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For a time, “Channel Zero” was hailed as the best horror show on television. Premiering in 2016 on Syfy, the anthology series took popular creepypastas from the internet and spun them into small-screen terror gold. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, with this hailed show meeting its end after four seasons in 2019.<\/p>\n
“Channel Zero” was canceled by Syfy in January 2019<\/a>, just a couple of months after the show’s fourth season, titled “The Dream Door,” wrapped up its run. The network didn’t take long to make its decision. But why did they cancel the acclaimed show when the endless string of creepypasta lore could have paved the way for endless seasons? As always, it comes down to the juice being worth the squeeze. In this case, Syfy \u2014 or more importantly, the network’s parent company NBCUniversal\u00a0\u2014 just wasn’t making enough from its investment to press forth.<\/p>\n At the time, NBCUniversal was hatching plans to launch its own streaming service, which we would come to know as Peacock. It debuted in July 2020 at the height of the pandemic. The pandemic wasn’t even a concern when “Channel Zero” was canceled, though. What was a concern was the billions that NBCU was going to have to invest in Peacock<\/a> to compete with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and others in the marketplace. Peacock lost billions and billions of dollars in its first few years of operation.<\/p>\n