The Fight For ‘Wynonna Earp’ Season 4: Why The Hit Show Isn’t Back To Filming And What Fans Are Doing About It
Production on season 4 of SYFY’s hit seriesWynonna Earpshould be chugging along right now. Melanie Scrofano should be swearing in new and creative ways. Creator and showrunner Emily Andras should be wrangling cast, crew, and production staff. Fans should be clamoring for pictures and sneak peeks and any little bit of information they can glean from their favorite show on television.None of that is happening right now. Instead, the entire cast, crew, and production staff ofWynonna Earpis collectively holding their breath while waiting on a green light to start production on a season 4 that’s already been renewed and should be, at least, 3 episodes into filming.As someone who’s been a fan of genre TV for decades, I’m used to seeing shows I love get canceled because of low ratings or because a network wasn’t willing to take a chance on a show that might not reach a broader audience because it’s niche, but in all my years as a fan, I’ve never seen anything like what’s going on with SYFY’sWynonna Earp.The series has earned both ratings and critical success, earning a season 4 renewal fresh on the heels of its season 3 finale. It’s also earned a large and loyal fan base, of which I’m a member. Earpers, as they’ve dubbed themselves, love the show for numerous reasons: its cast, its commitment to diversity, LGBTQIA representation as part of daily life, great dialogue, the ability to be both intensely dramatic and not take itself too seriously all at the same time. The list goes on. How much do fans love the show?Wynonna Earpwon a People’s Choice Award as a write-in candidate thanks to Earper dedication.In other words,Wynonna Earpis a hit by every measurable metric and certainly was on track to go into production on season 4 last month. The cast was was already to show up to work. Executive producer Emily Andras was ready to go. Everything on the Toronto-based side of things was geared up to roll and then… nothing.
The Earp Quake
On February 21, series star Melanie Scrofano tweeted the news.Wynonna Earpseason 4 was on hold.The tweet sent a shudder through Twitter and, suddenly Earpers flooded social media with questions for SYFY and IDW Publishing, a division of IDW Entertainment. IDW is also the owner of the rights and the production company who financesWynonna Earp. The hashtag #FightForWynonna caught fire across Twitter andWynonna Earpfans all over the world wanted to know why the show they love so much was suddenly in limbo.On February 22,SYFY issued a statementsaying they remained 100% committed to the show, reminding fans that they’d ordered season 4 and nothing had changed. Space Channel in Canada had also committed to season 4 so, for all intents and purposes, the delay wasn’t coming from the network side of things.This is where the situation gets more convoluted. After all, most genre shows that don’t continue are either canceled by the network or don’t get renewed. In this case, the network was totally on board. So what gives?Better question. Who isn’t giving? Answer? IDW Entertainment.
What’s holding up Wynonna Earp Season 4?
IDW Entertainment is producing Wynonna Earp and IDW Publishing currently owns the rights to the media property. Both IDW Entertainment and IDW Publishing are divisions of IDW Media Holdings. Recently ADW, a hedge fund and shareholder of IDW Media Holdings, announced its intention to sell IDW Media Holdings, Inc or push IDW to basically sell itself (I’ll be honest, there’s a lot of information here and I’m not a financial advisor, but Institutional Investordid a great rundownif you want the nitty-gritty) because IDW is currently running a net loss financially.Because of their financial situation, IDW needs cash to pay for season 4 ofWynonna Earpand, thus far, it doesn’t have it. Which is why everyone’s in a holding pattern.Like I said earlier, this is a rare situation for genre fans. In this case,Wynonnahas a network, it just needs money to produce it and IDW doesn’t have the money. So the question is, what now?Last week, Adam Wyden, the founder of ADW, spoke toThe Hollywood Reporter about the Fight for Wynonnaand, well, it sort of went over like a lead balloon. “How do we justify making season four and five if we know we’re going to lose money?”, Wyden said, being about as blunt as one can be:
Now, all of this may be 100% true, but Wyden’s suggestions came off as both dismissive and unhelpful by saying “I think if all theseWynonna Earppeople really want it to come back, they should be emailing Netflix and saying, ‘Pick up the international rights’”. First off, describing the cast, crew, and fans ofWynonna Earpas “These Wynonna people” is kind of a dick move, but “email Netflix” isn’t all that helpful. Who at Netflix? A little help here, Adam.IDW Publishing was not amused and shot back a message via Twitter.
IDW has its own message. We can speak for ourselves, thank you very much. And we thank all you#earpersfor your support —the billboards are amazing — and your encouragement. We stand with you and are doing our part to#FightForWynonna. Stay tuned.
— IDW Publishing (@IDWPublishing)June 25, 2025
Long story short, the networks want season 4 ofWynonna Earp. The cast and crew ofWynonna Earpwant season 4 ofWynonna Earp. IDW wants season 4 ofWynonna Earp. The fans want season 4 ofWynonna Earp.But so far, there’s no season 4 ofWynonna Earp.
Earpers Have No Chill
Earpers, who are hugely fond of the hashtag #NoChill (it’s basically a mission statement) have done everything they can to get the attention of anyone and everyone who can help getWynonna Earpseason 4 into production.Tweets with the hashtag #FightForWynonna are just part of the push, They’ve also hadsigns on the Today Show,billboards in Times Square(last count according toWynonna Earpfan Bridget Liszewskiis 45) There’s even a website dedicated specifically to theFight For Wynonna.The cast ofWynonna Earpis also lending their voices to the fight.
#EARPhttps://t.co/xUiqgmBdDc
— Tim Rozon (@realtimrozon)August 22, 2025
#FightForWynonnain lala land!!!@VarunSarangapic.twitter.com/qh4Wsiv82l
— ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell)June 10, 2025
Most recently, fans have beenasking Netflix to add season 3 ofWynonna Earpbecause Netflix would have to buy the airing rights and, essentially, infuse cash into IDW which could help fund season 4.And, from where I’m sitting, Earpers areshowing no sign of stopping:
The longer this delay goes on, the more likely cast and crew onWynonna Earpwill end up being released from contracts or need to move on to other projects. The Canadian film and television scene is both busy and overlapping, so it’s likely there will be scheduling conflicts as time goes on. It’s clear that everyone who’s working onWynonna Earpis hoping to make the show happen and wants to make it happen.But, sooner or later, someone’s going to have to make some decisions. Right now, there’s a series with good ratings, loyal fans, and one hell of a media presence. All it needs is the money to make it happen. So the fight continues and, just like Wynonna herself, we’re gonna fight till it kills us – and then we’ll fight some more.
