'Terra Nova' gets canceled by Fox
The prehistoric adventures of the Shannon family in have come to a end on Fox, as the network has announced that they will not be renewing the series for a second season. Fortunately, Terra Nova may still continue on another network.
Simply confirming Terra Nova鈥檚 nonrenewal late Monday evening, no statement about its cancelation had been released by the network.
Taking to Twitter, series star Jason O鈥橫ara to fans:
Bad news guys,聽Terra Nova聽has been cancelled by Fox.
While Terra Nova may have been canceled by Fox, 20th聽Century TV (the studio that produces the series) is still attempting to bring Terra Nova season 2 to air on another television network, though no negotiations have been announced yet.
Returning to Twitter, O鈥橫ara confirmed the plans to continue Terra Nova on another network.
Bad news guys. #TerraNova has been cancelled by @FoxBroadcasting 鈥� we鈥檙e gonna try and get another network to do it. Stand by : (
Premiering in September 2011, Terra Nova was considered a television experiment by the network. With high upfront costs stemming for lofty visual concepts, Terra Nova attempted to bring the beauty of theatrical visual effects to television audiences. With a pilot that reportedly cost $14 million, to 9.2 million viewers. Unfortunately, by the time the first season of Terra Nova came to a close, only 7.2 million viewers tuned in.
And while Terra Nova may have lost its way (and its viewers) along the way, Fox鈥檚 president of entertainment Kevin Reily revealed that Terra Nova is actually considered a success for everyone involved, with both the network and studio making money on the project.
Though Terra Nova was a fiscally successful project, it鈥檚 unlikely that the series will find a new home on another network 鈥� at least on a network that could support the $4 million per episode cost.
Even if the series were able to continue on a new network 鈥� which would likely be on cable 鈥� the cost of the budget would be cut significantly, thus removing the series鈥� ability to ever reach those that it originally had set for itself.
So while Terra Nova could continue on another network, perhaps its best to leave the Shannon family in the land of the lost.
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