Coming as no surprise, Syfy announced over the weekend that its freshman supernatural series Ghost Wars has been cancelled after one season. That show started out last Fall without much promotion and debuted with numbers that were low even for a Syfy entry. It never managed to build up much of an audience nor develop a fanbase and I have had it at Cancellation Likely status since early in its run. That show, like the network’s other new supernatural series Superstition, seemed like an odd programming choice for a network that had claimed it was returning to its sci fi roots. Syfy has struggled to convince the sci fi community to tune back into its shows after its 2009 rebranding, and adding two new supernatural entries in Fall seemed like an odd choice because that is not what fans were looking for from the network. The cancellation for Ghost Wars has been expected, and a similar announcement for the equally low-rated Superstition will likely come by the end of the season. That latter show will begin streaming internationally on Netflix at the end of April, so there is a slight chance that could help its fate if it proves popular in other countries.
Ghost Wars follows an outcast from a remote Alaskan town who must overcome his troubled past and tap into his repressed psychic power to save the town from a mass haunting. It comes from Continuum‘s Simon Barry and stars Avan Jogia, Kim Coates, Luvia Petersen, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Meat Loaf.
Expect more renewal and cancellation announcements as we head toward the May Upfronts, and be sure to follow this site and the Cancelled Sci Fi Twitter Site for updates and breaking news.
