It’s a dark day in Wausau. Syfy has canceled the sci-fi/horror series Revival after one season. The report hails from former TVLine CCO Matt Webb Mitovich‘s “Inside Line” column. TVLine also covered the show’s cancellation.
The news comes over a year after Season 1’s now-series finale on Aug. 14, 2025. Revival adapted Tim Seeley and Mike Norton‘s comic book series of the same name. The comics have 47 issues, which were published between July 2012 and February 2017.
About ‘Revival’
Here’s the show’s synopsis, per Syfy:
“On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story, as the ‘revived’ appear and act just like they once were. When local Officer and single mother Dana Cypress is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.”
Revival starred Wynonna Earp‘s Melanie Scrofano as Dana Cypress, Romy Weltman as Martha “Em” Cypress, David James Elliott as Wayne Cypress, Andy McQueen as Ibrahim Ramin, Katharine King So as May Tao, and Steven Ogg as Blaine Abel. The series was created by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, who also served as co-showrunners and executive producers.
Revival was added to Netflix’s catalog on Aug. 24, 2026, reviving (sorry, it had to be done) hope for a sophomore season. Koontz spoke with What’s on Netflix prior to the season drop, expressing excitement about a potential Season 2 while noting how well it fared on Peacock. “So now, if Netflix likes this and it does well, we could make a season with Netflix,” he said.
And Then There Was One
The Ark, from Dean Devlin (The Librarians and The Librarians: The Next Chapter), is now Syfy’s last original show. It aired its Season 3 finale on Oct. 14. While it hasn’t been renewed yet, the network didn’t greenlight the show’s third season until roughly five months after the Season 2 finale, so there’s still (some) hope.
