Don’t look for a third season of Helix on Syfy. The cable channel has cancelled the thriller series after two seasons and 26 episodes.
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 series debuted in January of 2014 and drew positive numbers for the cable channel. The first season ended up averaging a 0.45 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.39 million viewers.
Syfy renewed it for a second season but the somewhere along the line, lots of viewers seem to have lost interest. The start of season two was down by more than 45% when compared to the series launch.
The numbers got worse as the season progressed and the 13 episodes ended up averaging a 0.17 rating with 560,000 viewers — a season-to-season decline of 60%.
The season (now series) finale aired on April 10th.
What do you think? Did you like the Helix TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a third season? Why do you think so many people stopped watching?
I loved Helix!
It was one of my favorite shows.
Please bring it back!
i watched season 1, and barely had interest in season 2. I didnt understand why time was fast forwarding 10,000 days, what was with the colony? either i wasnt paying attention, or i wasnt paying attention. Either way, if the show didnt capture my attention, well then clearly im not alone because the ratings show the series lost 70% of its ratings by the end of season 2. sorry but this season was less of a “hide a seek” and more of a drama. why was Allen picking apples in the colony?? it didnt progress fast enough for me to… Read more »
This show was amazing!! The ending of season 2 was going to set up for an epic season 3. I loved the twists of this show. Always kept you guessing on what was actually going on. This show was amazing!! I hope it somehow gets renewed.
Renew. Love the show
I enjoyed the show and watched every episode… I was sort of upset when I heard it ended…. I think it should have continued
I think that helix was a great tv series and was wupposed to continue
a fantastic series I was looking forward to season 3 what are you people thinking just leaving us hanging like that
I loved the show. The first season was fast-paced and exciting, the second season was one you had to think through as you watched. That was the problem for many viewers who are used to being spoon-fed everything. I’m sad to hear no season three!
Helix was an excellent show especially with the suspense, action and zombies in season 1. Come season 2 everything slowed down and with the back and forward flashes in time, I guess people got fustrated even though the story was quite good. And by the way the ratings were low due to the fact that it didn’t account for all the people dowloading the series. The ratings were quite high for people dowloading it though. Don’t these cable channel realise that you can’t use normal ratings to judge if a show is good or not. No wonder CSI/NCIS series go… Read more »
That’s true !
Her is a petition to renew helix thanks all to sign it and leave a comment http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-helix help us to #Savehelix, we need all of you.
Thank you so much
Just finished watching Season 2 over the last 3 days, loved it. Such a shame there’ll be no 3rd season. Alan now an immortal, Jordan at Ilaria, and Peter/Eli still alive.. I need more!!!
People who stopped watching Helix, didn’t understand the vision of steven Maeda. In season 2 he dared to bring us a new way to make his show, some fans like me loved, it’s just… huge! only thing we can say…you’re brilliant! unfortunalely some fans did not get or catch that, simply they wanted to see season 1 in season 2 so,What is the interest of that ?. Please @Syfy give Helix a third and craszy season, it deserves it, because season 3 is the key. So sad and wrong to end it like that. Her is a petition to renew… Read more »
I don’t watch a lot of TV, I’ve never kept up with TV shows, even ones that are popular among most people. But Helix was something that I was immediately addicted to throughout its two seasons. I’ve read reviews of people hating on the series for different reasons but I thought every episode was wonderfully done. Please Please Please somebody bring the show back to life!
My family and I enjoyed the show..it should have been renewed..to me, what hurt the show was waiting a whole year to see it, and to throw us on the island without taking us there from the arctic..but please bring it back
Keep it one more season, please!
Writers should not have omitted main characters en lieu of the different story line. Waiting till half-way through the season to introduce season (1) characters via weak-story line was for me; what killed it.
I was absolutely hooked on this show & could not WAIT for season (2) but for me, I was hoping that the story would have advanced the virus portion of the series & thereby bring some action to the screen. Unfortunately, the writers ruined it with incessant drama.
i agree with you 100%. too much drama and not enough season 1 characters.