As most fans of Sanctuary likely know by now, the show has been cancelled by Syfy. The TV series ran for a total of 59 episodes over the course of four seasons.
Following the announcement, several people associated with the show commented on the news and were unanimous in their appreciation for the fans.
Craig Endler (senior VP and GM of Syfy): “Thank you to the amazing cast + crew for a great 4 seasons, and to our always awesome fans for their support!”
Mark Stern (Syfy president of original content): “We’re honored to have been part of this incredible series… It’s been an amazing ride and we look forward to our next project with Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood and Damian Kindler.”
Space (Canadian cable station): “Thank you to the cast and crew @SanctuarySeries for an amazing four seasons! We are so proud of this SPACE Original Series.”
Damian Kindler, Amanda Tapping and Martin Wood (executive producers): “We couldn’t be prouder of the four seasons we made on Sanctuary… We are very grateful for the opportunity and must acknowledge the wonderful work from our cast and crew, the support from our studio, the Beedie Group–who have been with us right from the start, the networks who worked so hard with us each week, and most of all the fans … we owe so much to the fans.”
Alan McCullough (writer): Thanks to all the cast and crew of #Sanctuary for 4 great years… And even bigger thanks to the fans!”
Damian Kindler (director/writer/executive producer): “Now that it’s official, thank you fans and viewers of @SanctuarySeries for the most incredible 4 years of my life. Solemn bow to you all.”
Amanda Tapping (Dr. Helen Magnus/executive producer): “To all the fans of @SanctuarySeries we love and adore you. Thank you for the love and support. Now to the long dark tea time of my soul. :(” She later followed that up with: “Wow! And wow! You guys are amazing. Your tweets are a great lift to my soul. Onward and upward!!! Xoxoxo”
Agam Darshi (Kate Freelander): “As many of you know Sanctuary has come to an end. Thank you for being loyal fans to the show, and for supporting me and my work. I am so very grateful to ALL of you. Big thanks to the Sanctuary team and to Syfy for embracing me and creating more of what TV needs: A strong kick ass female character. Let’s play s’more. xoxoxo”
Gillian Horvath (supervising producer): “Thanks for all the warm tweets! Two of the best years of my life. Did work to be proud of and made lifelong friends. #Sanctuary”
Ryan Robbins (Henry Foss): “Thank you for all the kind words & support. #Sanctuary was truly a life-changing experience for me. You were all very much a part of that.”
Robin Dunne (Dr. Will Zimmerman): “Thanks to our wonderful @SanctuarySeries fans for 4 years of love & support. You gave us a great life. See you on the next one. XO Will Z”
Chris Gauthier (Walter): “Goodbye and thank you @SanctuarySeries one of the best sets in Vancouver I’ve worked on! Thanks for having me! Truly a great experience! :(”
Pascale Hutton (Abby Corrigan): “Thank you to everyone for welcoming me into the @SanctuarySeries for the final two seasons. I will treasure the experience always.”
Robert Lawrenson (Declan Macrae): “Seriously touched by all the heartfelt messages from we’re getting. Said it before and will say it forever – Best Fans Ever! Thank you!!” He followed that up with: “A huge thank you to the phenomenal Sanctuary fans, cast, crew & producers for a wonderful run. Look back with pride and forward with spirit.”
What do you think about the cancellation? What would you say to the cast and crew of Sanctuary?
Well I watched it again , anything with Amanda tapping in I have ,this series was so exciting to watched ,the cast work so well together , story lines amazing didn’t know what could happen , imagination overload
Shame it’s gone but not in my heart ( got the series too lol
Russell
Better late than never……I have watched Sanctuary on tv a bunch of times and have been watching the series on line as well when I can and I just absolutely LOVE the show. It is a shame that it had to be cancelled. A wonderful and amazing cast and crew. I do hope in the future there will be more adventures of Sanctuary to watch. I miss it terribly. Wonderful show.
I’m sorry this is late but the Sanctuary was a really great show and would really like to so see to see it come back . There are these reality shows on tv and they last so long but good ones like Sanctuary get cancelled. I would like to say to the cast of the sanctuary thank you for a really great show .
