TV Series

POSTED BY: Companion
UPDATED: Friday, January 16, 2004 05:15
VIEWED: 4427
PAGE 1 of 2

1 2 NEXT PAGE

COMPANION

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:39 PM

Any chatter at all about bringing back the TV series? It had great characters, great dialogue, great stories, and great writing!

CAITLYN

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:53 PM

It also was too expensive to produce, which is why other networks that could have bought it from Fox all passed.

Besides, since when are TV networks interested in quality programming?

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:12 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Caitlyn:
It also was too expensive to produce, which is why other networks that could have bought it from Fox all passed.

Besides, since when are TV networks interested in quality programming?

Where does that info come from? What I understood was that other networks turned it down due to the ratings it had when Fox cancelled the show.

Don't worry Companion, from the looks of things & the way the DVD is selling, Universal is looking at a script for a movie Joss Whedon is proposing. Many of us here believe that a successful movie, coupled w/ the strong DVD sales could lead to the series being picked up by a network. Universal owns Sci Fi Channel, so it is possible they may pick it up if all goes well, and it is profitable.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

GWYNETHH

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:15 PM

Oh yes SciFi. The Farscape killers

Are you asking me to dance?

CAITLYN

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:32 PM

To Browncoat1: To answer your question, my roommate, who turned me on to Firefly, read a while back that that cost was even more of a consideration than the poor ratings.

Considering what Fox did to the show, airing it out of order and all, how could it not have poor ratings? I mean, when I first saw it I felt like I had been dropped in the middle and they weren't explaining things. Of course, that was because "Serenity" hadn't been aired.

SEGURANT

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:51 PM

Yeah FOX sucked for that. I am envious to those who never watched Firefly until they got the DVD. They got the see the story as it was meant to be shown.

Segurant

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here. "

CAITLYN

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Segurant:
Yeah FOX sucked for that. I am envious to those who never watched Firefly until they got the DVD. They got the see the story as it was meant to be shown. "

I honestly gave up on it while Keith kept watching. He kept trying to get me to watch and I did catch a couple towards the end including "Serenity". We both cursed Fox that night. We knew right then and there that if they had shown it in order we would have loved the series from the start.

I really wonder what the ratings could have been.

I still think a TV serial is the best format for a space western.

"I don't care 'cause I'm still free."

ANJIN

Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:22 PM

I have to admit that the only reason I read this thread is because of the disturbingly vague subject line.

---
Raven's Prayer
http://webpages.charter.net/anjinm

KURUKAMI

Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:01 AM

Actually, from what I'd heard the costs weren't that high. I seem to recall reading somewhere that the true production cost per episode was around $800,000 per episode, and that the Fox distribution costs (I have no idea what that category entails) were around $1,200,000 per episode.

Compared to the $6,000,000+ that was spent on pretty much every one of the later "Friends" episodes, I'd say that's quite affordable.

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

DRBORIS

Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:30 AM

But then Friends (much as I hate it) had the rateings to support the cost. The networks, as has been said many times, are most interested in the money.

Mabey (I hope so) Firefly will be good money yet if some network can pick it up and treat it right instead of abuseing it like Fox did...

"If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed." - Mal

1 2 NEXT PAGE