Worst overnight ever!

POSTED BY: YeAhItSme
UPDATED: Monday, December 9, 2002 04:35
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KOBAYASHI

Sunday, December 8, 2002 6:16 AM

You know, I wouldn't have even know that Firefly was going to be ON this week if it weren't for this site (and AICN)...

... just last week the news was EVERYWHERE that Firefly was going on hiatus. SO, the fact that it hadn't been on for two weeks anyhow translated to me (and in my mind - EVERYBODY ELSE) that the show was indeed already on hiatus.

I had no idea that it was going to be shown this week until I read it here on Thursday! What does Fox EXPECT the ratings to do?

Man, that is so aggraviating! I love this show and Fox has absolutley run it into the ground. Nothing but bad press all the way.

I feel so bad for Joss...

XORYN

Sunday, December 8, 2002 9:47 PM

I just had a thought, I wonder if another reason that the ratings were down on Friday (besides the two week hiatus and no adverts) was the fact that Steven Spielberg's mega-billion dollar mini-series, Taken, is on everynight for two weeks for like 2 hours a night. Unfortunately it could be biting into the tiny pool of Sci-fi viewers that are Nielsen families. Personally I watched one episode and was bored stiff, but who knows?

Xoryn

GAHERIS

Sunday, December 8, 2002 11:18 PM

I'd just like to say, I heard from a rather confidential source that Firefly IS going to a new timeslot. I can't verify the veracity of the statement but I believe it to be true.
-Gaheris

TWIRLIP

Monday, December 9, 2002 2:21 AM

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Originally posted by Xoryn:
Steven Spielberg's mega-billion dollar mini-series, Taken, is on everynight for two weeks for like 2 hours a night.

Two hours? Heck, I think SciFi is showing each installment three times a night (at 8:00, 10:00, and 12:00) in prime time, and once or twice the subsequent day. I have a very busy TiVo, and it's managed to find a time slot to record each of the five episodes of "Taken" broadcast thus far.

For two weeks, SciFi has become the "all 'Taken,' all the time" network.

At least "Taken" is watchable. It's not perfect, but I've found it to be pretty entertaining. I never cared for "The X-Files" because it never seemed very clear where the whole alien storyline was going, but "Taken" seems to have been able to keep the story fairly transparent while still keeping its secrets. And the epic scale-- we've gone from World War II to the Reagan administration in five installments-- is something I don't think I've seen before in science fiction TV.

Now, if SciFi can keep "Children of Dune" from being the same sort of boring claptrap that their "Dune" mini was a year ago, they'll be doing well.

SERGEANTX

Monday, December 9, 2002 2:46 AM

As much as I'd like to see fresh new episodes it would really make a lot of sense to start over on a new night, show the orignal pilot and all the episodes in the correct order. I just hope there's not a lot of pressure to change the show to attract more viewers. Quality art creates its own audience. Pandering to the masses just wastes real talent.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

LIVINGIMPAIRED

Monday, December 9, 2002 2:52 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SergeantX:
As much as I'd like to see fresh new episodes it would really make a lot of sense to start over on a new night, show the orignal pilot and all the episodes in the correct order. I just hope there's not a lot of pressure to change the show to attract more viewers. Quality art creates its own audience. Pandering to the masses just wastes real talent.

I don't think Whedon will allow the network to ass-rape his vision. Firefly is his baby, and I get the impression he'll do most anything to preserve its intregrity.

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STEVE580

Monday, December 9, 2002 4:35 AM

I don't get HBO either, but if Firfly was on a premium channel, atleast it would be on. I could buy the DVD set at the end of the season.

Yeah, and I also thing it would be good for Fox to start over at a new timeslot by showwing the pilot. It'd be eiser for me to get m friends into it. By the way, I've gotten two new firefly fans this week...that's something, atleast. It wasn't hard - I just showed them the pilot and told them what time it comes on.

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