'Terra Nova' Cancelled After 1 Season
"Terra Nova," the sci-fi television series created by Steven Spielberg, has been canceled after lackluster ratings and a production budget that mirrored some Hollywood films.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fox series drew a 2.1 rating among adults aged 18-49 with an audience of 7.2 million, one of the worst in the time slot.
20th Century Fox, which produced the series, stated that it will shop the show to other networks, but insiders explain cable networks have lower budgets than broadcast networks, which could leave a limited market for the show.
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"Terra Nova" has not had an easy go of it ever since production problems forced Fox to postpone its original premiere date. After the premier, there was continual disappointment from those in the sci-fi community.
The cancelation of "Terra Nova," coupled with the ending of several other Fox shows including "The Finder" and perhaps "Fringe" and "Alcatraz," could free up many times slots and money for Fox to create new shows for the fall.
Since the fall last year, there have been several shows that have been canceled. In January, Jonah Hill's animated Fox series "Allen Gregory" was canceled, as well as ABC's sitcom "Work It."
There was also the cancellation of "Hawthorne" after three seasons. "Hung" and "Bored to Death" were also cancelled by their respective networks late last year and "House" after eight seasons will finish end production of the show at the end of this year.
"Terra Nova's ratings and bad buzz weren't worth the show's hefty price," says television blogger Manuel Betancourt of "A Blog Next Door."
"If anything, the two Fox shows ['Alcatraz' and 'Touch'] may make it now that 'Terra Nova' has been cancelled," he added.
According to The Los Angeles Times, the pilot for "Terra Nova" was not cheap, with Spielberg and company spending nearly $20 million on production.
