Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has NOT been axed
By David Bentley on Apr 15, 09 11:31 PM
A REPORT that claimed Fox has cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been dismissed as false.
Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello reported a source saying the sci-fi show had been axed.
But the show's writer Ashley Edward Miller dismissed the claim via Twitter, saying:
"Time for Ausiello's semi-annual SCC termination report. False again."
Miller was referring to Ausiello's earlier reports that had also claimed the show had been dropped - one report just before season two and another midway through the season.
Showrunner Josh Friedman also responded via Twitter:
"Waiting for Michael Ausiello to tell me what I'm supposed to do now with my career."
Actor Brian Austin Green, who plays Derek Reese in the show, told Comic Book Resources:
"Nobody's heard anything. I've heard a lot of speculation, you know, people saying that it won't be back but we thought that after our first season. We thought that again after the thirteenth episode of this season going into the back nine.
"We've kind of been the show that's fought its way through and I don't think we're done. I don't necessarily think that Fox is done with it. They really enjoy the show.
"It's just that a show like this has a very specific audience. It's a really intelligent show and for the people that don't watch it every week, there's no possible way they could follow it. It's a very unique series that way. I mean, it's incredibly serialised and incredibly intelligent."
He added: "The third season is going to be incredible, if it happens. There were no intentions of this being a SERIES finale. It was absolutely a SEASON finale. There's a plan where this can go and it's so good."
Fox said it was still deciding the fate of the show: "No decision has been made yet. We will be announcing our Fall schedule on May 18."
SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SEASON FINALE:
Green clarified fans' confusion over the season two finale, explaining that John Connor had travelled to an alternative future where he had never existed before, along with Catherine Weaver (who may turn out to have been sent back from that future by John), while Sarah Connor stepped out of the time-travel bubble and stayed behind in the present.