Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2020, One Season Totalling 10 Episodes
Series Premiere: March 27, 2020
Network: Syfy
Starring: Adriyan Rae, Tim Rozon, Alex McGregor, Colin Moss,
Clayton Boyd
Series Website: www.syfy.com/vagrant-queen
Description: Former child queen Elida has been on the run since her mother was shot and killed by Commander Lazaro, the man responsible for bringing down their empire. A highly skilled fighter, Elida has been living in hiding and making ends meet as a scavenger while the unhinged Lazaro obsesses over tracking her down. When Elida’s old frenemy, Isaac, shows up with news that her mother is still alive, it takes the help of the optimistic mechanic Amae, to escape Lazaro’s army and begin the rescue mission across a dangerous galaxy.
To save her mother the team must break into the heavily guarded region of space where Elida once ruled, but an encounter with a group loyal to her former throne forces Elida to face her past as a child queen. Cannibalistic aliens, dangerous planets, shootouts, karaoke, and parking tickets complicate the journey further, and they don’t have long before the increasingly deranged Lazaro catches up to them. Syfy.com
Note: This series is based on the Vault comic book of the same name by writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Jason Smith.
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Why Was It Cancelled? This series debuted to poor ratings in Spring 2020 and saw its numbers slip even further during its first few airings. After its third episode it was shifted from Fridays at 10 PM EST to Thursday at 11 PM EST, out of Prime Time. Vagrant Queen is an acquired show for Syfy and the only way the network makes money is from the advertising which is driving by the same-day viewing numbers. The move from Fridays to Thursday out or Prime Time was likely driven by the low ratings and acted as an indication that network execs had lost faith in the show. Read more at this link.
Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
| 3/27/20 | 1 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 4/3/20 | 2 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.3 | On the Bubble |
| 4/10/20 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 4/17/20 | n/a | Preempted | 0.07 | n/a | Cancellation Likely |
| 4/23/20 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 4/30/20 | 5 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 5/7/20 | 6 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 5/14/20 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 5/21/20 | 8 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 5/28/20 | 9 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
| 6/4/20 | 10 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.2 | Cancellation Likely |
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