Although Syfy’s horror anthology series Channel Zero did well with fans, it seems the SyFy network has decided not to renew the series for a fifth season.
The series’ creator Nick Antosca broke the news via Instagram, where he wrote,
“After 4 seasons, Channel Zero is no more at SYFY. I loved making this show and I would have loved to do more… but I can’t complain too much about doing 4 stories I loved with people who I loved working with. People like our writers, our actors, our extraordinary crew, the artists who contributed, our editors and post team, our composer Jeff Russo, our team at Syfy and UCP. And especially the four awesome directors, Craig Macneill, Steven Piet, Arkasha Stevenson, and Evan Katz.”
He continued,
“And before all that, the authors of the original creepypasta stories. Kris Straub, Brian Russell, Kerry Hammond, and Charlotte Bywater. I’m deeply grateful for this experience. Especially to everybody who watched and talked about and wrote about the show. There are stories we didn’t get to tell and creatures you didn’t get to see, but still might. Meanwhile, the first 3 seasons are currently on @shudder, and the 4th season will be soon. Enjoy.”
The Instagram post can be seen below:
It’s certainly a drag seeing a show with such high potential get canceled. But alas this seems to be the case lately with horror shows, for example Hannibal or Ash vs Evil Dead. But who knows? There’s always a chance they could bring the series to another network or give it some kind of spiritual successor.
At the very least we have four awesome seasons to be thankful for.