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When it was announced last week that Syfy would only be ordering a limited run of 6 episodes of EUREKA for its sixth season, there was an immediate outcry from fans and bewildered viewers.  Why the limited number of episodes?  And was that Syfy’s way of unofficially cancelling the show? 
 
Alas, this week the news was far worse, Syfy had rescinded its offer of a 6-episode 6th season.  Instead, it officially announced that EUREKA’s fifth season would be its last.  The ‘cancellation ax’ had finally fallen on a beloved sci-fi series.  But even as viewers brought their frustrations and anguish to the digital airwaves, critics were scratching their heads for EUREKA had been a consistently high-ranked performer for Syfy for the past 5 years.  What could have possibly happened to justify such an abrupt announcement?
 
Then as those who worked on the show slowly began issuing statements and information began trickling out, it became clear that Syfy was dissatisfied with the cost of such an expensive show.  EUREKA with all its fancy imagery of a fictional town where just about anything could happen, just could not sustain itself financially.  Its consistent 2 million viewers, while a high number for a Syfy show, was not enough to make the show economically viable any longer.  Syfy was cutting ties simply because of the high cost of making such an effects-laden science fiction show.  [Read more…]