Due to low ratings, CBS canceled Pirate Master on July 24, 2007 after airing only eight of its 14 episodes.
Despite being removed from American television in mid-run, the show went on to win an Emmy award in the category of outstanding original main title theme music.
Cheryl Kosewicz, the fourth person to leave the game, was found dead inside her home on July 27, 2007, after an apparent suicide. On fellow contestant Nessa's MySpace webpage, Cheryl blamed the show for causing friction between herself and her boyfriend, who committed suicide two months prior.
The remaining unaired episodes were available to watch online via CBS Innertube, something which was unusual at the time when online streaming wasn't a mainstream thing.
The show was originally hoped to the new darling child of CBS during a time when a lot of viewers had a negative opinion on the trajectory of the current airing Survivor seasons.