Status: Ended
Aired: 2015-22, 6 Seasons Totaling 62 Episodes
Series Premiere: December 14, 2015
Network: Amazon
Starring: Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper
Series Website: www.amazon.com
Description: The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist Julie Mao links the lives of Ceres detective Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), accidental ship captain James Holden (Steven Strait) and U.N. politician Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the single greatest conspiracy of all time. Amazon.com
Note: This series is based on the book series written by James S. A. Corey. It will release one episode per week during its sixth season.
Season 6 Trailer:
Status: This show’s final season was announced in advance allowing it to wrap up most of its storylines. The books series takes a time jump at the same point that the TV show ended, so perhaps at some point down the road it could return.
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2017-18 Season Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Live+7 Rtg | Status |
| 4/11/18 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.2 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 4/18/18 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 4/25/18 | 3 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 5/2/18 | 4 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 5/9/18 | 5 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Cancelled |
| 5/16/18 | 6 | 0.19 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Cancelled |
| 5/23/18 | 7 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Cancelled |
| 5/30/18 | 8 | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
| 6/6/18 | 9 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
| 6/13/18 | 10 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
| 6/20/18 | 11 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 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 |
| 2/1/17 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.3 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 2/8/17 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/15/17 | 3 | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/22/17 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/1/17 | 5 | 0.22 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 3/8/17 | 6 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 3/15/17 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/22/17 | 8 | 0.11 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/29/17 | 9 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 4/5/17 | 10 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 4/12/17 | 11 | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
| 4/19/17 | 12 | 0.18 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewal Possible |
Prior Season Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (MM) | Live+7 Rtg | Cancel Alert |
| 12/14/15 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | n/a | Moderate |
| 12/15/15 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | n/a | Moderate |
| 12/22/15 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | n/a | Moderate |
| 12/29/15 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
| 1/5/16 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n/a | Renewed |
| 1/12/16 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewed |
| 1/19/16 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | n/a | Renewed |
| 1/26/16 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | n/a | Renewed |
| 2/2/16 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Renewed |
The SyFy channel is now dead to me. First they cancel Dark Matter, now they cancel The Expanse. Shame on them.
I too thought The Expanse was a great series to watch. I am so glad it’s coming back soon.
The wait has been much too long. I also enjoyed Dark Matter too. Who are these higher ups who keep killing good shows?
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This is the best scfi show scince syfy’s “battle star”. I’m up on the books and their really doing a great job staying close to the original story,with a few interesting twist.
It’s a shame 1 of the best characters in the book cant speak like she does in the books, hilariously so, because of adult langue, is used,often. But besides that the characters and story are staying close with the book,which is a good thing because the books are awesome. Syfy please keep it up, your the only high quality sci-fi drama on tv right now.
The Expanse is my current fav SciFi! The 100 is also good, I miss New BSG and Stargate Universe…
DVR numbers are good. Online streaming numbers are good. Reception is excellent. The target audience has lots of cable-cutters, season passes sales are very good (just check the itunes rankings). The show is based on successful books that provide a good fanbase that could grow fast and be a good market for merchandising, cross-media and such.
Unless Syfy’s choice to buy the US distribution rights (and maybe helf finance it but ALCON is still footing most of the bill) wasn’t some desperate hail-mary from a dying cable network, but a long-term choice, then I don’t see how they could “cancel” it, and even if they did, the production company could find another network to broadcast it (maybe even end it with Amazon Prime Video and go with worldwide Netflix).
Where are you seeing the online streaming numbers. That is data I would definitely like to get my hands on.
The writing on this show is really good, with a story arc that progresses markedly in each episode. There are surprising plot twists throughout, and great acting. I’m definitely looking forward to next season.
I wasn’t aware of how much I missed this one until it came back swinging for its second season. Solid writing and acting, likeable characters, and each episode feels like it’s adding to a greater whole (not a filler episode in sight so far!)
SyFy’s comparison of this show to “Game of Thrones” seems a bit more ambitious than “The Expanse” is necessarily able to live up to, but I’m enjoying “The Expanse” quite a bit – I think it’s one of the better sci-fi shows to hit the air in quite a while, and it deserves a bit more attention than the ratings seem to suggest it’s gotten. Hopefully, audiences will give this another chance in binge-watching after the holidays, and keep the show going long enough to hit its stride and become a fixture with sci-fi fans.