“Westworld” has come to an end.
After four seasons, HBO announced on Friday that the cerebral sci-fi drama will not return to television, The Post has confirmed.
Warner Bros. Discovery — the cable network’s new parent company — cited the shows hefty production costs paired with dwindling viewership.
The newly formed media conglomerate is slashing its budget as part of its $3.5 billion cost-saving synergies plan. Meanwhile, HBO is reportedly now dropping dozens of millions each on “House of the Dragon” and “Euphoria”.
“Westworld” stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, Aaron Paul, Angela Sarafyan and James Marsden.
Ariana DeBose, Aurora Perrineau and Daniel Wu also joined the cast in Season 4.
Husband and wife producing duo Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy created the series, which premiered in 2016. The show centered around a technically advanced amusement park with robotic “hosts” in a wild west setting.
Upon its debut, the show achieved HBO’s highest viewership for a premiere since “True Detective” in 2014. The first season of the show was just as successful as it became the most-watched HBO original series ever.
But ratings have slipped each season since, and dramatically dropped in Season 4, which concluded on Aug. 14.
The series received 54 Emmy nominations and scored nine wins.
“Over the past four seasons, Lisa and Jonah have taken viewers on a mind-bending odyssey, raising the bar at every step,” HBO said in a statement to Variety. “We are tremendously grateful to them, along with their immensely talented cast, producers and crew, and all of our partners at Kilter Films, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television. It’s been a thrill to join them on this journey.”
Nolan and Joy added in their own statement through banner Kilter Films: “Making ‘Westworld’ has been one of the highlights of our careers. We are deeply grateful to our extraordinary cast and crew for creating these indelible characters and brilliant worlds. We’ve been privileged to tell these stories about the future of consciousness – both human and beyond – in the brief window of time before our AI overlords forbid us from doing so.”
The Post has reached out to reps at HBO for comment.
