Syfy Drops HELIX After Two Seasons

Deadline writes that Syfy has cancelled its drama HELIX after two seasons.

While the series' ratings were solid in its debut season, ratings dropped dramatically for season two -- down 59 percent in total viewers.

HELIX is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.

HELIX is the product of some of the biggest names in genre television, starting with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica). Also Executive Producing are Lynda Obst (Contact) and Steven Maeda (Lost, CSI: Miami, The X-Files).