Syfy has renewed Dark Matter (and Killjoys) for a 13-episode Season 2, to air in 2016.
SYFY ORDERS SECOND SEASON OF DARK MATTER FROM PRODIGY PICTURES
NEW YORK – September 1, 2015 – Syfy announced today that popular drama series Dark Matter has been renewed for a 13-episode second season, set to premiere on the network in 2016. The series, produced by Prodigy Pictures, follows six people who wake up on a derelict spaceship with no memories of who they are or how they got on board, averaged 1.8 million viewers in its first season on Syfy.*
“With its mysterious premise and fascinating characters, Dark Matter has built an incredibly loyal, passionate and engaged fan base,” said Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Program Strategy, Syfy. “We look forward to another out-of-the-world season from this talented creative team.”
Created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, executive producers and writers of the Stargate franchise, and developed with Prodigy Pictures (Lost Girl), Dark Matter is based on Mallozzi and Mullie’s graphic novel of the same name, published by Dark Horse Comics. The series features Melissa O’Neil, Marc Bendavid, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr. and Jodelle Ferland with Roger Cross and Zoie Palmer.
Executive producers are Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie and Vanessa Piazza.
Whoo hoo! Pleased to announce Season 2 orders for BOTH #Killjoys and #DarkMatter! Shows will return in 2016!
— Syfy PR (@SyfyPR) September 1, 2015
simon hynes says
at last, some good news
peter says
This is great news, now defiance season 4 please????
Darren says
Poor show it’s like a cheap star trek should have renewed helix that was much better
Susan Grilk says
Dark Matter is good. So was Helix. But I can’t compare the two. The stories are completely different.
IMO
John says
At least entertaining and interesting. Most shows are quite the opposite