Syfy Cancels 'Z Nation'
by EG
In an indication that we might already be well past the peak zombie era, Syfy has pulled the plug on its long-running zombie apocalypse drama Z Nation. The season-ending episode next week will be the series finale. Read on for details.
Z Nation's final days have come.
Syfy has canceled the zombie drama after five seasons. The Dec. 28 season-ender will now serve as its series finale. Syfy confirmed its decision to end the series after producer David Michael Latt first announced the news in a video on social media.
While the series from The Asylum is wrapping its run, the franchise will remain alive and well as Netflix picked up eight episodes of Z Nation prequel Black Summer, starring Jaime King (Hart of Dixie).
Never a ratings breakout — Z Nation's most recent episode collected all of 430,000 total live-same day viewers — the drama starring Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls and Keith Allan was a low-risk swing for Syfy, making it easier to keep the series running for nearly 70 episodes.
In his post, Latt expressed sadness at the end of Z Nation but called Black Summer "just the beginning of a lot of things."
Meanwhile, Syfy has been making some big swings including George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers and, coming in 2019, Deadly Class as well as returning scripted originals Channel Zero, the final season of Killjoys, Van Helsing, Wynonna Earp, Happy, Krypton, The Purge and animated late-night entry Alien News Desk.
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