Syfy issued this statement: “The remaining first run episodes of Caprica – airing Tuesdays at 10/9c – will be removed from the schedule as of next Tuesday, November 2. These final five episodes of the season will be re-scheduled to air at a to be announced time in the first quarter of 2011, and will conclude the run of the series.”

This bombshell hits just days after news of Syfy’s ordering for a new Battlestar Galactica spinoff pilot — titled Blood & Chrome.

Programming head for Syfy Mark Stern offered, “Despite its obvious quality, Caprica has not been able to build the audience necessary to justify a second season.”

While well-regarded by critics, Caprica frustrates sci-fi fans with its pacing and lack of being themed in outer space. With Blood & Chrome, Syfy hopes to launch a series that’s more in line with the action-filled original series.

Take, for example, Zoe Graystone on Caprica; or rather, Zoe’s computerized clone, who will live forever as a memory of Eric Stoltz’s dead daughter only in computer code.

Sure the actress, Alessandra Torresani, is only 22 now (and playing a high schooler), so chances are that even if Caprica ends up trumping it’ parent show Battlestar Galactica and runs for six seasons, we won’t have to deal with an episode where Stoltz programs wrinkles and gray hair into his daughter’s avatar. But if I was a betting man (which I bet you I’m not), I’d say that Zoe Graystone in the Caprica pilot, and Zoe Graystone’s avatar whenever the show ends are gonna be a leeeeetle bit different.

Maybe the writers of Caprica should take a page from other immortal TV characters’ books and see how they did (or didn’t) handle their actor’s “growth:”

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Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families – the Graystones and the Adamas – as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics. Caprica will deliver, intrigue, political backbiting and family conflict in television’s first science fiction family saga.

Daniel Graystone, a computer genius, is owner of a large computer corporation that is spearheading the development of artificial intelligence. He and his wife Amanda, who’s a brilliant surgeon, are both relentless in their scientific pursuits. The Adama clan is helmed by Joseph Adama, a renowned criminal defense attorney and father of future Battlestar commander William Adama. When tragedy strikes both families, lines are drawn that will determine the fate of the human race.

Here’s the poster: