Having premiered in 2015, Zoo was part of CBS’ renewed push to deliver scripted summer programming, popping up after Under the Dome proved temporarily successful.
And while its central fanbase remained attached to the conspiratorial plotting and crazy twists, the overall audience dwindled, which no doubt led to CBS’ decision, as reported by Variety.
Though critics weren’t exactly kind to Zoo in those early days, the show proved to be a hit with viewers who loved hooting and hollering at the over-the-top nature of the storyline, which centered on a group of people going around and investigating a pandemic of animal attacks.