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?
The other 2 SG series never appealed to me , but SG-U (as great as original motion picture) is an amazing show and has unlimited potential. Syfy (NBC) offers pretty horrible programming with the exception of Warehouse 13, Eureka, Battlestar. Oh yes those cheesy made for tv movies blow and are insulting to sci-fi fans. Hopefully Starz picks it up or maybe it continues in comic book form.
it kills me that syfy is now ruined. without stargate i guess its time to watch nat geo and learn something. stargate was a series that i really loved. thought that it was great for looking at things in a way that really could exist, at least as far as the worm holes are concerned. will really miss all of th,e stargate programs
I watched stargate, stargate SG1, stargate atlantis, stargate universe and all were good shows. Stargate sg1 was played out but stragate atlantis [saw not] it hade more story to go. Stargate Universe was just geting stared!! Do you think theirs no one that can come up with a follow up story. Do i haft to wright new storys or let us have a contest and see if we can keep it going on SYFY or may be some other net work . Who ever wroght Being Human,Ghost hunters need to go . Who put wrestling on SYFY needs to be… Read more »
OMG SGU was such unadulterated whining rubbish, it was depression on steriods, thank god they are killing it. What were the writers thinking “how can we depress an audience and make a show mind numbing boring. I mean seriously a child abusing Priest on a distant planet??
I never watched anything on syfy until I watched stargate universe, great show, just get some better writers look how long voyager was on for, same idea.SYFY SUCKS
I have grown pretty use to shows that I love being canceled before they should be canceled because a network doesn’t find the right dollar signs in it. I don’t have knowledge on the subject but is it possible that the rating system is becoming a little obsolete now days? How are the ratings being gathered by people who watch shows like SG-U when they watch it via DVR? I personally have just found SG-U, and love it by the way, and have been catching up on it via Netflix. I planed to start watching the newest seasons when I… Read more »
I agree with everyone else. Stargate Universe should not be cancelled. It was a good series. Tell me where wrestling has anything to do with Science Fiction??. Also Ghost Hunters and series like that are not up to Sy/Fy standards. Or maybe Sy/Fy standards are getting exceptionally low. Leave the good shows and cancell the shows like Ghost Hunters (i can’t believe they get any ratings) and wrestling.
i agre with every one els this sucks that thay r doing that …i love stargate all of them pl dont getrid of them …
This does suck i really like true “SYFY” all this crap there showing now i dont watch or record it on the DVR i tried watching the shows they have and all the money they spend on TIFF and Amber there waisting on there resources keep spending it on true SCIFI shows see how many viewers watch SGU final season before you completly walk away there are a few fans what else do we have wait untill they have a real stargate there not telling us about or areal starship theres nothing else Starwars Startrek is over pepole what else… Read more »
I cannot believe SGU is being cancelled. Loraine has summed it up. SGU was one of the most interesting shows that has been on for some time. I’m sorry to say but Haven is just awful and I can’t believe you would keep that around not to mention producing some of those awful movies! But wrestling? An outrageous disappointment.
No more Stargate Universe?! The best shows always get replaced with brainless tv shows. I’m done with Syfy.
This is for the Syfy station in general. I never write letters to anyone about these kinds of things but standards really call for it. When You were Sic/Fi you had some mighty cool stuff. Okay things change. Now your SyFy and things went down hill, I began watching less and less. But then you seemed to be getting back to it but all your really doing is wetting peoples appetites then you cancel the show. And yet inexplicability those stupid ” Ghost hunter” and other Paranormal reality based crap NEVER goes away. I even hate the commercials – “Feels… Read more »
EPIC FAIL!! on sy-fy’s part stargate is one of their top shows. plus they just started on sgu. if they need to eliminated a show then go for ghost hunters, we all know its fake anyways.
They let Startrek Voyager go for seven years with the same basic premise of a ship trying to get back home BUT THEN THEY CANCEL SGU AFTER 2 YEARS WHAT HELL IS SYFY DOING TRYING FOR BANKRUPTCY FOR THERE CHANNEL AND IN THERE SMALL MINDS!
This is a mistake. This was the best since the original series
Keep this series alive. Just get some innovative writers
Stargate must live on, it simply must. SGU was hitting it’s stride just like Atlantis was when they cancelled it. These shows may be a niche but that’s what we need, we don’t need fracking wrestling that only appeals to the most base human instincts and is the type of American entertainment that others look down on us for… Wrestling on SciFi/SyFy? Just a plainly stupid decision. It has nothing to do with the genre. How about cancelling something like Ghost Hunters, now there’s an absolutely brainless and dull you to death show if I’ve ever watched one. I can… Read more »
I totally agree with the wreastling. True science fiction analyzes the ills of our society and magnifies them so that we can analyze it and be better ourselves. Wreasling just has ills. Period. What I have loved about Stargate Universe, which is why I loved the first few seasons of Lost, is that It has a group of people together in an alien environment just trying to survive and the bond that the experience creates. And with all the possiblities out there, I can’t imagine that they could possibly satisfy the viewers with only 10 episodes!