Channel Zero (TV series)

Channel Zero
Genre	Anthology Horror Supernatural Drama
Created by	Nick Antosca
Based on	Season 1 "Candle Cove" by Kris Straub Season 2 "The No-End House" by Brian Russell Season 3 "Search and Rescue Woods" by Kerry Hammond Season 4 "Hidden Door" by Charlotte Bywater
Directed by	Season 1 Craig William Macneill Season 2 Steven Piet Season 3 Arkasha Stevenson Season 4 E. L. Katz
Starring	Paul Schneider Fiona Shaw Luisa D'Oliveira Natalie Brown Shaun Benson Luca Villacis Abigail Pniowsky Marina Stephenson Kerr Amy Forsyth Aisha Dee Jeff Ward Seamus Patterson Sebastian Pigott Jess Salgueiro Melanie Nicholls-King John Carroll Lynch Rutger Hauer Holland Roden Olivia Luccardi Krisha Fairchild Brandon Scott Maria Sten Steven Robertson Barbara Crampton Gregg Henry Greg Bryk Troy James Diana Bentley Steven Weber
Composer	Jeff Russo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Nick Antosca Harley Peyton (seasons 3–4) Max Landis (season 1–2)
Producer	Jan Peter Meyboom
Production location	Manitoba, Canada
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	41–44 minutes
Production companies	Eat the Cat UTMK Limited (season 1–2) Universal Cable Productions
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11) – October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31)

Channel Zero is an American horror anthology television series created by Nick Antosca, who serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. ^[1] The series was greenlit for two 6-episode, self-contained seasons, which aired in late 2016 and late 2017 on Syfy. ^[2] The storylines for the series are based on popular creepypastas. On February 9, 2017, Syfy renewed the series for a third and fourth season. ^[3]

The series premiered on October 11, 2016. ^[4] The first installment, based on Kris Straub's Candle Cove , stars Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw ^[5] and was directed by Craig William Macneill. ^[6] It centers on Straub's story of one man's obsessive recollection of a mysterious children's television program from the 1980s . ^[7] The second season premiered on September 20, 2017, ^{[8] [9]} is based on Brian Russell's The No-End House and was directed by Steven Piet. ^{[10] [11]}

The third season, Butcher's Block, premiered on February 7, 2018, ^[12] is based on Kerry Hammond's "Search and Rescue Woods" and was directed by Arkasha Stevenson. ^[13] The fourth season, The Dream Door, was broadcast between October 26 and 31, 2018, ^{[14] [15]} is based on Charlotte Bywater's "Hidden Door" and was directed by E. L. Katz. ^[16] On January 16, 2019, Syfy cancelled Channel Zero after four seasons. ^{[17] [7]}

Series overview

Season	Title	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	Candle Cove	6		October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)	November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)
2	No-End House	6		September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)
3	Butcher's Block	6		February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)
4	The Dream Door	6		October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) [15]	October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31) [15]

Plot

Season 1: Candle Cove

A child psychologist returns to his hometown to determine if his brother's disappearance is somehow connected to a series of similar incidents and a bizarre children's television series that aired at the same time.

Season 2: No-End House

A young woman and her group of friends visit a house of horrors only to find themselves questioning whether it is a tourist attraction or something more sinister.

Season 3: Butcher's Block

A young woman and her schizophrenic sister move to a city haunted by a series of disappearances and, after suspecting that they may be connected to a baffling rumor, they must work together to discover what is preying on the city's residents.

Season 4: The Dream Door

Newlyweds Jillian and Tom have each brought secrets into their marriage. When they discover a door in their basement, those secrets start to threaten their relationship — and their lives.

Cast and characters

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•   A green cell indicates the actor as a main cast member.
•   A red cell indicates the actor as a recurring or a guest cast member.
•   A grey cell indicates the actor has not participated in the respective season.

