Cancellation Watch: Weekly status updates and cancellation/renewal predictions for the sci fi and fantasy shows on the broadcast networks, cable channels, and streaming services.
Status Updates
Silo (Apple TV, Status: Renewed): This post-apocalyptic series remained in the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for a fifth week in a row, holding at the Number 7 slot with an estimated 437 million minutes viewed. It has already been renewed for a fourth and final season, but there are reports that a spin-off series is in the works tied to an upcoming novel from Hugh Howey, the same person who wrote the books Silo is based on.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT, Status: Renewal Possible): This series wrapped up its second season earlier this week, and there has been no word on third year renewal yet. Its linear viewing numbers have been decent for a basic cable series, averaging around a 0.07 score based on same-day viewing for the 18-49 demographic. But TNT acquired this when The CW decided not to air the show, and it has now completed the two seasons that were originally planned. TNT has mostly backed away from scripted programming, and there is no indication at this point that they intended to keep it going further than its original order. But series creator and showrunner Dean Devlin has plans for more seasons, so there is still a chance that the story can continue. I am not moving this one to Bubble status yet, but it is close, and fans should certainly make some noise on the social networks if they want more from this one.
Futurama (Hulu, Status: Renewal Possible): This sci fi comedy did not make it into the Nielsen Streaming Rankings for the week of its Season 14 premiere, but that is not uncommon with animated shows. Hulu does not have a commitment to another season at this point, but it does have three specials planned that are currently in the works. And seeing as this one has beat the odds more often than not, there is always a chance that a fifteenth season and more could still happen.
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Cancellation/Renewal Score:
Amazon announced last week that Spider-Noir would not be continuing to a second season, and that brings the score for the 2025-26 season to 16 cancelled and ending sci fi and fantasy entries (23% of shows tracked) vs. 37 renewed (57%) with 18 still waiting for word on their fates. Below are the season’s numbers, and you can see the full list of shows and keep up with the score for the current and prior seasons throughout the week at our Cancellation Watch Page.
| Show Count | 71 | ||
| Cancelled | 8 | 11.3% | |
| Ending | 8 | 11.3% | 22.5% |
| Renewed | 37 | 52.1% | |
| On the Bubble | 3 | 4.2% | |
| Renewal Possible | 15 | 21.1% | |
| Mini-Series | 3 |
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Just wanted to say that in an environment where there’s been very little I’ve looked forward to on TV, ‘Silo’ has been a real treat, one of the best things on TV right now, a gothic mystery disguised as a post-apocalyptic sci-fi show. I usually start figuring out the central mystery to this sort of thing pretty early on in the story, but this one has kept me guessing right up to the S3 finale. The characters have also been reasonably engaging as well, with very little of the sort of “idiot ball” carrying one my expect from this sort of thing, and most of the villains seem to have reasons for doing villainous things, without being crazystupidevil for the sake of it. Glad to hear it looks like it’ll be given the chance to bring things to a close with a fourth season instead of being left hanging the way sci-fi shows with planned story arcs tend to (see the troubles that ‘Babylon 5’, ‘Dark Matter’ (SyFy), and ‘Firefly’ had in trying to finish their stories!) Looking forward to seeing how this story wraps up, and I’ll be interested in seeing the rumored spin-off series, too.
Not too much else for me to look forward to, sadly – interestingly, there do seem to be a handful of cyberpunk series popping up out of nowhere that I might tune into (Neuromancer, Cyberpuk: Edgerunner, Bladerunner 2099, For All Mankind, Star City), with a couple returning fantasy and sci-fi shows in other genres that I can look forward to (Dark Matter, From, Alien: Earth, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Fallout), but most of these shows feel like they’re a pretty long wait away….