Amber Neely
Apple has chosen to renew its post-apocalyptic drama "Silo" for two more seasons, but the series will end in season 4.
In 2021, Apple put out a series order for "Silo," then dubbed "Wool." Now, just under three years later, Apple TV+ has decided to end the series without giving the cast and crew a chance to finish the story.
On Monday, Apple announced, "Silo" has been picked up for season three and four, which will allow the series to conclude in its fourth year. That's considerably more notice than the recently-canceled "Time Bandits" had gotten.
Currently, its not known whether or not "Silo" was always intended to be a four-season story, or if Apple has pulled the plug before its time. Either way, it's hardly uncommon for a service to cancel a streaming-only series relatively early as compared to broadcast television.
"Silo" began airing its second season on November 15 and will continue to air new episodes every Friday through January 17, 2025. Airing dates for seasons three and four won't be known for some time.
Apple had renewed "Silo" for a second season in June 2023. The series had its production halted a month later during WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
In April, "Silo" received two Bafta Television Awards. It won Best Production Design as well as Best Original Music.
Season one began airing on May 5, 2023.
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Sounds like renewing for seasons 3 and 4 will give them the opportunity to wrap things up very nicely.
Based on how they’ve paced the first two seasons, I’m betting they skip the second book entirely, and seasons three and four will focus on the third book.
This show is really quite horrible... so poorly written and stretched out...
I like science fiction, and I did watch the entire first season of Silo.
Not even plausible.
Most sci-fi is not "plausible". All the Star Treks, Star Wars, Dunes, Foundation, Three Body Problem, Battle Star Galactica, etc. You watch or read for the elements that trigger or satisfy your imagination. Silo was three pretty lengthy books, being condensed into four short seasons. Lots of things are left out as a result. I really like what they've done with it for the most part. Clearly you don't, that's OK.