Are Firefly Ratings Good Enough For UPN?
POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Saturday, December 14, 2002 16:05
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Originally posted by GatorMarc:
Then what are they putting in Angel's old slot if they are moving Angel to Wednesday nights?
They're replacing it with another TRP (the same guys who brought us "Smallville," "Bird of Prey") series titled "Black Sash" starring Russell Wong of "Vanishing Son" fame.
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Russell Wong stars as Tom Ballard, an ex-cop who has been unjustly imprisoned for seven years and has lost his career, his wife and the right to see his daughter. Forced to turn to bounty hunting to fund the costly legal battle for his daughter, Ballard finds a new family in the young men and women he trains in the Chinese martial art of Ba Gua. He relies on the spiritual guidance of his longtime mentor to balance the two demanding sides of his double life.
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I have a strange feeling that UPN won't want to pick up another show about a space ship and its crew... especially one that effortlessly exposes the obvious flaws of its own 'similar' property (Enterprise).
Firefly would easily upstage Enterprise, UPN's flagship show.
But who knows? I can't predict these things anymore. I honestly (naively?) thought Fox would let Firefly grow on its network like an X-Files or something. They sure showed me.
mattro
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When "Roswell" was cancelled by the WB, the only place left for it to go was UPN. So after a large letter-writing campaign by the fans, UPN decided to pick up the show, because they noticed how devoted the fans were. I think we should definitely try this technique with "Firefly" and see where it takes us.
If UPN does pick it up, I can see "MAD TV" and "SNL" calling UPN "The Space Network," but really "Enterprise" and "Firefly" are such different shows that I don't think they'd say "Well, we already have a space show." If "Angel" wasn't moving to Wed. @ 9, I'd say put "Firefly" there and move "The Twilight Zone" to Tuesdays.
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Joss has one other advantage at UPN. Buffy! The show is ending this season (almost confirmed) and UPN are chomping at the bit that they will make them a Spinoff. Hmmmm.
Blackmail is such an ugly word (but appropriate at this time)
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Originally posted by Kaylee:
Joss has one other advantage at UPN. Buffy! The show is ending this season (almost confirmed) and UPN are chomping at the bit that they will make them a Spinoff.
Actually, it's looking more and more likely that there will be another season of BtVS. Pretty much it's up to SMG, who hasn't made up her mind yet, and probably won't till may.
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They are offereing her an awful lot of money... maybe she'll agree to another season or two...
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Dawn: So, what do we do?
Buffy: Easy. We burn the house to the ground, collect the insurance. Plus, fire? Pretty.
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Actually I have an idea. UPN should pick up the three episodes FOX probably won't air and order 3-4 more. Then UPN could air those 6-7 episodes while Buffy is in repeats during march and the first part of April. Just a thought. off to write Firefly column for ENTERLINE
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Sadly, Whedon's track record is more than questionable. He's primarily a writer on trashy movies, who has three TV series, none of which have ever broken out of niche and genre audiences.
He's brilliant, and his shows are great for secondary networks like UPN or WB. But the fact of the matter is, in strict economics, his track record just isn't that amazing.
UPN might take Firefly... but, when last I checked, the ratings were falling on Buffy, and Firefly doesn't have nearly the same built in audience...
I still say its best bet is a premium channel like HBO. Yeah, a lot fewer people will get it (Myself included), but it'll come out with reasonable speed on DVD, and it's at least a home for the show. And HBO is a damn good place for a show to generate a lot of critical buzz, which Firefly is more than capable of.
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Originally posted by Snowspinner:
I still say its best bet is a premium channel like HBO. Yeah, a lot fewer people will get it (Myself included), but it'll come out with reasonable speed on DVD, and it's at least a home for the show. And HBO is a damn good place for a show to generate a lot of critical buzz, which Firefly is more than capable of.
Hmmm, Wow, Think about an uncensored Firefly?
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Originally posted by Snowspinner:
UPN might take Firefly... but, when last I checked, the ratings were falling on Buffy, and Firefly doesn't have nearly the same built in audience...
Actualy what Firefly had regulary during the 2-3weeks the rating were at 2.9 it was only 100 000 viewer behind Buffy....I'm sure that the show has the potential to do at least as great as Smackdown was doing in the begining with time and advertisement
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