Rebroadcasting Firefly During Summer 2005
POSTED BY: Oxyopia
UPDATED: Sunday, December 12, 2004 13:06
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Um, if anyone was going to air it, I imagine that it would be NBC Universal's SCI FI Channel. It'd be great to see the show on regular television and I'd think that maybe FOX would allow it to air there, providing there were many advertisements for the DVD box set.
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VOICE OVER-(while showing scenes from the show)-This summer on friday nights at 9 it's Firefly,relive the adventures of the crew of Serenity leading up to there big screen adventure coming to theatres this fall(header-Sept. 30)Plus if you miss any episodes watch the Firefly marathon on September 24th and 25th hosted by the cast of the new Universal film--Serenity.This summer Serenity flies again only on Sci-fi.
pretty cunning dontcha think?
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I am liking the 'Firefly on SciFi' idea a lot. It's not new episodes, so F*x can relax their sphincters, sell DVD boxsets on commercial breaks, and license it as though it were a dead syndication property (i.e., Seinfeld or Friends). SciFi isn't making much money on ads anyway, and their primetime lineup consists of primarily Stargate SG1 episodes, run back to back for 6 hours a night. They could slip an ep-a-week of Firefly in without waking Stargate's regular viewership from its peaceful slumber on comfy couches...
Put it in a memo and send it over to SciFi's programming department. Good idea.
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Originally posted by FilmCritic3000:
Um, if anyone was going to air it, I imagine that it would be NBC Universal's SCI FI Channel. It'd be great to see the show on regular television and I'd think that maybe FOX would allow it to air there, providing there were many advertisements for the DVD box set.
Yes, commercials for the dvd sets, but don't forget, this is an oportunity to market the movie, and would be being done "in house" more or less:
"This sci- fi presentation is brought to you by the new Universal Pictures Movie: Serenity, opening sept 30th." then launch the TV spots.
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I think this is a great idea!!! I'm sorry I didnt think of it first! I would totally watch Firefly on tv....and I beta lot of other ppl would too, esp. with the crap that airs during the summer!
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I think Fox's own FX cable channel would be the most likely place it would be aired again in the U.S. They would still get the advertising revenue, and if it proved embarrassingly popular, they could still rationalize it only did well on cable, but still wasn't good enough for the network.
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I have long espoused Sci Fi (owned by 'Versal) running Firefly in order on their network in the months leading up to the premiere. To me it just makes sense. If Fox can be convinced to part w/ the rights to air them the benefits of such a plan would be a win for everyone.
As pointed out above, the DVD boxed set could be advertised during the commercial breaks, selling more of them which would make everyone involved happy.
'Versal could also use commercial time to push the BDM. This would have to be inexpensive for them as they own Sci Fi and allow them to spend their marketing dollars on other methods of advertising.
Summer is a great time for showing Firefly as most shows are on their summer break filling the time slots w/ reruns. Showing Firefly would give people something "new" to watch.
I for one would watch Firefly on TV, even though I own several DVD sets. The simple thrill of having our show back on the air in any capacity would be enough to draw Browncoats to watch it. What more could 'Versal & Sci Fi ask for than to have a show on the air that comes w/ an already existing fanbase?
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So, it seems like the consesus from the postings is that, if Firefly ever managed to get a summer showing, it would most likely be through the Sci-Fi Channel. FX was mentioned a time or two, but the arguments for a Universal/Sci-Fi sounded a bit more compelling.
Now, let me start by saying that I have nothing against using the Sci-Fi Channel. As so many of you have pointed out, a rebroadcasting of Firefly on any channel or medium could only create more revenue for those involved, as well as introduce many uninitiated to the show. My only concerns with using this as the outlet is the fact that it's a cable channel (meaning that it will only reach a restricted audience) and that Sci-Fi tends to draw upon an already narrow demographic.
The beauty of Firefly, as I see it, is that, though set in the distant future, the story, writing, and characters appeal to a much broader group than than does your more traditional science fiction. This fact was my main reason for wanting it to be shown on one of the big freely broadcasted channels. I think that a showing on Sci-Fi would severly limit the usefullness of the whole endeavor, since a vast majority of those who tune in to Sci-Fi have already heard of and/or seen the show already.
Don't get me wrong, I would be overjoyed if Firefly managed to get a summer showing at 1am on freaking Lifetime or C-SPAN...it would just be more ideal on say, NBC...Wednesday nights at 8. Either way, the likelihood of any of this happening is, as I have stated before, very very slim. I figure the worst we can do by talking about the possibility is rekindle the desire to pull out the DVD's and introduce another unenlightened friend to the fear of the Reavers, the excitement of Crazy-Ivans, and questionable wisdom of piloting a starship using an imaginary control yoke.
-Oxy
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Here's a quick bit of news I picked up on whedonesque.com...apparently hints have been dropped about Universal using Sci-Fi Channel as a potential outlet for a Firefly re-showing. It's all very speculative right now, but at least there is some hope. The link with the article is here:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/572/572183p1.html
-Oxy
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My appologies...I just found that this was already mentioned in the 'Possible Airing of Firefly Prior to Movie by Sci Fi Channel?' thread. Sorry for the repost.
-Oxy
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