Syfy has confirmed that there won’t be a third season for Stargate Universe. The science fiction series has been cancelled after two seasons and 40 episodes.
The first half of season two finished airing on November 30th. The second 10 episodes are expected to air in the Spring of 2011. Unless the cable channel comes up with a replacement, this will mark the first time since 2002 that a Stargate series hasn’t aired on Syfy (previously known as the Sci-Fi Channel).
Stargate Universe follows a diverse exploration team who is unable to return to Earth after evacuating to a Ancient spaceship that’s headed to a distant part of the universe. The cast includes Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque, David Blue, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, and Ming-Na.
Here’s the official statement from Syfy…
Syfy will end its original action-adventure series Stargate Universe when the show returns with the final 10 episodes of its second season in the Spring of 2011. The Stargate franchise — consisting of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe — has aired on Syfy since 2002.
Syfy has a slate of new sci-fi/fantasy scripted projects lined up for 2011 including the series premiere of Being Human on January 17, the recently green lit one-hour drama series Alphas and the much anticipated Battlestar Galactica prequel pilot movie, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. Warehouse 13, Eureka and Haven will also return with new seasons next year.
It’s unclear if the final 10 episodes of Stargate Universe will give closure to the series.
What do you think? Are you sorry that SGU is coming to an end? Do you think the ongoing storylines will be resolved?
Please see that my negative comment on this bad move goes to the SyFy network execs along with all of the above negative comments. I totally agree with all of them. This show was the best fix for all of the stargate addicts that had begun with the original movie in 1995 and continued through the three series in the franchise. SG-1, SGATL & SGU. No other show had a continuous thread to follow with great character , plot development and sets. It has been great following Jack Oneal from a young adventurere to a senior citizen general in charge.… Read more »
I stopped watching the scifi channel when they changed the name to syfy. Thats when most of the shows started to suck.
I won’t be watching SyFy any more after SGU is gone. I agree with most everyone on here – they have nothing else worth watching. SGU was fantastic and now they’re ******** us over and getting rid of it and instead are putting up a stupid series about werewolves and vampires or whatever. I get enough of the Twilight saga in the theaters, I don’t need to watch that stuff on SyFy too. SyFy: you guys suck. I’m not giving you any more of my time after SGU is gone because you’ve got really crappy shows. The people who are… Read more »
This is incredibly disappointing. SGU was also my only reason for watching SyFy. It’s not that I am anti-SyFy, they just have not been able to put out any consistently worthwhile programming. In this market, with news shows being canceled as quickly as they are being force fed to us, its a shame that SyFy doesn’t have the guts to give SGU a longer shot. SGU’s character development has been genuine and the projected path of the plot is actually something I’ve come to care about. In my experience, very few programs elicit such a true emotional response from its… Read more »
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This is the best Stargate yet. The plot is great, character development has you loving and hating and wondering if you love or hate certain charcters. For science fiction fans this is a great show, genre aside, it’s a great story. I know it is always about money and its sad that it has to be…but I understand. You wonder if time slot and day send great shows like this to a premature end, or is it just there is so much to watch anymore, how does one choose. I knew where I was going to be when Stargate Universe… Read more »
Why Would SyFy Take The Only Good Show In It’s Line-Up And Throw It In The Cancelled Bin? I Am Finding Less And Less Reson To Keep Watching The Channel. I Know That Losing One Viewer Means Nothing To The Network, But It Seems That All True Stargate Fans Should Boycot The Channel Until Season 3 Makes A Return. Often, The People In Charge Of Scheduling Totally Misunderstand Their Own Fan Base. I Know I Will Boycot The Station, However, I Also Know That They Wil Not Care.
I can’t believe this. First flash forward and now this. This series had the potential to be the best Stargate story of all. Great cast, great set, great episodes, great filming, just brilliant. Who doesn’t want to know what the ancients found in the big bang!! Thats mental!
Bring It Back!!!!!!
Very disappointing, SyFy is totally leaving the genre of science fiction that I watched it for, Stargate had me holding,. The spin of the show was great, gritty and had great stories. they were always on the edge of going where few shows would go with their story line.
Please bring it back.
Cant tell you how angry i am at SyFy there is no reason what so ever to watch this channel anymore except for the last half of SGU. The show didnt have the support of the network making the breaks between seasons too long and changing the air day from Friday to Tuesday (when im at work!!)
SyFy in my books doesnt exist anymore :/
My whole year just went down the drain.
The only time I watch SyFy.. or whatever it calls itself now, is to watch this show. Intelligent and very well acted, this is the very best this network and most especially this SG franchise has to offer. Previously I have tried to watch the other SG shows, but can’t make it through cornball story lines and dialog. Acting has always been subpar as well. But the new SGU took the higher ground with talent both in front and behind the camera. The show is character driven which is what makes all story telling engaging. On the other hand, that… Read more »
AAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!
First I find out Rubicon’s been cancelled. Now SGU!!!??? WTF!!!
SyFy can suck it. SGU is hands down better than ANY PROGRAMMING they have running on their network, by a long shot… Sure Warehouse 13 is good, so’s Eureka… Hell, I even like Sanctuary and Haven. But none of them compare to SGU.
Cancel SGU and I’ll stop watching SyFy. Period.
Blood and Chrome. HA! laughable series title…
No…SGU is the coolest ever!!!!!!!!
BRING BACK STARGATE UNIVERSE!! ITS AN AWESOME SHOW, AWESOME THEORY AND TOTALLY HAS ME ANTICIPATING THE 2011 RETURN! I DESPERATELY NEED TO KNOW IF THEY MAKE IT OUT OF THAT PICKLE THEY WERE IN ON THE LAST EPISODE! COME ON GUYS!!