News: Pure Pwnage cancelled by Showcase
I am late to this news, as I haven’t seen mention of it at TV, Eh? or other Canadian television sites, but Pure Pwnage has been officially cancelled by Showcase. Pure Pwnage co-creator/pwnerer Jarett Cale first broke the news with this January 19, 2011 posting. On January 25, the Showcase Facebook wall confirmed the show’s cancellation.
Reasons given by Cale for the show’s cancellation include “poorer-than-expected ratings, a new direction for [Showcase]…and poorer-than-expected web traffic.” Pure Pwnage‘s web series is also on hold, perhaps indefinitely.
The most interesting thing about Cale’s post is the announcement of a Pure Pwnage first-TV-season DVD set, due March 2011. Unfortunately, the set is for Australia, on the ABC DVD label. It will contain the as-aired shows, as well as supplemental web material.
The Pure Pwnage fans are fairly active in defending the TV show. There are pro-Pwnage, anti-everything-else ravings on the Showcase Facebook wall, which is to be expected for any cancelled show with a vocal fanbase. More encouragingly, the fans are actively campaigning for the show to find a new network.
The most logical prospective network for Pure Pwnage is G4 Canada, which hardly produces anything aside from Reviews on the Run and EP Daily. Pure Pwnage is most likely dead, in both television and webseries forms. Then again, Kenny vs. Spenny moved from CBC to Showcase. Paradise Falls managed to drag on until 2008. Carla Collins still manages to find work. Hardly anything works the way it should in Canadian television.
[...] Pure Pwnage cancelled by Showcase Pure Pwnage co-creator/pwnerer Jarett Cale first broke the news with this January 19, 2011 posting. On January 25, the Showcase Facebook wall confirmed the show’s cancellation. Read more. [...]
Pingback by Showcase cancels Pure Pwnage | TV, eh? — January 31, 2011 @ 12:33 pm
Good! Pure Pwnage was a terrible show. I have no idea who those “vocal fans” are or where they come from, goodness knows I have never met one in real life
Comment by dominichasatv — February 1, 2011 @ 6:57 pm
Pure Pwnage was such an awesome show… It really sucks its over
ur such a noob dominichasatv.
Comment by Dan — February 15, 2011 @ 4:35 am
Horrible news indeed. The show was part of my college days and having the show deadended from all sources is just depressing. Hopefully htye will be able to sell the show to a network soon and finish off the series in the least. Showcase needs to cancel itself. Only had 2 original shows that were good and they fucked them both. TPB and PP.
Comment by Larry Hood — March 31, 2011 @ 1:49 pm
Wow I have been watching trying to find out when the second season would be airing. I guess that answers that question, they should have came to the US they could have kept it up.
Comment by kickinpwnr — August 4, 2011 @ 10:42 pm
Showcase are n00bs, he’s liek teh own3r3r. Nuff Said.
Comment by PossiblyBatman — October 11, 2011 @ 7:04 am
The problem was you couldnt view it in the US when the TV was on.
Comment by harvey — October 30, 2011 @ 10:31 pm
WAIT WHAT!? no more PP D:. Guess I bought these sweatpants for nothing.
Comment by Fetus Launcher — January 1, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
Well as much as i hate it i have to say it.. i really hated the TV Series (Showcase) acting , actors and plot sucked it wasn’t unfortunately a remake of the original series as the claimed to be at the beginning, truly i don’t know what it was, I’m not happy that this show will probably not hit tvs ever again though I’m glad i wasn’t the only with the thought that something went wrong.. I’m missing the original series, the laughs the stories all were pure and original, thanks for that
Comment by Panos — January 16, 2012 @ 9:22 pm