Hot on the heels of the recently green-lit Battlestar Galactica prequel series Blood & Chrome comes the news that SyFy has canceled Caprica, the first BSG prequel series that just started its second season.

From SyFy’s statement:

“The remaining first run episodes of Caprica – airing Tuesdays at 10/9c – will be removed from the schedule as of next Tuesday, November 2. These final five episodes of the season will be re-scheduled to air at a to be announced time in the first quarter of 2011, and will conclude the run of the series.”

“We appreciate all the support that fans have shown for Caprica and are very proud of the producers, cast, writers and the rest of the amazing team that has been committed to this fine series,” said Mark Stern, programming head at Syfy. “Unfortunately, despite its obvious quality, Caprica has not been able to build the audience necessary to justify a second season.”

As big of a BSG fan as I was I still haven’t watched a single episode of Caprica. Guess I was part of the problem. Sorry ’bout that!

[Hollywood Reporter]