The Magicians

Author:  Published Date: December 12, 2015

Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2015-20, 5 Seasons Totaling 65 Episodes
Series Premiere: December 15, 2015
Network: Syfy
Starring: Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta
Series Website: www.syfy.com/themagicians

Description:  Based on the novel by Lev Grossman, the series centers on Quentin, a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his 20-something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real – and poses grave danger to humanity.  Syfy.com

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Why Was It Cancelled?  Syfy’s five-season wall holds as this series joins the network’s ever-growing list of cancellations. This was one Syfy’s top-rated shows throughout its five-year run, but its numbers slipped each year and Syfy decided not to bring it back for a sixth season. The creative team had a sense that the end was coming in the show’s fifth season, so they approached the final episode as a series finale to give the show some closure.

Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
1/15/20 1 0.15 0.15 0.4 Renewal Possible
1/22/20 2 0.09 0.12 0.4 On the Bubble
1/29/20 3 0.11 0.12 0.4 On the Bubble
2/5/20 4 0.14 0.12 0.3 On the Bubble
2/12/20 5 0.09 0.12 0.3 On the Bubble
2/19/20 6 0.10 0.11 0.3 On the Bubble
2/26/20 7 0.10 0.11 0.3 On the Bubble
3/4/20 8 0.12 0.11 0.4 Cancelled
3/11/20 9 0.12 0.11 0.4 Cancelled
3/18/20 10 0.14 0.12 0.4 Cancelled
3/25/20 11 0.12 0.12 0.4 Cancelled
4/1/20 12 0.14 0.12 0.4 Cancelled

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2018-19 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings
Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Status
1/23/19 1 0.19 0.19 0.6 Renewed
1/30/19 2 0.19 0.19 0.5 Renewed
2/6/19 3 0.20 0.19 0.6 Renewed
2/13/19 4 0.20 0.20 0.6 Renewed
2/20/19 5 0.21 0.20 0.6 Renewed
2/27/19 6 0.17 0.19 0.5 Renewed
3/6/19 7 0.18 0.19 0.5 Renewed
3/13/19 8 0.19 0.19 0.5 Renewed
3/20/19 9 0.16 0.19 0.5 Renewed
3/27/19 10 0.19 0.19 0.5 Renewed
4/3/19 11 0.16 0.19 0.5 Renewed
4/10/19 12 0.20 0.19 0.5 Renewed
4/17/19 13 0.21 0.19 0.5 Renewed

2017-18 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
1/10/18 1 0.3 0.3 0.8 n/a Renewal Possible
1/17/18 2 0.3 0.3 0.8 n/a Renewal Likely
1/24/18 3 0.2 0.3 0.6 n/a Renewal Likely
1/31/18 4 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewal Likely
2/7/18 5 0.3 0.3 0.8 n/a Renewal Likely
2/14/18 6 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewal Likely
2/21/18 7 0.2 0.3 0.6 n/a Renewal Likely
2/28/18 8 0.2 0.3 0.5 n/a Renewed
3/7/18 9 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
3/14/18 10 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
3/21/18 11 0.3 0.3 0.8 n/a Renewed
3/28/18 12 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
4/4/18 13 0.2 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed

2016-17 Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Status
1/25/17 1 0.5 0.5 1.3 n/a Renewal Likely
2/1/17 2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.8 Renewal Likely
2/8/17 3 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.7 Renewal Likely
2/15/17 4 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.7 Renewal Likely
2/22/17 5 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.8 Renewal Likely
3/1/17 6 0.3 0.4 0.8 n/a Renewal Likely
3/8/17 7 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 Renewal Likely
3/15/17 8 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 Renewal Likely
3/22/17 9 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 Renewal Likely
3/29/17 10 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 Renewal Likely
4/5/17 11 0.2 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewal Likely
4/12/17 12 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewal Likely
4/19/17 13 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewal Likely

Prior Season Ratings Results:

Air Date Airings Live+SD Rtg StD Avg Tot Vwrs (M) Live+7 Rtg Cancel Alert
1/25/16 1 0.4 0.4 1.1 n/a Low
2/1/16 2 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.7 Renewed
2/8/16 3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 Renewed
2/15/16 4 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
2/22/16 5 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
2/29/16 6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 Renewed
3/7/16 7 0.3 0.3 0.7 n/a Renewed
3/14/16 8 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 Renewed
3/21/16 9 0.3 0.3 0.8 n/a Renewed
3/28/16 10 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 Renewed
4/4/16 11 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 Renewed
4/11/16 12 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 Renewed