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The ship’s survivors are going to have some more time. Syfy has renewed The Ark for a second season. The first season of 12 episodes finishes airing next Wednesday, April 19th.
A sci-fi drama series created by Dean Devlin, The Ark TV show stars Christie Burke, Richard Fleeshman, Reece Ritchie, Stacey Read, and Ryan Adams. The story takes place 100 years in the future, when planetary colonization missions have become necessary to secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event that causes massive destruction and loss of life. The survivors have more than a year left in their journey to their target planet. Unfortunately, with a lack of life-sustaining supplies and a loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive. Characters include Lt. Sharon Garnet (Burke), Lt. Spencer Lane (Ritchie), Lt. James Brice (Fleeshman), Alicia Nevins (Read), and Angus Medford (Adams).
Airing on Wednesday nights, the first season of The Ark averages a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 387,000 viewers. While these numbers don’t include further delayed or streaming viewing, they are a very good indicator of how a show performs, especially when compared to others on the same channel. The Ark is currently Syfy’s second most-watched scripted series. According to the cable channel, it’s been seen by more than 6.5 million people across all platforms.
Executive producers/co-showrunners Devlin and Jonathan Glassner said of the renewal, “We couldn’t be more excited to get back into space with the crew of the Ark. Syfy continues to be an amazing partner and home for this series.”
“The success of The Ark is just another example of delivering on a promise to provide a wide spectrum of quality shows across our linear, cable and streaming portfolios,” said Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Programming, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Heading into space with Dean and Jonathan has truly been a trip worth taking and we’re tremendously excited about how this otherworldly adventure will continues in season two.”
What do you think? Have you watched The Ark TV series? Are you glad that the show has been renewed for a second season? Did you think that the show might be cancelled?
Must renew. Love this show
An abysmal show that I stopped watching after three or four episodes! Literally one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen and I like a lot of shows. So why is it seem that the ones I like are canceled and the ones I hate get renewed for a second season!? I guess I’ll never know but avoid this one like the plague because it barely averaged 400,000 viewers for the season. Still not sure how it got renewed!?
Good to hear. Love the character development and storyline. Just please beef up the science reality. Trust me, these characters would know far more about the effects of science s as applied to space if they got a seat on that ship. Also, everybody would be much more highly trained in all survival skills—for example, while not everybody would be a doctor, they all would be highly proficient field medics.
I’m 65 and not included in the demographics. Very happy it is renewed for another season.
How did get renewed? This is another one of those horrible Sci-fi space young people TV series which makes absolutely no sense with ever. How did this get renewed it’s terrible
The best new show on TV Really enjoy the cast. Cant wait now that is going to be renewed.
Would hve been pissed beyond belief if it did not renee
Yes so excited the ark is coming back for a second season.. Very much enjoying it and the characters ECT.. Can’t be soon enough for me to get to see the next season.. Ty for renewing it..A++++
Very happy for 2nd season renewal. Enjoy the show immensely. I really liked Dean Devlin’s previous show The Outpost.
We enjoy this show. Good cast and different from all the other programs. Glad they’re getting another season.
One of the best. Right up there with Star Wars and Star Trek. Can’t wait to see what happens on the planet
Great news !!!
Great news! My hubby and I love this show.