NBC Universal Shuts Down Chiller Network!

We have some bad news for horror fans tonight as word has come in that NBCUniversal is shutting down the Chiller Network!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, A NBCUniversal Cable rep confirmed that the horror-centric channel would cease operations at the end of 2017. Its death comes after carriage struggles with multiple media companies, including Verizon, Charter, Dish and Cox.

Chiller was home to several original productions, mostly B movies and reality shows, but it did produce one scripted show (Slasher). Much of its schedule was dominated by cost-efficient genre acquisitions, as well as a few high-profile second runs, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

It comes as little surprise that Chiller is ending its run. Within NBCU’s sprawling cable portfolio, which includes mainstays USA, Bravo, E! and Syfy, it was never a priority. Its genre focus was also quite similar to Syfy’s. And NBCU has been working to streamline such redundancies.

Chiller had been on the air for just over a decade, launching in 2007. In 2016, it lost nearly 30 percent of its audience and dropped out of the Top 100 ad-supported networks, averaging just 64,000 viewers in primetime.

This comes as sad news to the horror industry and we wish to applaud Chiller for their decade of bringing horror into our homes and we will miss you.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter