When it comes to scripted TV shows, Syfy has had both hits and flops. Which of the current series will be cancelled or renewed for another season?
Syfy execs consider a lot of data when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series, but ratings are a major factor.
Scripted Syfy Network shows listed: 12 Monkeys, Aftermath, The Ark, Astrid & Lilly Save the World, Bitten, Blood Drive, Channel Zero, Childhood’s End, Chucky, Continuum, Dark Matter, Day of the Dead, Deadly Class, Defiance, Dominion, The Expanse, Ghost Wars, Happy!, Haven, Helix, Hunters, Incorporated, Killjoys, Krypton, Lost Girl, The Magicians, Nightflyers, Olympus, Reginald the Vampire, Resident Alien, Superstition, SurrealEstate, Vagrant Queen, Van Helsing, Wynonna Earp, and Z Nation.
Last updated: Most recent ratings added for The Ark.
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A couple of notes about these charts:
These figures are updated automatically as new ratings are released (usually a day or so after the broadcasts). The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing). For technical reasons, I have to resort them manually so feel free to let me know if I missed something.
The demo numbers, which are typically most important to the broadcast networks, aren’t quite as vital to cable channels because their audiences are usually much smaller. Demo numbers are typically reported using the 10ths decimal place (2.4, for example). In the averages, I’m using an extra decimal for easier ranking.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
No 12 Monkeys?
Season Four is it. Then the show is over.
Shoould change the name of the company again from SyFy to ByBy as viewers leave.
Z Nation entertaining? It’s crap!
The live ratings have dropped every season. I don’t know if there is a season five.
I hope so, I love Z Nation! I’ve never been one for B movies or T.V. shows but am addicted to this one. I was so stoked when Henry Rollins joined on. Lol. Great cast!
Because less and less people watch live tv. DVR is the way to go.
A lot of people are doing it. It is also why more and more people need to stop buying ad space for it, because you can get rid of the commercials. If nobody is going to watch your ads, advertise on a show where they will. This show obviously isn’t one of them anymore. I think there is going to be a fifth season.
I really like sci-fi shows that is saying I don’t care about who makes them or how they make them what they do to make them I just like the shows and nothing moreshowing how the animals and the people are made up to be honest show spoil the show as it is why don’t they just leave her face all face-up cannot paste out all
I like your movies. Dominion is awesome,Almost human rocks…Keep it up.
You have an errors on your second table sorted by 18-49
Errors are for the ones below that have the wrong ratings and average viewers
Haven
Lost Girl
Continuum
Bitten
Thanks for pointing out that the numbers weren’t feeding in correctly. It’s been fixed.
Syfy is a shadow of what SciFi was. I can’t even bear to watch it anymore.
I’ve been watching the Syfy channel for decades and it never ceases to let me down. Losses of great shows like “Farscape”, “Warehouse 13”, and “Eureka” have pretty much broken my spirit and enthusiasm for the network. Their tossing over of these great shows in favor of cheap, reality based shows has been very heartbreaking. I see what’s coming now, and I’m personally ready to throw in the towel. I’ve been addicted to “Haven” since it hit the airwaves and I am CRUSHED at the idea of it being cancelled after this season. I can tell it’s going to happen… Read more »
This show is a million times BETTER than TWD. Unlike TWD that has nothing but boring plots that take FOREVER to get anywhere, Z Nation is actually entertaining. The characters have retained their humor, common sense, and humanity. The writers are smart and not afraid of taboo subjects – cannabalism, baby zombies, etc. The writers also know how to keep things moving and deliver episodes that are complete stories. Citizen Z is a welcome breath of fresh air and love his ability to provide some Big Brother assistance. Also, has a cute dog now! I can hardly wait f0r the… Read more »
Personally I’m done with zombie shows. So many movies. I understand they are the new vampire’s but I would tAkers vamps any day over zombies. Maybe combine the 2. But this is syfy not horror so neither belong on syfy. Nor do reality and wrestling. Heed us please. I would rather see repeats of all the Stargate shows than reality shows. Stargate Atlantis still my all time favorite and what about the star trek shows. All of them great. JMHO
I agree with you 100%. I’ve been watching this channel since the day it started. It used to be 90% science fiction and 10% junk. Now it’s vice versa. Apparently no one at SyFy understands what science fiction truly is. Now the have a very long break in any kind of decent programming so they’ve filled our days and nights with that stupid Futurama cartoon. What the heck? All the Star Trek series and all the Stargate series would be better reruns than silly reality shows, childish cartoons and wrestling/ sporting events. We want all science fiction on the science… Read more »
Theres sooo many other great shows to run other than cartoons and wrestling. Andromeda, Galactica the list almost endless. These shows are all accessable via Amazon or Netflix. You’re right tho they better wake up.
Z Nation, if publicized more, could make a good little bro to The Walking Dead. Diff: zombie kids and a baby!
More like a Good Little Bro to FEAR THE WALKING DEAD. The ratings aren’t anywhere near what The Walking Dead still does.
Especially in these endless agonizing Neegan days. Which is biggest reason people are turning away from TWD. On with it already!
sy fy used to be such a good channel. but most everything they do is crap. even the movies. it used to be one of my top laces to go. now not so much. they and USA have lost their mojo. the best shows sysy have are haven, dominion and defiance. and really they are all that good. ever since the name change they have not only gone down hill but crashed at the bottom.
Hope that Haven has scripted a good finale. Looks like Continuum is gone. If they haven’t renewed by now…..not likely. You’d think with the rich history of Sci-Fi these morons could develop a few good series. Unfortunately, the coke snorting special needs suits that run (ruin) this network know as much about Sci-Fi as our politicians know about governing. Want good Sci-Fi? Read a book.
Continuum wasn’t renewed for S3 until late in November last year. Plus its down to Shaw Communications if it gets a fourth or not, not SyFy.
Oh my God! Please please Please DON’T Cancel LOST GIRL. It is
The MOST AWESOME Series EVER!
KEEP IT GOING.
LOVE THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF IT.
EXCELLENT in every way.
Please RENEW!!!
The only reason anyone watched that show was the fine looking women and constant sexual undertones. Thank everyone at SyFy, The Lost Girl is finally gone. How about a real science fiction show in its place?
I hope that SYFY wises up to the flaws of the Nielsen ratings and their measurement process. Nielsen depends on a small sample of 5000 viewers to represent 99 million viewers and sample only what is watched on the actual TV sets. Most SYFY viewers in the 18 to 49 demographic probably watch most of their TV shows on their computers, tablets, and phones. As a result, I would suspect that the numbers are not representative of their true audience and may be representative people unlikely to watch SYFY or people too cheap to buy anything. For years I got… Read more »
Also what about people that dvr for later as I do.. I can watch on my schedule and ff through stupid commercials that last like 4 minutes now. Since switch to syfy it has gone down hill for sure. Reality shows, wwe shows, and my personal hatred of horror shows. It’s syfy Channel not horror Channel.
the story of my life continues. Defiance is down below Dominion. Science fiction is one of my favorite genres, and Defiance one of my favorite shows, my wife and I love it. We can rack it up with “almost human”, ” Warehouse 13″, but need I go on . Now figuring “reckless” “rush”, “unforgettable” now add in a few others, and I’m going to run out of things to watch. it looks as though they are all going to be cancelled. oh my.
Wish they would bring back Dominion!. I hate the fact that we were all left hanging. Just when the story line got really good. Like watching the Star Wars prequels without episode three.