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.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
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?
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.
askye - Aug 14, 2006 3:42:16 pm PDT #748 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Kevin - Aug 14, 2006 3:43:10 pm PDT #749 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Somebody was telling me the other day they couldn't watch Battlestar because it was too unrealistic, so they stuck to Firefly.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 3:48:24 pm PDT #750 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I get a little lost when the metric is audience. American Idol is not better than Lost. Lost is better than Eureka. Eureka is better than American Idol.
Okay, I am getting dizzy.
Food and rent trump cable.
There is a statement to make here about live theater (in which the Golden One works), TV, and the financial ramifications of diminishing audiences, but I am too dizzy to make it.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2006 3:49:36 pm PDT #751 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I get a little lost when the metric is audience.
Unfortunately, that is the metric for staying on the air.
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 4:00:07 pm PDT #752 of 10001
Oh, wait, I know. It's "anything with spaceships and robots that I don't like".
No, no. It's anything with spaceships & robots that they DO like.
And really, it wasn't even that. The plot of a given episode of Galactia is not usually based on some skiffy idea. The show's premise is, but the episodes usually aren't. So it's not SF, because they aren't reversing the polarity or encountering temporal anomalies or whatever.
I'll see if I can dig up what I'm thinking of, just to make sure I'm not mischaracterizing the crazy.
aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 4:04:53 pm PDT #753 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
There is a statement to make here about live theater, TV, and the financial ramifications of diminishing audiences
Something like that. Or... it's just the price I pay for not having a real job.
Gus - Aug 14, 2006 4:06:44 pm PDT #754 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Unfortunately, that is the metric for staying on the air.
Is it? Define "air". 200 hundred eps is hard to beat. Other than soaps or talk-shows, has any other genre hit that metirc?