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If you’ve got a haunted house to sell, unfortunately, it looks like The Roman Agency has closed. The SurrealEstate TV series has been cancelled and won’t be returning for a second season, at least not on Syfy. The first season of 10 episodes finished airing in September.
A Canadian paranormal drama series, SurrealEstate stars Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, Adam Korson, Maurice Dean Wint, Savannah Basley, and Tennille Read. The story follows an elite team of specialists at The Roman Agency who handle the cases no one else can — haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away. Researching, investigating, and “fixing” the things that go bump in the night, the team works to create closure (and closings) even as they struggle with demons of their own. Nick Roman (Rozon) is the agency owner and has gained a whispered reputation as someone who could sell the haunted houses that nobody else could. Susan Ireland (Levy) is an enormously successful realtor who doesn’t believe in ghosts or hauntings. Father Phil Orley (Korson) is the agency’s research specialist while August Ripley (Wint) specializes in technology, and Zooey L’Enfant (Basley) serves as the agency’s office manager. Meanwhile, Megan Donovan (Read) is a medical student who just inherited a house from her grandfather.
In the United States, the first season of SurrealEstate averaged a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 315,000 viewers in the live+same day ratings (including DVR playback through 3:00 AM). While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show is performing, especially when compared to others on the same channel. There can be other economic factors involved in a show’s fate, but typically the higher-rated series are renewed and the lower-rated ones are cancelled.
Series creator and showrunner George R. Olson broke the news that SurrealEstate had been cancelled on Twitter and noted that producers are trying to find the show a new home.
He wrote, “Hey folks. Sorry to tell you that we will not be moving forward with Syfy on Season Two of #SurrealEstate. But we have no intention of leaving Luke alone in a bowling alley when his mom is out there somewhere and mortgage rates are so reasonable. … We’re committed to finding a new home for #SurrealEstate, and if there’s one thing The Roman Agency knows about, it’s finding new homes. You can help us by keeping #SurrealEstate in your hearts, minds, tweets and posts. … Stay tuned. And thanks so much for believing in ghosts, demons, Roadies, LRG’s, Mumfords, low-maintenance composite decking and our little show.”
*Update: Syfy subsequently reversed its decision and ordered a second season of SurrealEstate.
Jeez… an original concept, a catchy title, yet it’s cancelled before it can shake the dew off its Series 1 new bloom. Such a shame, I was looking forward to how the underlying storylines would play out!
Yes I would watch seasons 2-8 if they made it as good as the first season. I hate that all the good show get canceled or it takes too many years before they make new seasons.
Typical SyFy… anything halfway decent/original gets the boot, to be replaced by some nonsense that’s more of the nonsense just repackaged I’m sure. This was one of the few shows I’d actually bother watching in real-time or stream the next day, even though I had dvr’ed it because I couldn’t wait long enough to get home from work and watch it. Hopefully it will get picked up by another network or streaming service.
Please say it isn’t so! To be honest I wasn’t entirely sold on the concept until I started watching it. I was really looking forward to seeing how this progressed since there isn’t anything on Tv right now that is half as good. Very Disappointed!
Great show. Please find a home for it.
IT IS A DAMN SHAME THAT ONCE I FIND THE SHOW THAT KEEPS ME GLUED TO MY SEATAND LEAVES ME WANTING MORE IS ONCE AGAIN CANCELLED AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY !!!!!!!!!!!!! ROZON IS GREAT AND ALL THE CAST ARE PAR FOR THE COURSE WITH NO DISAPPOINTMENTS ON ANY ONE OF THE FIRST SEASONS SHOWS !!!!!!! JUST LIKE THE DRESDEN FILES , THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO REALLY ENJOY THE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE WE ARE GIVEN WITH EACH EPISODE . I AM HOPEFUL THAT THIS SHOW WILL FIND A NEW HOME WITH MORE EPISODES TO KEEP US ENTHRALLED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you kidding me?!! Seems like everytime I find a show I love, it gets canceled. Meanwhile (not real) reality shows and sitcoms that are not funny, continue to get renewed. Surreal Estate IS AWESOME!!! My 78 yr old mom & I always looked forward to watching it every wk. Please bring back and please don’t put it on a “pay for” streaming service cuz some of us can’t afford to pay for them.
Surrealestate is such a great show – there must be some way to resurrect it! I’m over age 70 and I loved it.
Surrealestate can’t be dead!
It must find a new network to haunt! F.U.SYFY
I freaking love this show. I am so incredibly disappointed. Back to no TV. It is so hard to find intelligent programming that hasn’t been done over and over and over again.
I love this show please bring the show back please find it a new home I will watch it every time the show come on try HBO MAX or Netflix let me know when the show come back please
I loved the show. Hope someone gives it a new home.
I think this show was unique and well-presented. So perfect for the SciFi genre. I’m disappointed and will look to see if it is picked up elsewhere.
I thought Surrealestate was really good, and was looking forward to the new season….really disappointed it’s been cancelled
I loved Surreal Estate!! Please bring it back, Syfy!