Firefly DVD sales in NY Times article

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RDANEEL

Monday, May 8, 2006 1:29 PM

Page C7 of today's New York Times (sorry, can't find this on-line, just in hard copy) has listing of most popular "season sets" of TV series for 2006, through April 23. Firefly is 5th. The complete top 10 list is:
1. Grey's Anatomy, Season 1
2. Family Guy, volume 3
3. South Park, Season 7
4. Chappelle's Show, Season 2
5. Firefly, complete series
6. 24, Season 1
7. 24, Season 4
8. Lost, Season 1
9. The Simpsons, Season 7
10. The Office, Season 1

The list has a brief note to it saying the DVD market share of television titles is growing relative to titles released in theatres. The share of DVD sales that is TV shows is now 14.6%. This share increased 5% from 2003 to 2005.

GLUEMAN

Monday, May 8, 2006 2:15 PM

5. Firefly, complete series

It's great to see firefly still in the top 10 as far as sales.
Hope TV exec's are paying attention.
Really would like to see the series continue sometime in the near future.

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NIANI

Monday, May 8, 2006 3:25 PM

Beating the Simpsons? Beating Lost??

These are huge tv shows with snotloads of publicity! If our shiny li'l firefly can top that, just from devotion from fans, and not from any over-hyped promotion or anything, then surely that means that they should bring it back.

I'm sorry, but to out sell something like the Simpsons is a pretty big deal, and frankly, they're a few engines short of a ship if they don't pick it up again.

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SOFI

Monday, May 8, 2006 3:54 PM

that is ultra shiny! lost is so awesomely big and the simpsons!! its just amazing! i mean there has been no publicity for this at all! =D bring back firefly!

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SCOTTB

Monday, May 8, 2006 4:17 PM

I was out shopping over the weekend (Circuit City, Best Buy, Walmart, Target) and out of curiousity looked for the FF DVDs. Not one sotre had them in stock and when I asked a couple of them they said they couldn't keep them on the shelves. It made me smile.

CHARMUSE

Monday, May 8, 2006 4:22 PM

I give everyone Firefly for their birthday, wedding, anniversary, whatever...just doin' my part. LOL!

HMB

KEYOKE

Monday, May 8, 2006 5:07 PM

I showed the pilot at one of our monthly film night, about six of my friends bought the box set the day after.

Round here in england, sales arn't doing too well, but im glad to hear that the US is selling out so fast. Surely SOMEONE has to take note?

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TEINEN

Monday, May 8, 2006 6:01 PM

Hmmm...whats the one thing that makes Firefly look so out of place? Its the only show not on the air right now, and all of the rest are current hits still on TV. Come on now. More than Lost....wow.

BLUEMOONSTUFF

Monday, May 8, 2006 6:03 PM

Most of the other shows are in syndication so episodes are still seen without having to pony up any coin. Someone in their right mind should be takin' note though and toss FF out for syndication also. I know sci-fi runs it now and then but the non-cable folks would eat this up as a late night re-run.

I guess you would only get two weeks of shows though. Any one remember ABC back in the 70's would switch off each week between Columbo, McCloud, McMillan & Wife and there was one other I forget......

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RMMC

Monday, May 8, 2006 9:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bluemoonstuff:

I guess you would only get two weeks of shows though. Any one remember ABC back in the 70's would switch off each week between Columbo, McCloud, McMillan & Wife and there was one other I forget......

NBC. Hec Ramsey.

I used to watch those, too. And the Wednesday Mystery Movies.

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