5/6/2023 0 Comments Extinct tv pilot![]() ![]() We’re grateful to our talented production partners on Extinct including GoFilms, Taleswapper, Orson Scott Card, and the remarkable cast and tireless crew of the series. ![]() And we were proud to bring this series to you. To be sure, Extinct was a bold experiment into this genre for BYUtv. For example, we weigh the content and message of the series itself, its resonance with fans, its uniqueness in the TV landscape, and ultimately its ability to live up to our strategic aims as a content source that connects with families. Unlike most networks who make renewal decisions based solely on audience size and the resulting financial impact of those ratings, we as a non-profit, cause-based network have the luxury of using broader, more qualitative data points. But we wanted you to understand why we reached this decision. Unfortunately, the approval and cancelation cycle is part of the ebb and flow of any television network. ![]() Like you, we understand the feelings when a beloved show is canceled. We recognize many of you will be disappointed to hear this. After much discussion and debate, we have decided to not renew Extinct for a second season. As with any program or series on BYUtv, decisions like this are difficult, and never made without considerable analysis. This is a decision we have carefully considered since this breakout series launched earlier last year. Since the season finale in November, many of you have inquired about a second season of Extinct. Here’s the Extinct cancellation announcement, from BYUtv: The BYUtv original scripted sci-fi series, Extinct, will not be renewed for a second season Now that they’re back, those who have returned embark upon quest to understand what is going on and why they are here. The BYUtv series kicks off with aliens regenerating the human race, 400 years after its extinction. Ī post-apocalyptic science fiction drama from creators Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, Extinct stars Chad Michael Collins, Victoria Atkin, Jaclyn Hales, Yorke Fryer, Jack Depew, Matthew Bellows, and Jake Stormoen. In a refreshing turn of events, the non-profit network issued a statement acknowledging the Extinct cancellation, and didn’t try to reframe it as as a “limited event series” which was always intended to be a single season program. BYUtv has cancelled its Extinct TV show after one season of ten episodes. You can listen to the full interview below.Extinct has gone the way of the woolly mammoth. "The aliens claim they want to restore the human species, but the reborn humans uncover new dangers, hidden agendas and powerful secrets that challenge that claim and threaten to annihilate the human race all over again."Įight episodes later, Johnston says fans are preparing for the two-episode finale on November 19 and can catch up instantly online. "The 10-episode, action-packed sci-fi series takes place 400 years after the extinction of the human race and follows a small group of humans who are revived by an alien civilization," according to the show's Facebook page. ![]() Johnston says he initially rejected the idea of turning the script into a series but eventually developed a story structure that would allow for several episodes. "We were going to a science-fiction, independent feature and I pulled in my frequent collaborator Orson Scott Card and he and I developed the idea behind Extinct.around this time, our producer.was contacted by BYU because they were looking for television content." "One of the other executive producers of the show and a director of many of the episodes, his name is Ryan Little," Aaron Johnston, executive producer and co-writer of Extinct, told BYU-Idaho Radio. For one, it's a BYUtv original and was first slated to be a movie instead of a series. The show, Extinct, is one of many dystopian-era type stories and movies in recent years, hot on the trail of Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner and Orson Scott Card's Enders Game. But, co-writer Aaron Johnston says this series is different for many reasons. A new television show from BYUtv is gearing up for its season finale on Sunday, November 19. ![]()
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