Syfy took a big gamble last year with its series Nightflyers, setting it up for what could be the channel's new marquee show. Unfortunately, it didn't pay off quite how they had hoped. It was just announced that Syfy is cancelling the series, which was based on George R. R. Martin's novella of the same name, after only one season. That's a pretty unusual move for a cable network, which typically has a little more leeway than broadcast to rerun their series and give them time to find an audience. However, Nightflyers was also the most …