News > Blade gets staked by Spike
October 2, 2006
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Blade has gotten a stake through the heart.
The vampire action series, which was the first attempt at a one-hour drama for network Spike TV, will not be renewed for a second season. The show had fallen off drastically from its premiere ratings.
Blade arose from the grave over the summer with a strong 2.5 million cable viewers. Ratings died off over the show's 12-episode run up to the September 13 finale, which drew only 896,000 viewers.
Blade was a TV port of the popular Wesley Snipes action movie trilogy, which featured Snipes as a half-vampire trying to fight evil vampires attempting to take over the world. Kirk "Sticky" Jones stepped into the role for the series.
"We were happy with Blade creatively," a Spike rep told Variety. "However, we were disappointed with audience turnout."
Replacing Blade will be the John Leguizamo action series Kill Pit.
