Is Sci-Fi Channel losing it's way?
POSTED BY: bad2verse
UPDATED: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:51
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To be fair, Doctor Who did have a 26 year run to start off with. And what about MST3K which had 11 seasons?
I have no problem with sci-fi doing low budget movies/shows - they just have to get the creative forces behind them to make it worthwhile. Honestly, who read the synopsis for Mammoth and thought "This is worthwhile television"?
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Have to admit I like the Sci Fi channels ultra low budget movies 
You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!
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I love the idea of a sci fi channel--just they dont show much do they--wrassling--paid programming--
it probably costs $$.
-but I would rerun shows like FIREFLY Blakes 7 etc
as well as original shows and movies
heck even REALITY shows like the recent William Shatner saved the world--update on Shuttle missions
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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Any re-run that I haven't seen before (and there are plenty of them) counts as new product in my book.
If Sci-Fi would put together a stable block or two of programming that ran older series end to end:
"Star Trek Wednesdays" showing Enterprise, Sci-Fi Original, Kirk, Sci-Fi Original, NextGen, Something else, DS9, Whatever, Voyager, Yet Another Show. Each in its proper order...
It could be done over, and over. Just leave that block alone for a few years, changing out the filler between ST programs. There are plenty of Sci-Fi series that it could be done to. Sure there is more to the week than any given day, but if the interspersed shows actually catch, so much the better!
As we become more and more a TiVo world, the DayOfBroadcast isn't as critical as it once was, but fans expect some consistency.
Change is good for your brain, helps keep you sharp. But that isn't why we watch TV. We want to suspend our disbelief for a little while and not have to work excessively hard to find the shows we enjoy. Make me think during the show, reward me for paying attention, but don't make figuring out where the show is this week part of it.
That's just me though. YMMV
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Aww hell; I'm a big fan of all seven.
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Originally posted by SimonWho:
To be fair, Doctor Who did have a 26 year run to start off with. And what about MST3K which had 11 seasons?
Yeah, but most of which DIDN'T include Joel. To me, Joel made the show, and anything that came afterwards was 2nd rate.
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" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I truly do wish SciFi Channel execs would remove their heads from their rectums and realize the potential they have.
One of the main problems I have with the SciFi Channel--aside from crappy programming--is that they'll rerun a crappy movie or show into the ground! If it sucks, you can count on it being replayed over and over and over and over and...you get the idea.
SciFi acquiring the rights to the shows mentioned in a previous response only means that those shows will be run into the fracking ground and that we'll get to see them so much we'll memorize every word of dialogue.
If SciFi execs really read letters and emails, perhaps a direction to sites like ours would give them some direction. For crying out loud, there's a worse than crappy movie on right now about mutated leeches 
. Please gimme a break. I'm tired of my 
intelligence being insulted, guys!! 
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Originally posted by Terri:
I understand that as a cable channel they're working with limited resources, but the way they do business is just shoddy.
Like you've said, limited resources isn't an excuse.
I always like to point to USA Network. This summer, they ran four great shows, two of which have been on for at least five years. Each of these shows have developed a large draw, and have had great storylines. I think this is proof that you can develop quality television on cable. The problem is, Sci-Fi doesn't believe in giving shows a chance, which is exactly what USA has done.
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:Quote:
Originally posted by Terri:
I understand that as a cable channel they're working with limited resources, but the way they do business is just shoddy.
Like you've said, limited resources isn't an excuse.
No, limited resources isn't an excuse or a reason I accept. I look at all the other cable networks and channels that are doing well for proof of that. Science Fiction has a HUGE following in the 'verse, not just the US, but all over the frackin' WORLD...so I can't accept limited resources as an axiom.
What's needed here are executives in charge of programming who are in touch with what their audience wants to see. It doesn't take a whole lot to have a few underlings monitoring sites like ours to see what people like, what they enjoy, what they WANT.
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Originally posted by Patience:
What's needed here are executives in charge of programming who are in touch with what their audience wants to see. It doesn't take a whole lot to have a few underlings monitoring sites like ours to see what people like, what they enjoy, what they WANT.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately I think their executives do look at what people want. For the past several weeks the ECW shows have had the highest ratings of any of their shows, followed by Eureka. I don't like that news anymore than any of the rest of you, but it seems to be a fact that the majority of tv and movie watchers actually LIKE crap. Just look at two new movies out this week, Beerfest and How to Eat Fried Worms. CRAP and CRAP, and I can confidently say that having only seen the promos. And as long as people continue to go to these kind of movies, and watch crap on tv, the same kinds of crap will continue to be produced.
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The Sci-Fi channel is a joke. I hope they never get FF. It needs to be on a premium channel, like HBO, that has the resources to produce it as was. Anything less, I hope never happens. It would cheapen this show. Just hoping someone out there has seen the results of the DVD sales of BDM and FF and has the foresight to do something wonderful.
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