...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.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 3:14:05 pm PDT #738 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2006 3:17:24 pm PDT #739 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 3:17:28 pm PDT #740 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Hmm. Is there anyone in this thread who receives TV over the airwaves? Not the sateliite airwaves ... the local airwaves.
I do.
aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 3:25:11 pm PDT #741 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think Gus may be in shock. Quick, someone toss some cold water on him.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 3:26:03 pm PDT #742 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
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.
aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 3:29:18 pm PDT #743 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Okay. That is just weird.
Food and rent trump cable. It just is.
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 3:30:01 pm PDT #744 of 10001
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.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2006 3:33:31 pm PDT #745 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
Zenkitty - Aug 14, 2006 3:34:00 pm PDT #746 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
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".
Jessica - Aug 14, 2006 3:35:04 pm PDT #747 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
but the people I'm thinking of did not like Galactica because it wasn't "really" SF
Okay, now my head hurts. There's just too much wrongness there to deal with.