The animal thriller will not return next summer.
October 23, 2017
It is being reported that CBS has cancelled its summer thriller Zoo. The move comes one month after the conclusion of its third season, but was somewhat expected after its ratings performance during its most recent run.
The show premiered in 2015 with a successful debut that saw it rank as the summer's most-watched scripted series. While viewership tapered off in Season 2, it wasn't until this season that ratings fell to levels that put it in danger of not continuing. Many viewers reported tuning out this time around after the story took a jump into the future with uneven storytelling and off-putting hybrid animals.
Zoo follows the rise of a mysterious wave of violent animal attacks around the world against humans without any explanation. A young zoologist takes notice that the strange behavior is escalating to become more coordinated in nature, and he soon finds himself at the center of a race to piece together the bizarre pandemic endangering all mankind.
Zoo's cancellation bares similarities to that of Under the Dome, in that both are CBS shows that broke out with successful summer outings and ended up airing for three seasons and exactly 39 episodes.
michael dobey
10/23/17 at 08:40pm
I had a feeling this would happen. This is a shame. How many summer shows get axed? Well on cbs ALL of them evidently. This means they must develop another summer series. They had the sets. They had the cast ready. They NOW will have to start from scratch. And they had 3 seasons under their belts too. Sad.
Fraser
10/23/17 at 08:37pm
It's about time! 1st season was great last season was so stupid - glad it's done cause I was!
James
10/23/17 at 06:36pm
I meant Screw you Zoo creators. I know that CBS does not create the cliffhangers. I know it is the fault of the show for making a cliffhanger.
Khelben
10/23/17 at 06:24pm
Yeah, well Can't say I'm surprised. It was nice for almost the whole first season, when they were actually investigating the weird animals, but then it went downhill with conspiracies and stuff. And now the third season is completely ridiculous. It really changed a lot in 2 years.
James
10/23/17 at 05:26pm
Screw you cbs now we have to stick with dumb reality shows zoo was awesome you left us with a cliffhanger thanks a-holes
The Punisher
10/23/17 at 04:59pm
one of the shows i really enjoyed, typical screw you cliff hanger for fans..
Sean
10/23/17 at 04:33pm
Was sort of expecting this... quality seemed to fall off this time around.
Natalie
10/23/17 at 04:31pm
Kinda bummed but figured this would happen. The time jump was too much and the resulting season was unbelievable, even for the show. Then the baby, etc. I wish we could get a good ending though. Again, stranded on a cliffhanger....
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