Showtime has decided to cancel The Borgias after three seasons. The low-rated drama’s last episode will air on June 16th.
The Borgias follows the story of Pope Alexander (Jeremy Irons) and his struggle to maintain his power at the turn of the 16th century. The historical drama’s large cast also includes François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley, Lotte Verbeek, David Oakes, Sean Harris, Peter Sullivan, Simon McBurney, Steven Berkoff, Aidan Alexander, Julian Bleach, Thure Lindhardt, Gina McKee, and Colm Feore.
Season three of The Borgias premiered in April and thus far the show’s been averaging about a half a million viewers for each episode’s first airing.
There had been talk of wrapping up the show’s ongoing storylines with a movie instead of a fourth season but that’s not happening.
Still, series creator Neil Jordan says that, “For a variety of reasons we won’t be doing a fourth season, but, ‘The Prince’ [the last episode], when I wrote it and shot it, did seem like the end of a journey for the family. Whatever bonded them as a family dies in this episode, and the center of the drama for me was always the family. I want to thank Showtime and David Nevins for their unstinting support over the last three years, and look forward to working with them in the future.”
What do you think? Are you sorry that The Borgias has been cancelled? Were you hoping there would be a fourth season or a movie?
I believe there needs to be a fourth season or AT LEAST a movie wrap-up to complete the story of the Borgias. It’s poor form to drop a historical series mid-story. The show is called “the Borgias” not the “the Borgias rise in Rome.” The reality is that the family suffers a rather tragic ending including Pope Alexander’s death and the fall of Cesare’
Yes, I am sorry to see the show ending. I really think a fourth and closing season is necessary. It now leaves with so many unanswered answers. Jeremy Irons was superb in his role. Much deserved award. Show was exciting and captivating. We need a 4th season..please reconsider!