It looks like the Zoo has been closed. CBS has decided to cancel their low-rated Zoo TV show after three summer seasons.
A CBS drama thriller based on the James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge novel, Zoo, stars James Wolk as zoologist Jackson Oz. The cast also includes Kristen Connolly, Nonso Anozie, Billy Burke, Alyssa Diaz, Josh Salatin, and Gracie Dzienny. After noticing animals behaving strangely during the African safaris he conducts, Oz and his team work to figure out the reason behind it. Meanwhile, the animals assaults become more cunning, coordinated, and ferocious.
The series never drew a big audience for the network but it managed to hold on for three seasons. The first season averaged a 1.06 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.40 million viewers. The second season dropped by more than 30%, averaging a 0.74 in the demo with 4.45 million. This past summer, the third season saw even bigger declines and averaged a 0.51 in the demo and 2.65 million.
Zoo was produced in-house by CBS Television Studios. It was profitable thanks to a deal with Netflix to stream the show once its seasons finished airing. Because of the deal, the series was profitable before an episode had even aired. Salvation, which was recently renewed for a second season, is part of a similar deal with Amazon.
What do you think? Did you like the Zoo TV show? Do you think that CBS should have cancelled it or, renewed it for a fourth season instead?
What the hell? You can’t just work on a serie build up problems and everything going on in Zoo (ALSO HAVING A PLANE CRASH THROUGH THE BARRIER) to just cancel everything mid-sentence!!!! I WANT ZOO BACK!!!!!
Please bring zoo back. My boyfriend and I love this tv series. Please make a season 4.
Bring Zoo back please
They need to have a fourth season I love the show and want to see more of I got a lot people watching it with me on Netflix and they also want to see more please make the fourth season.
Hello I would like Zoo to please be continued into a fourth season. The way the third ended I feel is not a good way to end the show completely. A friend of mine got me hooked on this show and would like if someone can keep this show going. 🙂
Need a season four
I just finished watching the first 3 seasons. Love the show! Please, someone bring it back for more seasons!
You can’t leave a ending like that you need to air a season 4
I would like to start a petition that you bring this show back! This was the safest, adventurous and humorous show that I could watch with my mom or kids without feeling guilty or covering my eyes from sex scenes or clogging my ears due to fowl language. The show was cleaver and brought science back to the forefront. You really made a mistake by canceling this show. Please give the fans the opportunity to watch Season 4 on Netflix. This show was amazing and each actor was incredible for their purpose fulfilled roles.
Not having a season 4 is really a bad idea. This is one the best series I’ve watched by far. Please do release a season ender. Love from the Philippines.
Please please do season 4
My husband and I love this show and now we find out that there is no fourth season! We are very disappointed. Could you at least finish the current story? I so hate it when a show just ends and leaves you wanting more.
My husband, brother-in-law, and I really got into the show. It was left at a really good cliff hanger. We all would absolutely love to see more. Please make a season four. Thank you for your time in reading this.
It was a great series for young audience like my don’t 10/11 yo and their parents to watch together or alone. violence level was heroic based not viscous blood and gore. Storyline was captivating for young boys and held some life’s lessons. Upsetting to just discover this series and find that There’s no 4th season. Not much young audience TV 14 options out there for young boys . CBS should consider creating a fourth season advertising the series to young audience
Unfortunately I didn’t watch it when it aired, but I watched the entire 3 seasons on Netflix within a two week period. I was hooked after the first episode. I immediately looked it up to see when season 4 would aired to my huge disappointment. I can’t believe as exciting as The Zoo was they would leave it hanging like that. CBS at least should have had a shortened season to close it out, or allow another special 2 hour episode to finish it. Sadly left hanging..,