Last year, Helix did pretty well in the ratings so Syfy renewed it for a second season. Will the ratings rise or fall this time around? Cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.
A thriller series, Helix follows a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to the Arctic. They find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that could decide the future of humankind. The cast includes Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes, Neil Napier, Matt Long, Steven Weber, Jim Thorburn, and Christina Rosato.
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.
4/29 update: Syfy has cancelled this series after two seasons. Details here.
Final season averages: 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 560,000 total viewers.
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For comparisons: The first season of Helix averaged a 0.5 rating in the demo with 1.39 million viewers.
What do you think? Do you like the Helix TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a third season?
I liked Season 1 of Helix and looked forward to Season 2, but Season 2 didn’t tie to Season 1 at all. It went on to a tangent and went downhill from there. I watched all of Season 2 with the hopes that Season 3 would get back to the original theme. I am not surprised Helix was canceled after Season 2. The writers, producers and everyone who controlled the show lost the story and they are the ones responsible for Helix being canceled. They ruined it.
Helix is gone
I heard this from the person who played Daniel
way to call someone out just to drop a name.
the end of season 1 made me tune in for season 2, but then when season 2 started it was a hot mess. it wasnt even connected to season 1. the writing killed this show.
Im not surprised. It started getting ridiculous. Should have expanded on the original story. It shifted to religious overtones and a lot of other things. Too confusing and too much to follow
Well, that was frustrating. This felt like the 80s “Tripods” series, where when it ALL FINALLY STARTS TO COME TOGETHER it winds up getting shitcanned. God dammit. Myself and my partner concluded the third season would be about how Dr Hatake created ‘narvik B’ in order to prevent the hideous mutations that would occur when trying to splice immortal DNA with human DNA (whilst under the guise of it being a pathogen useful for Ilaria’s population control plans), and how Ilaria wound up dropping the ball with Michael’s “mother tree” special sauce. Basically tying S1 and S2 together, and filling… Read more »
All I would like to say is helix was a breath of fresh air not the boring normal safe tv it was different everyone in the UK whom watched it loved it but hey you don’t give any thing new a chance I mean we were lucky for a second series grow some balls and finish a series properly and twelve monkey I bet that’s next so why bother watching it
What the **** why the **** is it canceled helix was my life omg I’m gonna die of lack of helix omg
I really enjoy the Helix series. I watched from day one and enjoyed the suspenseful nature of the storyline. Although season 2 did seem to venture away from season 1, I figured season 3 would start tying the storyline more and sinister events would reveal to the viewers something very gorey going on with our characters. It is unfortunate the executive producers cancelled it. It has excellent potential….
I love this show, I’ve watched it from the beginning! I don’t want it to end, this is the best show I have seen on syfy I really don’t want it to be canceled… it would be a shame, this show makes my Friday nights with my girl we love it help us not let it be canceled
Keep it, the back n forth into the future was cool. The characters are great, and the story makes me think this is a possibility.. I liked it better than the first
definitely continue!! The strangeness in the show is what makes it thrilling and enjoyable to watch! The reason i like this show is because its thriller and scary while still being mysterious and enjoyable and everything these days are zombies like walking dead and z-nation. This show is soo good i almost crave it! both season 1 and 2 kept me on my toes, wondering what was going to happen next. That is how a good thriller should be. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL! Im dying to know what happens about the Immortals and now that Allen is one and how… Read more »
Give it a third season. I want to see if the writers can outdo themselves and this one intelligently — i mean convincingly 🙂 I liked it more than the first ; the delicious wtf moments were nicely spaced, i loved the time jumps, and the overall creepiness of it all was well managed — and i am not creeped out easily…
it seemed the writing got stale and stalled in some episodes like they were just winging it. That being said the show has some good potential if they mutate the disease into something more horrifying. The main characters are good to watch and there is life left for plenty of surprises. The first series was better than the 2nd so I do hope it gets a third season. I just hope they get more daring and more horror in it.
Defintely cancel. Good Sci-fi has a lot in common with mainstream fiction, whether it be drama or literature. Good fiction of any kind has to get the audience to connect to the protagonists/characters. Good sci-fi has to do the same especially as science fiction’s mission is to evoke a sense of wonder, amazement or horror through the eyes of the protagonist/character. If only we’d been given at least one viewpoint protagonist to root for. Horrible things happened, but I felt no dread or impending doom, only disgust and boredom. Unfortunately, I can’t point to any character that I even like… Read more »
Second season was MUCH better than the first season. I loved the first season, but this one was gripping. We need a third season to find out what happens next. Please don’t cancel!
Cancel. Season 1 was fantastic and I was looking forward to season 2. I have 4 other friends who watch this show as well and we all say cancel. 2 of them actually dropped it in the middle of the season because this season was just strange. I saw it through to the end just to finish it off but was glad when it ended so I could be done with it and move on to catching up with other shows. If it gets a season 3 I won’t tune in.