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Firefly on SciFi numbers?

POSTED BY: ErinBC
UPDATED: Monday, October 24, 2005 17:59
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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:06 PM

Anybody have any idea how well Firefly is doing in reruns on SciFi? I read somewhere that BSG pulls in 4 million or so viewers and is considered a great big success (since cable numbers are always smaller than network numbers I guess you don't have to pull in an audience the size of Lost's to be a run away hit). Is Firefly getting good numbers, too (for a cable network anyway)?

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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:15 PM

The latest news I heard is that BSG may not be renewed for a third season, in spite of its relative success. How many people have to watch these things in order to secure their continuation??

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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Saffy:
The latest news I heard is that BSG may not be renewed for a third season, in spite of its relative success. How many people have to watch these things in order to secure their continuation??




Where did you hear that? Got a link?

I was under the impression that BSG was doing really well.

As to Firefly #s on Sci Fi I have not heard anything about how they are doing.

Anyone?

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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Saffy:
The latest news I heard is that BSG may not be renewed for a third season, in spite of its relative success. How many people have to watch these things in order to secure their continuation??



there is no hope for good tv/movies, if BSG cannot stay on the air, what can? I don't really like it but it pulls a large audience. What do network execs do besides make mistakes.

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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:36 PM

lots of money?

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Monday, October 24, 2005 3:52 PM

Okay so I have NO clue if this is a reputable website, but it says that in Sept. 2005, SciFi renewed BSG for a third season: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/7518.html
Anybody ever figure out how we could find Firefly's numbers?

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Monday, October 24, 2005 4:22 PM

In the news section of scifi's website it states that for the week of 10/3-10/9 Firefly was the #8 show on SciFi channel. Battlestar Galactica was #10. Looks like real good performance for reruns that are not in that good of a timeslot. Also how many people that own the DVDs actually watch the SciFi broadcast?

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Monday, October 24, 2005 4:26 PM

They were advertising that BSG would be back in January for Season 3.

Granted, it wouldn't be the first time that a network said a show was coming back and then changed their mind, but I've seen nothing to suggest that it's not a guarantee that BSG is back.

GatorMarc

Eat 'em up, chomp, chomp.

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Monday, October 24, 2005 4:30 PM

Strangley enough, I do. I have racks of DVD's, but still find myself watching the same movies on TV.

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Monday, October 24, 2005 4:43 PM

Back when it was announced, BSG season two was a 20 episode order. It has been broken up into blocks of ten with a mid-season cliffhanger. I know the advertising suggests season three is on the way in January, but the upcoming eps are part of the same season two order we've been watching.

mattro

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