No new season for Nightflyers

The George R.R. Martin drama Nightflyers has been cancelled after its first season. The show was produced by Universal Cable Productions and was adapted for TV by Jeff Buhler. Based on the novella from the mastermind behind Game of Thrones, it was seen as a big gamble for the NBC Universal-owned cable network ‘Syfy’, as it represented the most expensive series it had ever developed. The network attempted to spark interest by releasing the entire series at once across its digital platforms, but the show never really took flight.

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The series was based on the story of a crew of eight scientists, led by a reclusive captain, on a spaceship called The Nightflyer. The tight-knit group set out on an expedition to discover and make contact with alien life, but when a series of horrifying and violent events occur, they begin to question each other and their camaraderie becomes a fight for survival.