I agree, but it is still sad that Skiffy sabotages its best stuff,
but remains committed to WWF, Reality SciFi and and that Pain in the
Ass Jane.
Tracey
Martin wrote:
>
> Tracey, people who were already fans of Butcher's series pretty much
> knew that they were screwed in advance by the scheduling. Which is a
> shame, because it was a lot better than I'd expected it to be, not
> nearly as clownish or clumsily done as normal first-season shows on
> Skiffy are. I'd really hate to lose it before it got going.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> wrote:
> What do they loosely call a "season"? There weren't that many shows,
> and it has been in reruns in weeks, so how can people be expected to
> find it and grow attached to it? Also, the original Sunday night
> airing time doesn't work for a lot of people. Lots of folks I know
> aren't looking for a supernatural detective show at 9 pm on Sunday nights.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>>
>
> > SciFi Channel Could Pull Plug On 'Dresden Files'
> > Network late in making decision
> >
> > By MICHAEL HINMAN
> > Source: SyFy Portal
> > Jun-20-2007
> >
> > The chronicles of Harry Dresden may last just a single season on SciFi
> > Channel.
> >
> > The network was supposed to decide last week whether or not to give
> "The
> > Dresden Files" a second season, and as time wears on, things are
> looking
> > a little bleak for the show.
> >
> > "SciFi mostly responds to their own internal marketing studies, several
> > of which they've already done on the show," executive producer Robert
> > Hewitt Wolfe told fans on author Jim Butcher's official Web site.
> "Their
> > research hasn't said what we've been hoping for, unfortunately."
> >
> > While other show's on SciFi Channel's lineup already have received
> green
> > lights or not, "Dresden Files" has remained in limbo while the network
> > decides whether its ratings -- some of them following "Battlestar
> > Galactica" on Sunday nights -- are enough to justify a second
> season. As
> > late as last month, however, Wolfe said he remained optimistic in
> either
> > a SciFi Channel renewal, or some sort of life for the series after
> > cancellation.
> >
> > "Right now I'm very much hoping SciFi renews the show," Wolfe said. "If
> > they chose not to, I suspect Lionsgate [the show's production company]
> > would at least look into other options, but that's really their thing,
> > not mine. Bottom line for me is that I love the show, and I think SciFi
> > is a great home."
> >
> > "The Dresden Files" premiered last January on the network and stars
> Paul
> > Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz and Terrence Mann. The series premiere earned
> > a 1.37 household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, giving it
> > 1.73 million viewers, considered by many analysts a "weak debut" for a
> > new series. At the time, however, it was doing just a bit less than
> > "Battlestar Galactica," which had 1.8 million viewers the same time and
> > a 1.39 household rating.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will
> get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man
> Without A Country"
>
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