SyFy have today announced that their fantasy drama Being Human USA will not return for a fifth season later this year. A remake of Toby Whithouse's BBC Three series of the same name, this particular incarnation of the show starred Sam Witwer (Smallville, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed), Sam Huntington (Fanboys) and Meaghan Rath (Cyberbully).
To its credit, the project amassed a considerable cult following amongst its North American (SyFy) and Canadian (Space) audiences in its four years on air, even if it didn't go down with quite such a storm when it was ported over here in the midst of the UK version's ongoing run. Once our Being Human had bit the proverbial wolf-shaped bullet, though, even the show's domestic fandom appeared to become more welcoming of its American port in light of it being the only surviving version of Whithouse's marvellous creation. All good things must come to an end, it seems, and six years on from its début on BBC Three in 2008, if nothing else we can celebrate the endurance of a franchise which could easily have been lost amongst the troves of identikit fantasy productions that were produced before and during its remarkable televisual reign.
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