Cancellation Watch: Status updates for the sci fi and fantasy shows on the broadcast networks, cable channels, and streaming services as well as breaking news on the currently airing, returning, and upcoming genre entries.
Status Updates
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+, Status: Ending): Paramount+ announced last week that this show will be ending with its upcoming fifth season (which should arrive in Fall 2024), but Jack Quaid–who voices Brad Boimler–made the comment on Instagram: “Hopefully we find a new home”. There has been no official word of the show getting shopped around, but Star Trek: Prodigy did get shifted over to Netflix. If fans were to make some noise, and Lower Decks does have a dedicated following, it is possible that this one could continue on a different venue at some point.
Silo (Apple TV+, Status: Renewed): This dystopian series has been renewed for a second season which should arrive later this year, and series star Rebecca Ferguson has teased that two more seasons could be on the way after that. Talking with Collider, she said “Season 2 is shot and coming out, and we’re now looking at green-lighting Seasons 3 and 4. And I think we would film them maybe together, and that would be the end.” Nothing is official at this point, but four seasons and forty episodes (assuming that is the final count) would count as a good run for a streaming original these days. Silo has performed well for the streamer, so a continuation beyond its second year is definitely possible.
Chucky (Syfy, Status: Renewal Possible): This horror entry returned for the second half of its third season last week and posted a 0.04 rating based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic with 153K total viewers on Syfy and a 0.08 score with 228K total viewers for its simulcast on USA, which is about in line with where it was in Fall 2023. Creator Don Mancini has pitched a fourth season to the network and he has said “fingers crossed because it’s something I really like to do” about the possibility of it actually happening. I had this show On the Bubble earlier in the season, but I have revised that based on other recent renewals we have seen from the network. A fourth year is certainly possible, but it could be wrapping up about that point.
Invincible (Prime Video, Status: Renewed): The second half of this show’s second season premiered on March 14th, but it did not make it into the Nielsen Streaming Rankings that week. This animated superhero series has still performed well for Prime Video, though, and it has already been renewed for a third season. Whether it continues beyond that will depend on if the viewership remains strong.
Not Dead Yet (ABC, Status: On the Bubble): This show rebounded with its latest episode, pulling a 0.26 rating in the demo with 2.2 million total viewers. But it is one of the few ABC shows that has not received a renewal yet, and it currently ranks pretty low among broadcast network entries as I covered in the recent Scorecard. In addition, its episode order for its second season was cut to only ten eps. Fans should definitely make some noise to support this one, otherwise the network could send it to the grave by the end of the season.
You can see the status of all the shows from the current season at our Cancellation Watch Page.
Cancellation/Renewal Score:
Apple TV+ has renewed Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for a second season and For All Mankind for a fifth season, and Netflix has confirmed that the final year of Sweet Tooth will stream in the current season (June 6th premiere). That brings the score to 22 renewed sci fi and fantasy entries (42% of shows tracked) vs. 11 cancelled and ending (21%). Below are this season’s numbers, and you can see the list of shows and keep up with the score throughout the week at our Cancellation Watch Page.
| Show Count | 53 | ||
| Cancelled | 6 | 11.3% | |
| Ending | 5 | 9.4% | 20.8% |
| Renewed | 22 | 41.5% | |
| On the Bubble | 5 | 9.4% | |
| Renewal Possible | 15 | 28.3% | |
| Mini-Series | 6 |
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Hello,
What’s the best way to keep informed as to whether ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ gets shopped to other Streaming services now that it’s been cancelled by Paramount+ and will be ending after its fifth Season, and also whether it does actually get picked up by another Streaming service?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards.
Continue to follow this site for updates. And also follow fan efforts to help the show. There is currently an online petition at this link: https://www.change.org/p/petitioning-cbs-paramount-plus-and-netflix-to-save-star-trek-lower-decks