sci fi desert
Mordechai T. Abzug
channel. Now it seems like there are hardly any SF shows on scifi.
Perhaps it's SF competition from mainstream channels (i.e. Terminator:
The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse), or maybe the economy, or
maybe techno pirates disproportionately target SF. Whatever the
cause, it's sad and kinda weird.
[I refuse to acknowledge the name change to "syfy".]
- Morty
Susan
wrote:
SciFi Channel used to be the one I couldn't do without.
I haven't watched it in months, due to the changes.
What is with the "syfy" - ? I think it's ridiculous.
I call it seefee.
Susan
Brian (aka Zod)
Battlestar ended because the producers didn't trust sci-fi channel to
abruptly cancel it before they could do a proper ending, so they chose
to end it on their own accord (a good idea I thought).
sg1, allthough on tv a long time, got canned, even with decent ratings.
I guess there's stargate universe starting up, I wonder how good that
will be.
When Sci-Fi had sg1/atlantis/battlestar on the same night, that was as
strong a lineup as they ever had. Then they broke it up.
its too bad sci-fi doesn't try and pickup good shows dumped by the major
networks. Maybe firefly or journeyman? It'd be an easy way to get shows.
they might not get enough viewers to stay on a major network, but they'd
do fine on a cable channel.
Mordechai T. Abzug
"Brian (aka Zod)" <bria...@NOSPAMgmail.com> spake thusly:
> its too bad sci-fi doesn't try and pickup good shows dumped by the
> major networks. Maybe firefly or journeyman? It'd be an easy way
> to get shows.
I think show budgets (and ratings) are lower on scifi. So a show that
fails on network TV may be too expensive for scifi first run.
Could be that scifi helps indirectly. Network execs know that if they
have a reasonably good scifi show, they will be able to recoup some of
the cost by selling reruns to scifi.
- Morty