I know I’m late to the party but I will add my 2 cents anyways. I am a fan of the Stargate shows as well as Sanctuary. Not an “uber-fan” like some of the people I see at the comic expo dressed up in Stargate uniforms but I do enjoy them allot. It saddened me to know that Sanctuary was cut from SyFy’s lineup not because the team behind the show didn’t apply in time but SyFy wouldn’t (or couldn’t) invest in another season as they were helping to bankroll the production somehow. If Tim Russ and Renegade Studios can… Read more »
I an very sorry to Sr it end I Dwish you d wound reconsider X’and pick it up again.
In the words of Dr Helen Magnus “BLOODY HELL!” I know I am a bit behind in my shock over this, I cannot believe that another fantastic show/series has been cancelled. I have just bought all four seasons of Sanctuary and was looking forward to further seasons. Will keep all my fingers crossed and hope that one day, maybe Sanctuary will return. Thank you to all the Cast and Crew for such a fantastic show.
I’m so disappointed. It just seems like every time something really amazing sci fi is produced it gets cancelled – just when one allows ones self to become invested in the characters. 🙁
I will say this dsapointed sanctuary is gone (dm) eny chance to renew the show and BRING BAK NEW SEASON, and I also like warehouse 13 those 2 shows tie,,, the defiance show by the prevews I seen FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF wat part of F duz eny not undestand!!!!!! wen I saw Magnus showing Will his new place to operate/control hmslef ?n flags popt us I am fan uf most sy fi’z but wen I dscover eny that stink I will say wat I think!!! the only dscusted scene on santuary wen Magnus had to do lesbian kiss scene ( that ddnt… Read more »
Rats. S&$t! F%*k! Multiple expletives multiple times! The thing with SyFy is, starting with the name change from Sci-Fi, they have steadily gone downhill. I mean, what is wrestling doing on a channel that is supposed to champion and feature science fiction and fantasy, anyway??? Every series I get interested in and start recording on my DVR’s gets cancelled. I’m not talking about crap either: Farscape! Stargate SG-1! Stargate Atlantis! Stargate Universe! Eureka! I await the day when this channel does away with science fiction and fantasy altogether. Maybe they become all-wrestling! Or all pretend reality series! Awww, nuts! Beam… Read more »
I’m really going to miss Sanctuary. I only hope that that Amanda Tapping, Martin Wood, Peter Deluise, the rest of the Stargate team, and all the other great talent on Sanctuary will soon be reincarnated in an even better series. Having said that, they raise the bar on thoughtful TV and I keep thinking this is as good as it gets, but that isn’t the case. Keep on trucking dudes and dudettes, you totally rock!
Another truly intelligent, funny and thought provoking series falls to the pursuit of the almighty dollar. Just what the world needs is another dose of “fake reality” TV or pro-wrestling. The TV networks just keep try make the general public dumber. Guess the people who like intelligent series will just watch our old favorites on DVD.
This is bad news!!! I was thinking the other day about when the show would start up again and realized that it had passed time for it to start. It makes me mad that the only scifi shows on now are about vampires or werewolves. I like this show because it showed the monsters in a better light than bad.
I hope that the scifi channel will replace it with something equally amazing..
Thank you scifi, I live for this channel.
I love Amanda Tapping in everything she starred in, but especially Sanctuary…it was obvious to me that she poured creativity and the essence of her soul into this series! …she was great is SG1 but I felt they held her back, esp in showing her outer beauty…she is one of the most lovely ladies in the stardom world…inside and out…I feel blessed to have seen her show the wonderous depth of her personality in Sanctuary…frankly I am very disappointed in Syfy’s decision to end Santuary…that last scene was beguiling…I would also like to say that Syfy in general is rolling… Read more »
I loved Sautuary. It was the best series I would DVR. Why was it cancelled?
Really sad to see Sanctuary go. It explored some wonderful issues … too bad it didn’t have time to show us how to solve them. A soft landing with the potential for more to come someday.