Pretty soon, all 500 cable channels will be exactly the same.
Network 23?
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Cashmere - Aug 24, 2006 6:02:43 am PDT #748 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Dana - Aug 24, 2006 6:08:00 am PDT #749 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
OLN covers the Tour de France. I also saw darts on there a couple of nights ago. I didn't even know it was legal to show a dart competition anywhere outside of Great Britain.
I became fascinated with darts when I was in London for two weeks in January 2004 and 2005. It took me three days alone to figure out the scoring.
sumi - Aug 24, 2006 6:08:40 am PDT #750 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, that article says that it's moving away from "nerd tv". . . does this mean no more BSG? Doctor Who? Eureka?
What about the Dresden Files -- I want to see that!
Cashmere - Aug 24, 2006 6:14:14 am PDT #751 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm praying it's a joke. There can't be more money in wrestling than in geeks. There just can't be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 24, 2006 6:17:22 am PDT #752 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Wrestling settled down to roughly Eureka/ last seasons's BSG/SG-1/SGA-level ratings, didn't it? Seems to me there are still more nerds watching the channel than beer-swilling wrestling fans. Which the execs should keep in mind, however uncomfortable they are with the network's image.
§ ita § - Aug 24, 2006 6:27:44 am PDT #753 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
roughly Eureka/ last seasons's BSG/SG-1/SGA-level ratings
How big is this span? My memory's telling me BSG was 1.71, for some reason, but I'm not sure if that was the season average or what. From the cancellation news, I'm assuming that SG1 was notably lower.
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2006 6:30:45 am PDT #754 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
From the cancellation news, I'm assuming that SG1 was notably lower.
It's something of an apples/oranges comparison, though. SciFi might tolerate lower ratings for BG because it earns money from DVD sales, which it doesn't for SG1.
§ ita § - Aug 24, 2006 6:32:14 am PDT #755 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, I meant that something in the cancellation news implied SG1 was lower. And lower than SGA. But I can't recall what.
God, my head is made of cotton candy today.
Strega - Aug 24, 2006 6:41:40 am PDT #756 of 10001
The press release doesn't exist at that site anymore. I vote prank.
Galactica averaged 2.0 last season. The lowest rated episodes went down to 1.7. Maybe that's why the number sticks in your mind.
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2006 6:58:08 am PDT #757 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I got my weekly Netflix envelope in the mail yesterday, and I opened it up expecting Disc 1 of the new Doctor Who, when I was surprised to find "Rememberance of the Daleks," the Sylvester McCoy 25th-anniversary-season ep that had tons of callbacks to the original show's first episode, "The Unearthly Child." I had forgotten that that was on the top of my queue, but enjoyed watching it again (it's the only original-series ep I still have on tape, but I wanted to watch the extras).
A really excellent episode, and much darker than I remembered, especially with the racism theme running throughout the plot, both for the Daleks (race war between two variants of the same species; to quote Ace, "They're not pure in their blobbiness. Result: they hate each others' chromosomes.") and for Ace's hunk-du-episode, Mike the Racist Army Guy. Also, since it was a Dalek ep, lots of explosions and deaths on both sides (the commentary with McCoy and Sophie Aldred had a running tally of the number of times their lead stuntie gets killed in spectacular ways).
Scariest/creepiest bit was the way the Daleks used a little girl to control their minions.