Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2021-2024, 3 Seasons Totaling 24 Episodes
Series Premiere: October 12, 2021
Network: Syfy
Starring: Brad Dourif, Zackary Arthur, Teo Briones, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Björgvin Arnarson
Series Website: www.syfy.com/chucky
Description: In the new CHUCKY television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and threaten to expose the truth behind his mysterious origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster. syfy.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? This show proved a hit at first when it premiered in 2021 in its time-sharing run on Syfy and USA. But its viewership numbers went down each season, dropping to a series low in the second half of its third year which aired in Spring 2024. Series creator Don Mancini (who also created the movie franchise) made a pitch to Syfy for a fourth season, but the NBCUniversal cable nets are moving away from higher-cost scripted shows in the post-Peak TV era, as fewer viewers are tuning into the linear cable channels. Mancini had the following to say about the cancellation:
I’m heartbroken over the news that Chucky won’t be coming back for a fourth season but am so grateful for the killer three years we did have. I’d like to thank UCP/Syfy/Peacock/Eat the Cat, our awesome cast and Toronto-based crew — the best in the business — and finally, to our amazing fans, a big bloody hug. Your incredible #RenewChucky campaign really warmed Chucky’s cold heart. Chucky will return! He ALWAYS comes back.
Fans are fighting for the show, so there is a chance that the demon toy could bounce back, but that may be in the form of a movie.
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