(Spike TV)
It seems the fog has burned off. Spike has cancelled The Mist TV show after just one season. Based on the Stephen King novella, The Mist first premiered on Spike TV on June 22, 2017. The Viacom-owned channel will rebrand as “Paramount Network,” in early 2018. A few months prior to its first and only season debut, Kevin Kay, president of Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT said the new TV series had “potential,” and that they would renew it for season two, if the first season found “success” on Spike.
Airing on the Spike cable channel, The Mist stars Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Dan Butler, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Frances Conroy. After the Copeland family’s daughter survives a brutal attack, an ominous mist overwhelms the town of Bridgeville, Maine. As it spreads, it threatens the very foundations of the town.
The Mist: A Look at the Ratings
The first season of The Mist averaged a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 462,000 viewers. Because The Mist was the cable channel’s first original scripted series, we don’t have ratings data from other Spike TV shows to which we can compare it.
Deadline has confirmed The Mist cancellation with Spike.
What do you think? Did you watch the first season of The Mist TV series? Should Spike have cancelled or renewed it for a second season? Let us know, below.
People who know me know I look for quality in television when I watch. To the degree that I’d be comfortable with the term “t.v. snob.” However, despite the numerous flaws of the main characters (two dimensional characterization, poor acting and insufficient and tediously slow character development; not applying to every character, but at least one of each deficiency, if not more, to every lead), the story, direction, production, effects and script appeared overall good and solid. I certainly think, aside from any drastic changes being made other than improvement in the flaws I mentioned, I would’ve continued watching this.… Read more »
I freaking loved this show. I am so disappointed that there won’t be a second season.
I really liked this show my boyfriend and I were really into it…….I would love to see another season 🙂
I had a feeling that was going to happen.
I think it was canceled because it veered way too far from the movie, which I enjoyed even though the ending was very disturbing, effective, but disturbing. Whereas the movie was pure sci-fi & horror with some truly scary creatures, the series went off base with the whole gay campaign thingy and only sporadic peeks at the way too human-like creatures.
Read the actual novella, the book didn’t end the way the movie did
The novella ended with them driving into the mist, afraid of the moment the gas will ran out and they will have to go into the mist to find more…..afraid of the monsters that live in there. A beautiful open ending to a short story.
The movie made another ending but everything else was very close to the novella, a disturbing but awesome ending. The series could have made episodes of other locations in the same style that the movie.
But…what was your point?
It was awful. King is a pastiche making imitator of better authors anyway, but this show was one long leftwing SJW PC fest with cringe inducing acting and a painfully obvious agenda.
Having a literal cuck f-ugly leading man and two of the most obnoxious WIMMINZ!!11! on television didn’t help, with their Fear The Walking Dead tier antics.
Good riddance.
I hope someone else picks it up.. Was waiting for season 2
I had hope for this show and the way it ended made me want to watch a new season to see if you could boost it up a bit. Its Stephen King! 🙂 People die who deserve to die, people get second chances and there’s always something waiting around the corner. Sad its cancelled 🙁
I just want another season so Adrian finally dies for all the horrible things he has done. I would have been so satisfying.
Expecting the same thing, lol
this show needed real writers.!! & if your going to do a series of a movie, give it a better budget.!! this day’s people have little time for cheap TV.!!!
In the last episodes of the show it was getting interesting and I wanted to see where they were going with the story. I’ll have to show caution and check who’s making it before I get invested in the next series I watch.
Was not impressed with the choices of leading actors (ladies) on this TV series, but with a little finessing the show could have been so much more than it was. Oh well,….at least we wound up with some terrific actors from the original The Mist movie on….The Walking Dead!
I think it’s crummy that when a series starts the least the networks can do is bring it back for some type of closure. I agree the Bob Budner. Maybe the low ratings are due to the fact that as viewers we see the season 1 casualties, so we don’t want to get invested because we are expecting the show will more than likely will be canceled!
The movie told all that needed to be told anyhow, and they were never gonna top the ending.
I don’t know why the network needed to panic and pull the plug on the mist. I think that’s the reason most new shows get cancelled is because everybody knows that There’s a good chance that it would be cancelled. I’m starting to shy away from the new sitcoms for the same reason. The mist was an excellent show.
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised. Compared to the novel and movie, the series was crap, plain and simple. I just wish they hadn’t ended it on a cliffhanger! I’m gonna be forever wondering now what would have happened!
It wasn’t a great show, but I stuck with it. Now I’m annoyed to once again be left hanging, because once again instead of just treating this as a mini or “limited” (apparently the new buzzword) series, they dragged this story out unnecessarily and ended on a cliffhanger. Seriously, in TEN hours they should have been able to tell the entire story satisfactorily, but NO… they had to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the plot (and our credulity) in an attempt to force a second season. And so we ended up with a tedious, drawn-out story with no conclusion. Good job.
I liked the show, wish they had ended it. I don’t see a reason why it had to have a second season. I have not read the book, but saw the movie. I liked the different take, but after watching the movie, I don’t know how they could have kept it up for a second season.
Oh Yes Yes Thank you, Hope to refund my money on iTunes as well.