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Space’s Killjoys and Dark Matter returning for Season 2

There will be more adventures in The Quad. Space announced Tuesday that Season 2 of Killjoys is a go, with production starting in Toronto this winter.

“We are proud that Killjoys has connected so well with viewers to become a ratings and critical success,” David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg, co-presidents of Temple Street Productions and executive producers said in a press release. “We are thrilled to partner with Space again for a second season and look forward to building on this unique world for our stellar cast to continue the captivating journey.”

We had a feeling this news was coming. After all, how awkward would it be to have Killjoys and Dark Matter panels at Fan Expo if they had been cancelled?

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The news comes just over a week following Killjoys’ cliffhanger Season 1 finale, which left D’Avin (Luke Macfarlane) in the clutches of Khlyen (Rob Stewart) in Red 17 and Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) and Johnny (Aaron Ashmore) vowing to find him. The trio, ensconced in their faithful ship Lucy (voiced by Tamsen McDonough), have been travelling around The Quad—a planet called Qresh and its three moons, Westerley, Arkyn and Leith—cracking skulls and collecting bounty.

Debuting in June, Killjoys snagged a season finale audience of over 560,000 viewers for Space and is the network’s most-watched original series of all time. Killjoys and fellow Friday night sci-fi series Dark Matter have made Space the No. 1 specialty network for Adults 25-54, Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

Killjoys was created by Michelle Lovretta (Lost Girl) who serves as executive producer and showrunner; Season 1’s writer and consulting producer was Jeremy Boxen with writers Emily Andras, Adam Barken and Aaron Martin on board.

Created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Dark Matter had a cliffhanger of its own, revealing Five (Jodelle Ferland) had wiped everyone’s memories and that Six (Roger Cross) had betrayed his team. Marc Bendavid, Melissa O’Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr. and Zoie Palmer made up the rest of Dark Matter‘s key cast.

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Link: Dark Matter Postmortem: What will happen to the Raza crew?

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Dark Matter Postmortem: What will happen to the Raza crew?
“We’ve got the first seven of 13 episodes planned and we’ve got a lot of shocks and surprises coming your way. Our show next season will not be starting out on the ship, it’ll be starting out on an intergalactic super max prison. The great thing about that is it allows us the opportunity to introduce new convict characters that could potentially tag along.” Continue reading.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 188 – The Bell Tolls for King

This time around, the trio discussed the final week of bidding in the TV, eh? auction to benefit Kids Help Phone and the sudden departure of Phil King, Bell Media’s president of sports and entertainment programming.

Also on the docket: Killjoys‘ renewal chances, Lost Girl and Continuum available for streaming ahead of broadcast on Showcase and whether shomi is worth the money.

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Link: Dark Matter Postmortem: Looking ahead to a shocking finale

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Dark Matter Episode 11 Postmortem: Looking ahead to a shocking finale
“Clearly he has feelings for her. Clearly she’s more than just a crewmate to him, he actually cares about her. It’s something that she will ask him in Episode 13 and there’s a conversation where she says ‘when I was in that airlock you were the one that gave up the code. Why did you do it?’ He provides a very interesting response.” Continue reading.

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Link: Dark Matter: 7 Reasons to Binge the Sci-Fi Summer Hit

From Kelly Townsend of The TV Junkies:

Dark Matter: 7 Reasons to Binge the Sci-Fi Summer Hit
It’s no secret that The TV Junkies crew are big fans of Dark Matter. From the plot twists, to the hilarious one-liners, to the awesome chemistry of the Canadian cast, the SyFy/Space Channel series had us from day one and we’ve been hooked ever since.

So, in celebration of all things Dark Matter as we count down to the dramatic season finale on Aug. 29, we’re listing our top reasons why you should be watching. Also, it just so happens that Space Channel in Canada will be airing a marathon of the first 11 episodes of Season 1 on Sunday, August 23 beginning at 9 a.m. ET. Continue reading. 

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