Dark Matter Fans Rally to Find New Home for Season 4
The Raza took a massive hit on Friday, September 1, when it was announced that Dark Matter would be ending its run on Syfy and Space Channel after three seasons. The TV Junkies have made it no secret that we’re big fans of the series, especially this past Season 3, so to say we were disheartened by the news is a bit of an understatement.
However, in true Dark Matter fashion, fans immediately began a rallying cry for the show to be picked up by another network. Not long after a campaign for Netflix began to emerge, leading to a very Three-esque hashtag to become a trending topic on Twitter in Canada Wednesday night.
#ItsBubbaTime at Number 1 in Canada! pic.twitter.com/LK9wwVULGm
— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) September 7, 2017
Unfortunately, time is limited in getting Netflix on board. Co-creator Joseph Mallozzi has been very candor on his blog regarding the reasoning behind Dark Matter cancellation, and the likelihood of it being picked up by another network. He has confirmed that the fan response has gotten the attention of network decision-makers, but there’s still a ways to go in convincing them.
“At this point, the biggest thing we’ve got working against us is time,” Mallozzi wrote. “The longer this goes, the more likely we are to lose some of our greatest assets.”
Those assets are the cast and crew, who can only go for so long without lining up new jobs, and the set, which will be too costly to rebuild if the time comes to take it down. This means there’s a very limited window for it to be picked up.
So what can fans do to convince the powers that be? Here’s what you need to know:
There is a major Twitter campaign scheduled for Friday, September 9, led by user @DarkMatterFTL, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. A special hashtag will be provided to use during the one-hour period, and fans are encouraged to tweet gifs, art, witty remarks using that hashtag (and only that hashtag, since tweets with multiple hashtags won’t be tracked). Trending topics are the best way to get attention from networks and speed along any major decisions.
In the meantime, fans with a Netflix subscription can stream the first two seasons if available in their regions. Continuing the conversation on social media remains a big help.
Bottom line? Carry on the rally cry for Season 4 and keep your voices heard.
Are you a fan of Dark Matter? Sound off in the comments below why you believe the series deserves a Season 4.
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I am disapponited that an intelligent show like Dark Matter, with great writing, superb acting and directing has been cancelled. I really hope it finds a new home.
Here, here! The Facebook group Dark Matter Fanatics are active in the campaigns to save Dark Matter from a premature death. Everyone should be contacting Amazon, Netflix and Hulu to request they provide a nww gone dor a fantastic show.
I agree. Dark Matter is the best show ever. Please Netflix or Hulu or any other TV station pick it up. So many loose ends left in the season 3.
I doubt we’ll get an answer but it would be interesting to hear why they didn’t keep the Friday night line up together. “Dark Matter”‘s ratings were said to be good still so why the cut? If it’s a budget thing then ditch the after show they did this year as it’s short and doesn’t really reveal anything new like say a hour long discussion would do; it’s just a very confusing move right now.
You might be interested in reading the disappointing reason:
https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/september-2-2017-informing-and-updating-dark-matter-fans/
which explains why SyFy wasn’t keen on it, disappointingly (oh, I already said that!)
Thanks for the link John!
It’s definitely disappointing they couldn’t even agree on a 6 episode wrap up. I don’t watch “Killjoys”, is it an original and that’s why it got picked up for a final two? I notice he mentioned a five year plan, I’m definitely learning to accept that no Canadian series really runs beyond five years for tax benefit reasons (yes there are shows made in Canada that go longer but they’re usually just filmed there for money saving reasons versus actually being funded there) so I figured they go out then but now was a bummer.
I’ll admit the alien plot line didn’t get me excited as aliens feel kind of overused right now but the rest with Shaw, the rebellion, Sarah, and who doesn’t like Wexler on this show had me excited! I’m sad we might never see Rebecca and Irena’s child, I’m a big Two/Android shipper, and if that’s how they get Portia off them – tell her Shaw is alive and they give them a share of some loot from a job so she can retire and they can be a family so you get Two/Android without necessarily doing it as again it seemed they were heavy on Android/Victor. What part was Sarah going play in the rebellions? Was Five a twin or not?
I wonder if an option for them might also be direct to DVD? Think “Stargate: Continuum” if you’ve seen it; that continued the show in a sense. If they can get some benefits from others maybe they can Kickstart the rest as fans have also suggested and split the DVD profits plus sell the film to networks to air.
Dark Matter is a true scifi show with intelligent and exciting story lines. Each season was more dynamic and grabbing than the previous and we felt part of the crew of the Raza. Now we are left to dry with a thrilling cliffhanger. We would like The writer of the show to have a chance to end the series properly with the last 3 seasons already developed. I have a lot of questions about the characters I would like an answer for ! There is so much more of Dark Matter to be told!!!
I really enjoy Dark Matter and I’m sorry to hear it was canceled, especially for the mundane reasons only a network can appreciate. I like the themes of the show: identity, family, corporate control, artificial intelligence, human survival…and sci-fi! I’m joining the Twitter campaign and wanted to alert you to a small typo in your article, the campaign is today, Friday, September 8th (not 9th). Thanks! I’m starting to re-watch the series starting at Episode 1 on Netflix. 🙂
Just two words #PureQuality
When starts season 4?
What about continuing the series in comic book form? That’s where it started and then he could expand on things without episode length constraints. You could go multiple issues for graphic novel format.
Watching SciFi shows on Syfy channel or Fox is always a disappointment!
They always cancel good shows for stupid reasons. I don’t know why I got suckered in again by Syfy network but at this point I am done with them. No matter how good the show is they will screw you. BSG was the only exception and they have been a crap channel ever since that ended.