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?
Aaarrgghh!!!!
You’ve cancelled DARK MATTER!!??????
Now I’m crying!!!
🙁
Besides THE EXPANSE, Dark Matter is my favorite “space-show”, currently on SYFY… Don’t break my heart!!! :-(((
Remember….many of us RECORD our favorite shows, so we can see them later.
Biiiiig mistake, to cancel DARK MATTER!!!
Hope that NETFLIX can pick it up, because DARK MATTER IS AWESOME!!!
A “season” is only about 8 shows and the next season is often a year later! Who wants to get interested in the show and not see another episode forever later? In the past, a season lasted 5-7 months, then reruns. Also, the plot often changes the next season into something totally different.
Really hoping Z Nation gets a 5th season don’t know what i’d do if i had to live without my Murphy!!! <3
You look at these numbers and it makes me shake my head that Defiance was cancelled.
Ouch, every show, except for The Magicians is at a 0.1 now. The whole channel really needs a miracle. And I’m not saying this to bash the channel, I actually hope it succeeds.
The Expanse is one of the best sci-fi series or movies I’ve seen… the only other that comes close for me is ‘ST Voyager’.
The Expanse does everything so well, sure it has some short comings but they are small and far between that you barely notice unless you’re one of those picky asshats.
If netflix cancel this I cancel my subscription.
I really like Expanse and I enjoyed Voyager, but to say they are the best sci-fi series or movies is perplexing to me. Not hating just saying.. really? lol
SUCKS!!!! Every single show they cancelled, I’m a fan of, despite also being a fan of the ones that got renewed as well (apart from Ghost Wars). Hell, I love a bunch of the older cancelled ones too, like Helix, Dominion and Defiance! Just isn’t fair. They should give shows a good 3-4 seasons off the bat with an option for more if they do well, that way shows could have a proper length to tell a satisfying story… Or just be ready to give the shows you cancel to Netflix, Hulu or Amazon! Just have a deal where you… Read more »
Helix and Dominion went downhill in season 2s. Helix was supposed to have those “infected” pseudo-zombies as the sci-fi focus, instead, we got barely anything from that, got even worse in season 2 with the focus on a cult instead.. And Dominion completely changed in season 2, unlike the futuristic feeling I got in season 2, it went all emo. Defiance was fun and lively in season 1, but changed a little in season 2 towards gloomy.
Nobody talks about Dominion. Am I really the only one who’d like to see how the story arc plays out? The end of season 2 is the worst cliffhanger I’ve ever seen or read, worse than Jon Snow’s death in Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire, book 5, Dance with Dragons. We knew he’d come back, right? But to stop Dominion literally in the middle of an important speech is not the way for SyFy to get loyal viewers. I certainly will not watch another SyFy prodution, having to be prepared for and unsatisfying stop, not even an end, just… Read more »
i was hoping they would bring DOMINION back.!!! but its been 2 years now they cancelled it.!! i only watch syfy for ZNATION.
Dark Matter got .15 shares and 614K views. Killjoys got .17 and 624K views. Dark Matters got cancelled for only .02 less hares and 10K less views. Killjoys got renewed for two more seasons too. This does not make any sense!
And I think the DVR on all peoples homes is she making the ratings go down because they’re able to record them
and watch them the next day but I love dark matter and please don’t cancel it
It has already been canceled.
I don’t know how she got started with it but my daughter was doing the Neilson ratings for a while. I just asked her how she got started with that and her reply was “They just sent me a thing.” They stopped sending things after about 2 months. She doesn’t/didn’t watch Dark Matter so it wouldn’t have been a factor in her replies.
Dark Matter will probably continue as a comic book series, so be sure to buy them, or continue as a cartoon, at most. I’m not too worried. A lot of shows, ended or cancelled, continue as comics. Firefly for one example.
I love the cast and dark matter it’s an excellent show and everybody in my family loves it please don’t cancel it I hope some other buddy in to Syfy channel has enough imagination to please renew dark matter it is an excellent show and I love the cast!!!!!
I love Dark Matter too. It will be missed. I wish Netflix would pick it up so we can continue watching the storyline.
Syfy channel sucks beyond belief first they change their name then they air programs that have nothing to do with science fiction..then every show I like they cancel it your viewers ship is waning syfy get with the program and stop cancelling good shows no Blood Drive, no Dark Matter, no Aftermath no me watching syfy..what is a syfy anyway????
Maybe a new network needs to come on-line to put syfy out of business.
Aftermath should’ve been cancelled. It’s not one of those shows I root for on SyFy, and certainly not for most people either, that and Dominion and Helix. Dominion was great in season 1, but got too gloomy and different in season 2.
TV is dying, everything is going to the internet.
NetFlix can pick up shows like DEFIANCE and FIREFLY,
if cast members ever feel like making some money again…
Most of the tv shows watch like tv shows so I don’t bother. But some of the shows have such high production values it’s like watching a big-budget Hollywood movie. This includes The Expanse, Incorporated and Fox’s 24. I am glad The Expanse is returning. I hope they make a movie version of Incorporated that will show in movie theaters. They should shop it around to movie studios.
The binge-watch format of 12 Monkeys season 3 really killed the ratings this season. I guess they figured it doesn’t matter since they always planned it to be 4 seasons and get to wrap it up the way they want.
Really? I think it saved the ratings from going any lower. The show was going to drop anyway, might as well make it not drop as much. Though 3-4 in one night is excessive. No one has the attention span to sit through 4 hours of a show that’s not super interesting.
Noooo! They can’t cancel Dark Matter! That’s like one of my all time favorites!
Sad, sad, day!