings of not just this show but all of them. If you move it to coincide with the start of the football season, and put it on right after wrestling which was suddenly moved from Friday to Thursday after 10 years, it will affect the audience demographic. There are lots of people who will watch live sporting events and record shows for later viewing, all this will affect ratings. Its positioning in… Read more »
No disrespect Hils…but thats Nonsense. Do you REALLY think folks who are watching Game of Thrones CARE about a schedule? They love the show because it’s SOLID and the after 9pm crowd IS the time frame for this type of show. I would follow Game of Thrones to ANY time slot…and so would all of the millions of viewers! SYFY is not going to say the show wasn’t solid nor are they going to bash Vaun. thats not classy. . They also aren’t going to toss Vaun in the mud. They gave him a shot and he missed the mark.… Read more »
We will have to agree to disagree I’m afraid. Of all the comments I’m reading, yours seem to be the only negative ones. No show will ever be perfect, but just because this one didn’t capture your imagination in the way you’d hoped, don’t assume everyone else feels the same. It seems to me, from reading your comments, that you were expecting a futuristic re run of Legion, and when you felt you didn’t get it, you gave up. You also mentioned before about the archangels English accents. What did you expect, they would sound like they just left the… Read more »
I watched the show just like you Hils…and I thought it was poorly done. I’m not being negative…I;m being honest. Its also NOT about being perfect.NO SHOW is perfect! It’s about taking what you have and staying true to that material. They KILLED this show…that is why it is no longer on the air. You are misreading what I am writing. I expected them to BUILD from where they sourced their show. They didn’t. What I expected and what they advertised was a dark show that would be an extension of legion…if not…then don;t mention Legion. I didn’t give up…they… Read more »
Tom Wisdom and Carl Beukes were awesome in their roles as Michael and Gabriel….
i fully agree with your post. vaun had his chance and blew it.!! he promised a big 2 season, and never delivered it.? it was slow and bad writing.
You need calm down and douse your fire, Brian. You’re banging every positive comment here for reasons that don’t align with majority. I agree. The show could have done better, but I don’t agree that it’s as bad as you think. Ratings are not the best indicators of how good a show is I think Vaun and the cast over all did a stupendous job. Sad that you are too negative to notice it.
Tess…I’m calm and my fire is burning brighter than ever. NO…I do not work for anyone who would want to hurt the show. they hurt themselves. You mention the majority…the truth is…you are not the majority. I posted earlier that this show was DOWN by 40% when you look at the first season. RATINGS ARE a good indicator where a show stands. WHY? I was the FIRST person in my household excited about this show. I thought they got it and were going to use the momentum from the film. GREAT platform to work from. THAT was clearly not the… Read more »
Wow show were you watching Vaun did and outstanding job. I think you were watching another show sir!!!
Outstanding shows don’t JUST get cancelled. Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, Walking Dead, The Flash, The Vampire Diaries and Gotham are ALL still on. They all have something else in common…they all have a dark theme…solid cast and strong story/direction. Dominion doesn’t fit in between ANY of these shows. My last post…other worthy shows to talk about. IF you are a die hard fan of Vaun’s work…he will be back with something else. For me…after seeing him NOT get it after getting a second season..I will pass.
All the best.
Sorry but you seem to be missing everyone’s point. How many of those shows you mentioned are SyFy shows? What, NONE of them? I for one am citing SyFy as being the most guilty of ending good shows on cliffhangers. And now they have managed to cancel Dominion AND Defiance in one fell swoop, watch the viewing numbers drop. Fans will not invest in new shows and characters only to have them snatched away when they are hooked. They will simply wait for the boxsets and DVD’s. If SyFy think their viewing figures are bad now? Give it a couple… Read more »
A good show is a good show no matter WHAT network it’s on. Ratings dropping on a show in the neighborhood of 40% or more…on ANY network…will have the SAME results. Defiance was in the same boat with Dominion…they weren’t strong enough shows and weren’t performing. It’s business and It’s not negative…it;s not unfair they were given a shot. There are other shows in line waiting for their shot. Hopefully the next new shows will be strong enough to stay on the air. SYFY…will survive this. Wishing the network ill…because a show wasn’t performing? Come on on now…you are bigger… Read more »
So you are seriously telling me that bad scheduling and poor marketing and promotion have NOTHING to do with a show failing or succeeding? Really? Why do you think small independent films don’t reach a wider audience, other than by word of mouth? Which by the way has increased the global fanbase of Dominion? Because they don’t have a huge corporate marketing machine behind them. My god, when even one of the stars is coming out and politely saying they were scheduled badly and not properly promoted, you know theres something wrong. Again, I know you weren’t a fan of… Read more »
Are you serious? They WERE advertising this show. I saw the trailers. SYFY has viewers all over. There are viewers in other countries. The internet allows for that global attack when it comes to marketing a show. Someone just posted about the fans in Scotland. What you keep failing to understand is…you cannot blame the network if your show doesn’t perform. Simple as that! THAT is what we are talking about. SYFY isn’t in the business to sink shows that are doing well. That makes ZERO sense and is not the way business is done. The stars coming out and… Read more »
Brian, you have created a certain negative feelings for this show-well this is respectful but that is all it is! There are people who like this show and their opinion haven’t been counted nor considered while decision for the cancellation have been made! And indeed this is not the first case of SyFy-its yet another one, stopped in between! I have seen cancelled shows where at least the story have been closed as respect towards the viewers-it doesn’t matter what the reason is (and it is always $ related) but channel’s viewers should be respected so to hold them, keep… Read more »
I’m perfectly serious. I’m well aware we got the odd trailer here and there on SyFy. But I’m in the UK. What you are failing to understand is that judging the merits of any show on one demographic of viewers in one country is hardly conducive to finding out its actual global popularity, is it? Speaking for SyFy UK alone, the number of Dominion trailers I saw compared to, say Dark Matter, or the constant flood of The Librarians ads I’m currently seeing saturate EVERY channel, not just SyFy was minimal. You don’t need to be a genius to recognise… Read more »
Please renew Dominion …..great show!!!