Firefly's Fate To Be Decided Next Week
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UPDATED: Friday, November 15, 2002 06:26
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I know how you feel.
I told myself the same thing. But I feel in love with the show after watching "Out of Gas."
Nixx
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Fox has a pretty bad track record when it comes to giving shows time to build an audience. I didn't think 'Lone Gunmen' was all that great, but they put it in the same timeslot as 'Firefly' and just let it die on the vine...
On the other hand, JW has a lot of cache and the critics seem to be looking at the show more favorably now.
Like everyone else on this board I just wish they'd put it on at a decent time. It sure makes it tough for those of us who would like to watch the show and have a life.
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Don't dwell on ratings or reveiws. Nielsen ratings be damned, they don't exactly show what we watch, only what a select few of us watch.
Yes but they determine how much money networks make (except premium cable like Showtime or HBO...) so Nielsen ratings rule all except for Network president fiat (the latter being the force that struck down The Chronicle). Like it or not but learn to live with it because that's the world we live in.
Nathan
"It looks like a great adventure...That's what it is; that's what it feels like. When I saw the pilot, it was really engaging. It was exciting. It was unusual. It threw me off every now and then. I think people will be grabbed by it." - Ron Glass, on the pilot, during an interview with the Indianapolis Star
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Fox has picked up Cedric the Entertainer. Does anyone know if this is good, bad, or indifferent for Firefly?
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It seems like the more shows they pick up, the worse the chances are for Firefly. I mean they have to get rid of some shows, they have a few midseason programs all ready to go. It's hard to be optimistic when there's so much going against it. I hope fox surprises me...
Warrick: You didn't have to wound that man.
Mal: Yeah, I know. It was just funny.
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It's been a hard show to predict what its fate will be. On one hand, it's still on the air. Fox has the habit on being quick to the gun with canceling its shows ("girls club" lasted two episodes, while "The Grubbs" never made it to air). At the same time, it picked up "John Doe" and "Fastlane," both low rated shows, for a full season. It's a sign that Fox is willing to be patient for shows that they believe in.
At the end, it would probably come down to money. The show is expensive to produce. Modest hits like "Witchblade" and "Farscape" were canceled because of these money issues. Truthfully, I wouldn't be surprised at whatever the show's fate will be, but if I had to guess, if they are willing to keep the show on for this long, it will probably be picked up.
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