My sister hates SF, and loves BSG. Cracks me up.
I think Vandalisimo had a similar response. (ETA: To Galactica, I mean. I don't know if she's as amused by your sister as you are.)
4. The obvious one - the marketing. It's little harder to market something which has a narrower target audience than, say, a comedy.
That's #2. I don't think SF actually has a narrower target audience. Unless you've decided that your potential audience consists only of self-described SF fans. See above, but cop shows are not marketed just to "cop show fans."
Ohh. Tag?
Batshit crazy? Or "they're batshit crazy"? I mean, either way, sure. I'm just unsure what's tagworthy.
Mostly so I have a not-fat one.
Er...'kay. You did seem to be wearing a much larger person's clothes, but it's Allyson's fault for mentioning that or I wouldn't have noticed. You did not appear to be unduly hulking.
...being on the SciFi channel means they are competing for a vastly reduced market share ('cause, cable)...
Hmm. Is there anyone in this thread who receives TV over the airwaves? Not the sateliite airwaves ... the local airwaves.
Is there anyone in this thread who receives TV over the airwaves?
This thread is not representative of the general viewing public.
The current highest rated show on the SciFi Channel has 1/10th the viewership that American Idol does. Ratings that will get you instantly cancelled on network television will get you flowers and champagne and extra seasons on cable.
I think Gus may be in shock. Quick, someone toss some cold water on him.
People who are interested in SF are not representative of the general public. Anyway, that is what I parse out of this.
Tim can probably turn that into a forty minutes, with several laugh-out-louds.
aurelia: Okay. That is just weird.
Okay. That is just weird.
Food and rent trump cable. It just is.
As usual, what Jessica said. Before the basic cable explosion, there was a lot of original SF programming that was syndicated. Like, y'know, Star Trek. The requirements for survival are different than on a major network.
they do have David "Just Because I Produce A Show Called Battlestar Galactica Doesn't Mean I Have To Like SciFi" Eick on their side, which I suppose counts for something.
I should have been more clear, but the people I'm thinking of did not like Galactica because it wasn't "really" SF. Thus, my head hurt.
Lost is probably a better example (because even on network, there's about an 8-point drop from American Idol to any non-American Idol show) -- anyway, Lost pulls about a 10. Eureka pulls between a 2 and 3. Both are considered wildly successful by their respective channels.
BSG isn't SciFi! It's a DRAMA! It just happens to be set in the future!
With spaceships. And robots.
Uh-huh. What's their definition of scifi?
Oh, wait, I know. It's "anything with spaceships and robots that I don't like".