Actor	Capacity and character per season
	Candle Cove	No-End House	Butcher's Block	The Dream Door
Paul Schneider	Mike Painter
Fiona Shaw	Marla Painter
Luisa D'Oliveira	Amy Welch
Natalie Brown	Jessica Yolen
Shaun Benson	Gary Yolen
Luca Villacis	Eddie Painter / Young Mike Painter
Abigail Pniowsky	Lily Painter	Young Margot Sleator
Marina Stephenson Kerr	Frances Booth			Detective Fraser
Amy Forsyth		Margot Sleator
Aisha Dee		Jules Koja
Jeff Ward		Seth Marlow
Seamus Patterson		J.T. Shields
Sebastian Pigott		Dylan Evans
Jess Salgueiro		Lacy Evans
Melanie Nicholls-King		Brenna Koja
John Carroll Lynch		John Sleator
Rutger Hauer			Joseph Peach
Holland Roden			Zoe Woods
Olivia Luccardi			Alice Woods
Krisha Fairchild			Louise Lispector
Brandon Scott			Luke Vanczyk	Tom Hodgson
Maria Sten				Jillian Hope Hodgson
Steven Robertson				Ian
Barbara Crampton				Vanessa Moss
Gregg Henry				Bill Hope
Greg Bryk				Detective McPhillips
Troy James			Scuttling Father Time	Pretzel Jack
Diana Bentley			Edie Peach	Sarah Winters
Steven Weber				Abel Carnacki

Episodes

Season 1: Candle Cove (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"You Have to Go Inside"	Craig William Macneill	Nick Antosca	October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)	0.76 [18]
Child psychologist Mike Painter returns to his home town of Iron Hill, Ohio nearly thirty years after a killer murdered five local children, among them his twin brother, Eddie. Eddie's body was never found. His mother, Marla, is the only family member remaining in the area. Painter reconnects with friends Jessica and Gary (who is now a sheriff). Over dinner, Mike mentions Candle Cove , a children's television series involving puppet pirates that they watched around the time of the murders, until it mysteriously went off the air. Katie, Jessica and Gary's daughter, says that she has seen the show recently. The next day, Katie goes missing, and Mike is under suspicion. Through Katie's brother, Dane, Mike realizes where he can find her. Mike follows a figure dressed as a skeleton who resembles one of the show's characters. He discovers Katie alive in the woods where the murders took place. He carries Katie back to her family, unaware that she has left two of her teeth behind to be claimed by a creature whose skin is made up of teeth. Marla reveals that when Mike and Eddie were watching Candle Cove as children, they were actually watching static on the television.
2	2	"I'll Hold Your Hand"	Craig William Macneill	Don Mancini & Nick Antosca	October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)	0.63 [19]
Gary and Jessica are awoken by their son's screams after Katie stabs him with a hook. Although Gary does not completely trust Mike, he allows him to talk to Katie at the hospital alone in order to discover what happened. Meanwhile, Marla visits a television station to ask about Candle Cove. The technician remembers the program and shows Marla a fan-made recreation. But he tells her that no tapes of the original show exist, as it was impossible to record. Mike finds more links to the Candle Cove imagery in Katie's drawing and uses it as a clue to visit an abandoned cement factory with his mother. Mike follows a mysterious figure into the factory alone and discovers the decomposed remains of his brother, Eddie. That night, Mike confesses to Marla that he killed Eddie as a child and buried his body, but that the corpse had been moved before the police dug up the grave site. Upset, Marla stabs Mike in the arm. The next day Gary comes to the house and asks Mike to come with him to the police station for questioning. However, along the way Mike realizes that Gary is taking him somewhere else.
3	3	"Want to See Something Cool?"	Craig William Macneill	Harley Peyton	October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)	0.55 [20]
Gary takes Mike to an empty house he had wanted to buy and handcuffs him in a chair. Tim and Daphne enter the house where they all interrogate Mike about the murders of their family members, believing him responsible. Flashbacks reveal that Candle Cove inspired Eddie to kill Tim's bully brother, Gene, using psychic mind-control to make him walk off the edge of a cliff. Eddie continued vengefully killing other children in a similar way before Mike stopped him by stabbing him with a hook. In present day, the others doubt Mike's story and Tim shoots him in the shoulder in a struggle for the truth. Marla, Jessica, and deputy Amy arrive as Tim and Daphne flee. Seeing Mike's condition, Amy takes Gary into custody. Later, Daphne visits Mrs. Booth, her former teacher, who also lost a son in the murders. After explaining what happened with Mike at the house, Booth murders Daphne with an ice hook and returns to host a group of children watching Candle Cove on her television. It is revealed that the kids killed Tim when he was walking home as Booth buries the body. Mike's daughter, Lily, arrives alone at Marla's house, even though she lives miles away.
4	4	"A Strange Vessel"	Craig William Macneill	Erica Saleh & Nick Antosca	November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)	0.47 [21]
Lily reveals herself to be a manifestation of Eddie and promises to send Mike "where he belongs". Fulfilling Eddie's wish, Mike breaks into the morgue with the help of Jessica and burns Eddie's skeletal remains. Jessica and Mike are shown to have been childhood sweethearts when they were young. Acting Sheriff Amy investigates the strange behavior of some kids and after a confusing encounter with Mrs. Booth at school, she finds the children playing pirate in the gymnasium. Acting on a hunch, she searches Booth's home and finds Candle Cove props in her basement, eventually coming across Daphne's body. Meanwhile, Jessica returns home to discover several children masked in Candle Cove costumes who suddenly start stabbing her. She collapses, bleeding as Booth stands in the background. Lily regains consciousness as herself.
5	5	"Guest of Honor"	Craig William Macneill	Katie Gruel & Mallory Westfall	November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)	0.44 [22]
Mike discovers an extra tooth breaking through his gum, a trait that only Eddie had as a child. Amy tells Mike about Jessica's murder and she agrees to let Gary out of custody to help him search Mrs. Booth's property. Gary discovers some teeth left on a fence post outside and Mike realizes that the Candle Cove props were fake. He receives a phone call from Booth, who instructs him to meet her alone at an abandoned diner. He goes there and witnesses Booth in the skeleton costume, controlling children into helping her commit murder. Later, she goes to Marla's house and she tells Mike and Marla how Eddie used his powers to control her seizures. It was also Eddie who created Candle Cove, not her. Booth killed her own son as a sacrifice for Eddie, in order to increase his power, and welcomes Eddie's return through Mike. That night at a motel, the tooth creature lures Lily away. As Mike attempts to extract his extra tooth, Candle Cove begins playing on the television, featuring a frightened Lily.
6	6	"Welcome Home"	Craig William Macneill	Nick Antosca & Harley Peyton & Don Mancini	November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)	0.42 [23]
Amy and Gary search for the children suspects and Gary is able to reclaim his own children from Candle Cove's control. Mike's wife, Erica, demands to know where Lily is, but he insists that he is the only one who can save her. He takes Erica to the site of the murders and loses consciousness, entering Eddie's parallel world, which is filled with strange rooms and monsters. When he finally comes face to face with his brother, Eddie allows Lily to leave if Mike will stay forever. Lily returns to reality by crawling through a TV and is greeted by her mother. Marla goes to the woods where she is attacked by Mrs. Booth. Marla is rescued at the last minute by Amy, who shoots Booth before Marla finally stabs her skull with the hook. Mike convinces Eddie to stay for one more card game they played as kids, delaying him long enough for Marla to return to the woods and suffocate Mike's body before Eddie can possess it. Unable to break free of his world, Eddie is forced to remain with Mike.

Season 2: No-End House (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
7	1	"This Isn't Real"	Steven Piet	Nick Antosca	September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)	0.39 [24]
Teenagers Margot and Jules overhear about the No-End House, a haunted house attraction which shows up seemingly out of nowhere, going from town to town. That night, Margot, Jules, and their friends J.D and Seth seek out the No-End House and enter, where they experience several surreal experiences inside various rooms, including the cracking of identical molds of their own faces except for the one made of J.D. After being separated from the group, Margot has a strange experience with a masked man and a vision of her dead father John, who died of an allergic reaction to his medication and whose death Margot blames herself for. Margot gets out of the house and reconvenes with Jules; they assume J.D and Seth are still inside the house and go home. At home, Margot hears her father’s whistling from the kitchen.
8	2	"Nice Neighborhood"	Steven Piet	Harley Peyton & Mallory Westfall	September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)	0.38 [25]
The following morning, Jules shows up at Margot’s house to find her eating breakfast with John, who doesn’t remember being dead. Elsewhere, a man walks through the streets and encounters a woman who he recognizes, talking to her before shooting her in the head and continuing to walk, searching for a woman named Lacey, who is his wife that he entered the No-End House together with. Seth and J.D exit the house and go to look for the girls, but discover that they have slipped into an alternate reality; while Seth finds Jules eventually, in his home, J.D encounters a copy of himself. Jules hypothesizes that they are still in one of the house’s rooms, and that John is a manifestation of the house. J.D’s duplicate tells him that the house (as they are still inside the No-End House’s reality) created him out of J.D’s memories; although the conversation is initially positive, the double bludgeons the real J.D to death with a wine bottle. At night, John feeds on Margot’s memories and accidentally creates a duplicate of his wife, Corrine, who he proceeds to eat.
9	3	"Beware the Cannibals"	Steven Piet	Don Mancini & Erica Saleh	October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	0.41 [26]
J.D’s duplicate burns J.D’s corpse and meets up with Seth and Jules. The man from behind, Dylan, manages to kidnap and hold Lacey in captivity, though she claims he is not her husband - Lacey is shown to be identical to the woman he murdered in the previous episode. Margot, conflicted with the fact that her father’s original death was a suicide, discovers Corrine’s face in the trash and is locked in her room by John. Seth, Jules, and fake J.D search for the No-End House and witness Margot, who managed to escape her home, trying to get help from a neighbor only for John to kill him with a garden hose. Lacey’s supposed husband comes home but is stabbed in the neck by Dylan, who tells Lacey that this isn’t real. Seth, Jules, fake J.D and Jules manage to outrun the father and meet Dylan, who tells them that they’ve been inside the No-End House’s dreamworld for too long and wants to save Lacey, as people inside no longer want to leave. The fake J.D’s skin begins to fall off.
10	4	"The Exit"	Steven Piet	Nick Antosca & Katie Gruel	October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11)	0.48 [27]
Dylan continues trying to convince Lacey but she doesn’t believe him. Trying to make their way to the house, which they see at the edge of the dreamworld, the group goes through a field, eventually stopping for the night. While stopped, a captive Lacey is killed by a woman who suddenly appears and disappears from the field; a grief-stricken Dylan sees the peeling skin on fake J.D’s arm and impulsively sets him on fire, killing him. The group loses each other in the maze and while saving Jules, Margot encounters John who is dying due to a withdrawal from Margot’s memories, though Margot and Jules escape. Everyone enters the No-End House but Dylan stays behind, intending to burn it to the ground; while the rest of the group is inside, Dylan is stopped and brutally killed by John. The group escapes the No-End House but unbeknownst to them, John escaped into the real world as well.
11	5	"The Damage"	Steven Piet	Harley Peyton & Lisa Long	October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18)	0.41 [28]
Margot makes her way back home where she asks Corrine about her father’s suicide; Corrine reveals that he killed himself in order to financially support the two of them. At night, John sneaks into her house and begins to feed on her memories but is knocked out by Seth. The three discuss what to do with him and allow him to birth and eat a dog from Margot’s memories in order to survive; however, Seth reveals that he put the medication the original John killed himself with in the dog, seemingly poisoning him. However, when Corrine comes home, John turns out to be alive and attacks her and Margot; to save Seth, Margot allows John to take her and Seth back to the No-End House.
12	6	"The Hollow Girl"	Steven Piet	Nick Antosca & Angel Varak-Iglar	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)	0.37 [29]
Some time later, Seth, Margo, and John live inside one of the No-End Houses parallel universes; Margot allows John to occasionally feed on her memories. Meanwhile, Jules tries to locate the next place the house will appear; when she finds it, she is knocked unconscious by Seth who wants to build a family with Margot inside the house. Jules escapes and shows Margot a girl of a similar age, who Seth allowed to have her memories drained by the house, something he intends to do to Margot; Margot releases a group of women that he did the same to, who proceed to feed on Seth’s memories. Jules confronts John, who says that he is fine with dying if it allows Margot to be free; Margot ties a heavy plant pot to him and reluctantly stabs him, allowing him to fall into a bottomless pool in the No-End House. Margot and Jules exit the house together.

Season 3: Butcher's Block (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
13	1	"Insidious Onset"	Arkasha Stevenson	Nick Antosca	February 7, 2018 (2018-02-07)	0.38 [30]
Alice and her sister Zoe move to a new city and discover a mystery involving mysterious staircases.
14	2	"Father Time"	Arkasha Stevenson	Harley Peyton & Mallory Westfall & Angel Varak-Iglar	February 14, 2018 (2018-02-14)	0.33 [31]
Alice gets a sinister invitation from the Peach family, while Zoe begins to behave bizarrely.
15	3	"All You Ghost Mice"	Arkasha Stevenson	Angela LaManna & Justin Boyd & Nick Antosca	February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)	0.28 [32]
Alice has a terrifying encounter in an abandoned hospital. Luke, Louise, and Nathan play cat-and-mouse with Robert Peach.
16	4	"Alice in Slaughterland"	Arkasha Stevenson	Harley Peyton	February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)	0.25 [33]
Alice confronts her own incipient madness while Zoe eats with the Peaches.
17	5	"The Red Door"	Arkasha Stevenson	Nick Antosca & Justin Boyd & Mallory Westfall	March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	0.27 [34]
Zoe discovers there's something else living in the summer house; Alice reaches the point of no return.
18	6	"Sacrifice Zone"	Arkasha Stevenson	Nick Antosca & Harley Peyton & Angela LaManna	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)	0.34 [35]
Zoe and Alice confront the Peach family.

Season 4: The Dream Door (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
19	1	"Ashes on My Pillow"	E. L. Katz	Nick Antosca	October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)	0.32 [36]
An unsettling discovery prompts Jillian and Tom to suspect their home is haunted by past secrets.
20	2	"Where Did You Sleep Last Night"	E. L. Katz	Alexandra Pechman & Nick Antosca	October 27, 2018 (2018-10-27)	0.32 [37]
After witnessing a murder, Jillian digs into secrets from her past; Tom realizes he's in danger.
21	3	"Love Hurts"	E. L. Katz	Lenore Zion & Lisa Long	October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28)	0.27 [38]
A terrified Jillian and Tom reveal their secrets and try to overcome the devastating consequences.
22	4	"Bizarre Love Triangle"	E. L. Katz	Story by : Mallory Westfall & Isabella Gutierrez Teleplay by : Mallory Westfall	October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29)	0.17 [39]
As Jillian's old friend relentlessly hunts Tom, she teams up with a neighbor to try and save him.
23	5	"You Belong to Me"	E. L. Katz	Angel Varak-Iglar & Justin Boyd	October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30)	0.26 [40]
Ian makes a grand gesture that threatens to drive Jillian and Tom apart forever.
24	6	"Two of Us"	E. L. Katz	Story by : Nick Antosca & Isabella Gutierrez Teleplay by : Nick Antosca & Lisa Long	October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31)	0.24 [41]
Jillian and Tom set out to defeat the demons in their marriage once and for all.

Production

In 2015, Syfy announced that they had greenlit Channel Zero for twelve episodes, which would air as two six-episode seasons. ^[42] The first season would center upon the popular creepypasta Candle Cove . The second season would focus on a new story, based on the creepypasta The No-End House. ^{[43] [44]} Universal Cable Production would serve as the production company for the series, with Max Landis and Nick Antosca both serving as the series' executive producers. ^[45]

Craig William Macneill was chosen to direct the first season of Channel Zero in February 2016. ^[46] Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw were confirmed as starring in Channel Zero's first season in June 2016. ^[5] Schneider was set to portray Mike Painter, a child psychologist whose twin brother went missing years before and whose mother, portrayed by Shaw, is reluctant to indulge his desire to investigate. ^[5] Natalie Brown and Shaun Benson were also named as starring in the series. Filming began in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada during May 2016 and wrapped on July 28, after 46 days of shooting. ^{[47] [48] [49]}

Filming for Season 2 was set to start September 13, 2016, in Oakbank, Manitoba. ^[11] An advance screening of the first episode premiered at San Diego Comic-Con. ^[50] Creator Nick Antosca revealed on Twitter that season 2 would premiere on September 20, 2017. ^[9]

Filming for Season 3 took place from July to August 30, 2017, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Filming for Season 4 began in early May 2018 and wrapped that July.

Music score

In season 2, "Bathysphere" by Cat Power plays at the end of the first episode. "Concrete Walls" from Fever Ray's eponymous album plays during the end of the third episode and "Between the Bars" from Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love plays at the start of the sixth episode.

In season 3, portions of "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass play during the fifth and sixth episodes. Some of the Kyrie from György Ligeti's Requiem is also heard during the sixth episode. Selections from The Caretaker's An Empty Bliss Beyond This World also recur as motifs throughout all six episodes of the season.

Broadcast

Showcase broadcasts each season in Canada after Syfy has finished airing it within the United States. ^[51] The horror streaming service Shudder streams all four seasons of the series as of October 10, 2019. ^[52]

Reception

Critical response of Channel Zero

Season	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
1	86% (21 reviews) [53]	75 (5 reviews) [54]
2	100% (14 reviews) [55]	—
3	100% (11 reviews) [56]	—
4	88% (8 reviews) [57]	75 (5 reviews) [58]

The first season of Channel Zero received generally favorable reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 86% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 6.83/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Creepy, unsettling, and refreshingly unique, Channel Zero: Candle Cove draws on easily relatable childhood fears while peeling back layers of spine-tingling mystery." ^[59] On Metacritic it has a rating of 75 out of 100 based on 5 reviews. ^[60]

The second season received highly favorable reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 100% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "No End House's central mystery is stronger and scarier than Channel Zero's first, solidifying its status as one of TV's scariest horror offerings." ^[61]

The third season on Rotten Tomatoes has an approval rating of 100% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Creepier than ever, Channel Zero: Butcher's Block delivers the disturbing elements a good horror demands, with the added bonus of a solid narrative.". ^[62]

Ratings

Channel Zero : U.S. viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Candle Cove	761	630	552	470	440	421
	No-End House	392	380	410	480	410	374
	Butcher's Block	380	330	282	254	270	340
	The Dream Door	322	324	273	173	260	240

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research ^{[ citation needed ]}

Season 1: Candle Cove (2016)

Viewership and ratings per episode of Channel Zero

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	Total (18–49)
1	"You Have to Go Inside"	October 11, 2016	0.2	0.76 [18]	0.2	0.4 [63]
2	"I'll Hold Your Hand"	October 18, 2016	0.2	0.63 [19]	0.2	0.4 [64]
3	"Want to See Something Cool?"	October 25, 2016	0.2	0.55 [20]	0.2	0.4 [65]
4	"A Strange Vessel"	November 1, 2016	0.2	0.47 [21]	—	—
5	"Guest of Honor"	November 8, 2016	0.1	0.44 [22]	—	—
6	"Welcome Home"	November 15, 2016	0.1	0.42 [23]	0.2	0.3 [66]

Season 2: No-End House (2017)

Viewership and ratings per episode of Channel Zero

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"This Isn't Real"	September 20, 2017	0.1	0.39 [24]
2	"Nice Neighborhood"	September 27, 2017	0.1	0.38 [25]
3	"Beware the Cannibals"	October 4, 2017	0.2	0.41 [26]
4	"The Exit"	October 11, 2017	0.2	0.48 [27]
5	"The Damage"	October 18, 2017	0.1	0.41 [28]
6	"The Hollow Girl"	October 25, 2017	0.1	0.37 [29]

Season 3: Butcher's Block (2018)

Viewership and ratings per episode of Channel Zero

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"Insidious Onset"	February 7, 2018	0.1	0.38 [30]
2	"Father Time"	February 14, 2018	0.1	0.33 [31]
3	"All You Ghost Mice"	February 21, 2018	0.1	0.28 [32]
4	"Alice in Slaughterland"	February 28, 2018	0.1	0.25 [33]
5	"The Red Door"	March 7, 2018	0.1	0.27 [34]
6	"Sacrifice Zone"	March 14, 2018	0.1	0.34 [35]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2017	Saturn Awards	Best Television Presentation	Channel Zero	Nominated
	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best TV Series	Channel Zero: Candle Cove	Nominated
		Best TV SFX	Doug Morrow	Nominated
		Best TV Actor	Paul Schneider	Nominated
		Best TV Supporting Actress	Fiona Shaw	Nominated
2018	Saturn Awards	Best Television Presentation	Channel Zero	Nominated

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External links

• Official website
• Channel Zero at IMDb