Hey... before y’all get too carried away with the anti-SyFy rhetoric, you need to consider this: last season’s ratings were on the soft side - even for a niche program on a niche channel... so what they’re probably doing is making the 3rd season an “event” to consolidate viewership and make more advertising dollars.



With that strategy, the money made will pay for the 4th season - which, as we all know, isn’t a luxury 99% of all wobbling shows are afforded.



Think of all the shows that had their plugs pulled mid stream - or the ones that were notified of the end while production was still under way, which gave the producers very little time to fashion a send-off: the American remake of Life On Mars comes to mind, and that was an epic disaster.



Journeyman did get a heads up as well, but they shut it down with a bit more grace - even if we felt that there was years of untapped potential hanging there in the air.

More recently, FOX is really hemming and hawing over the future of Pitch, which I think is the best show they’ve aired in a very long time... but it was crazy expensive with fairly soft numbers - and while the last episode of the season could sorta act like a series finale if they decide to cancel, it’s not what I would have liked.

Of course, the studio letting you know ahead of time doesn’t always help: see Star Trek: Enterprise’s “These Are The Voyages...”

So while SyFy’s behavior may sound capricious, they’re at least going through the motions for shutting 12 Monkeys down responsibly - even if it’s in their own, special way.



And let’s bare in mind that weeding out the underperformers lets the network focus more energy on bigger hits like The Expanse and The Magicians - shows that are generating talk on social media platforms.