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Why Fox Canceled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Rick Stevenson)
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Terminator spinoff axed due to viewership woes and high production costs, as the franchise continues its struggle to recapture its former glory.
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- Despite critical acclaim, The Sarah Connor Chronicles averaged only 7.3 million viewers per episode - not enough to justify its hefty $3 million per episode price tag.
- Showrunner Josh Friedman blamed the show's demise on the difficulty of translating the Terminator mythology to a weekly TV format, noting 'The fans never really embraced it the way we hoped.'
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Josh Friedman, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles