Lifetime cancels The Lottery

US cable network Lifetime has pulled the plug on its conspiracy thriller The Lottery after just one season.

The Warner Horizon-produced drama, which debuted in July, was set in a dystopian future where women have stopped having children, threatening the extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilised, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates.

The show finished its 10-episode run in September but struggled to achieve ratings, after a launch to just over one million viewers.

The Lottery was written by Timothy J Sexton (Children of Men, Walkout), who also served as exec producer with Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break, Tru Calling). The show came from Grady Girl Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.

Lifetime’s scripted slate includes Un-Real, Damien, the recently renewed Devious Maids and Witches of East End.