Why was Millennium cancelled?
A. Consistent low ratings caused the Fox network to decided to cancel the series before it reached its 1999-2000 season. Several factors contributed to the increasingly small audience base including its difficult Friday night timeslot, a lack of critical attention, a lack of promotion, and poor scheduling and marketing decisions made by Fox throughout the run of the series. A Fox network representative offered these simple words to explain their position: “What we ultimately need to do as a major broadcast network is provide viewers the series they find most relevant and emotionally rewarding, and to many, Millennium fit both those bills. However unfortunate, roughly nine out of every ten people watching television found something more to their liking than Millennium on Friday nights.
