Nikita


nikita-cw-cancelledStatus: Ended
Aired: 2010-14 (4 Seasons Totaling 73 Episodes)
Network: CW
Starring: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Ashton Holmes, Tiffany Hines
Series Website: www.cwtv.com/shows/nikita

Description: When Nikita (Maggie Q) was a troubled teenager on death row, she was “recruited” by a secret U.S. black ops program known only as Division. They faked her execution and turned her into an assassin. Nikita never lost her humanity, and when she learned that Division was a corrupt organization, she went rogue, exposing their covert operations, destroying their plans, righting their wrongs.

Two years later, she finds herself working for a new Division, fighting alongside a team of allies she’s gathered throughout her adventures. They have vowed to clean up the mess left behind by the old Division – rogue spies, violent assassins – Nikita is hunting down killers just as skilled as she is. CWTV.com

Why Did It End? This series debuted in its first season to decent ratings for the fifth place network, but it was never considered a huge hit. Its ratings sunk in its second season, but it received an unexpected renewal for a third year in part because the show had a strong international audience. During its third season, Nikita sunk to all-time lows for an original series on the broadcast network, but The CW still did not give up on it. They renewed it for a shortened fourth season to allow the series to wrap up its storylines, a move that should be appreciated by many sci fi fans as so often genre shows are cancelled and left with little or no resolution. That final season barely registered in the ratings, but it at least gave the series a completed story that should play well in international syndication (which does not necessarily require the 88 plus episodes that the U.S. syndication market prefers).

8 thoughts on “Nikita

  1. Netflix keeps deleting network shows in favor of its own crap.

    Find Nikita on Amazon Prime Video. (Best drama/action/adventure series ever!!)

  2. Has this been taken off Netflix too? I had it saved and I was right in the middle of watching it and now I can’t find it. It’s no longer on my list and I tried searching for it and nothing ?

  3. I love the show even finished rewatching it again today, I beg the producers to bring it back again and all the fans to rally. Always thought it would be interesting in something like division could ever exist in real life

  4. Here, here with Johnny and Rebecca. I’m surprised the show cancelled. Maggie Q herself was like the bond of television, while the entire main cast was amazing action actors! Hope at some point the show will return

  5. It’s a shame that shows like Nikita with strong, independent and intelligent female leads rate low while shows like Arrow (so boring and uninspiring) keep getting renewed. Even Flash started going downhill after season 2 but they keep renewing it. I just don’t get it.

  6. I personlly did not see the TV series when it started but I seen it in Netflix and enjoyed watching every episode so I would like to ask will the show ever return

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