Last time I looked, Keith, they did. This goes back to my personal complaint about their at-best haphazard programming schedules. They've got more than enough programming in their vaults to air shows without having to resort to all-day airings of one show.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:51:40 +0000 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? Yeah, I was everywhere else but SyFy this past weekend: TCM, AMC (though I hate commercials during their movies), FX, Cartoon Network, Boomerang (Samurai Jack), NToons, and BBC. Too bad SyFy isn't keeping us around. Do they even still own Farscape? What about The Invisible Man? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 1:34:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? BBC America is the home of true sci-fi on TV. There. I said it. 2009 was the test, and BBC passed. Evidence? While you were flipping out over "Destination Truth" and "Ghost HUnters", BBC was playingthe first episode of Torchwood. Which is all I really needed. SyFy didn't just jump the shark, they did a reality series on shark jumping. I haven't seen the books, but I've resigned myself to the fact that this network is some money laundering joint for NBC. The ratings for "Green Mutatnt Jello Bikini Beach Attack with Alien Wolves" are really good, and so advertisers keep coming back. This network will not be changing anytime soon. You may wanna just get used to YouTube and hulu like the rest of us. There's a marketing suit at SyFY that's on twitter, and I really feel bad for the guy. When you look at his followers it's all people who are genuinely interested in science fiction. And he's getting GREAT FEEDBACK. Really thoughtful stuff. But nothing's happening. Now, on another film blog I was recently awarded the "most foolishly optimistic" award, and so to ainitain my title supremacy, I submit this: the last time TV was this bad...we got MST3K. So something's coming. Not sure what, but something's coming. Maybe another Elvira. Something. There are too many bad TV shows now for someone not to make a real living off of this. On Sep 7, 2009, at 10:18 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: So we had a long holiday weekend, and, going into it, I prepared myself for another weekend of marathons. You know: Twilight Zone all day Saturday, "Enterprise" or TNG on Monday. Maybe some "Eureka" or BSG thrown in for good measure. But know what we got instead? All day Sunday, the "reality" show "Destination Truth", and all day Labor Day, "Ghost Hunters". WTF??? Look, SyFy has a huge backlog of scifi series, successful and canceled, that they can show. There's "The Dresden Files", "Special Unit 7". there's even that creepy show with Matthew Fox that took place in a weird hospital. What about old eps of "First Wave"? I'd take that over searches for urban legends and local myths. Hell, they can pull out Space: Above and Beyond if they want. I'd watch it over those idiot Ghostbuster wannabes. Fortunately I wasn't home very much, so didn't have to depend on the telly for entertainment. But when I was home? I watched marathons of "Ben 10: Alien Force", "Wolverine and the X-Men", and science fact shows "The Universe" and "Planet Earth" instead. Sad that I'm more excited to watch cartoons more than a supposed science fiction channel all weekend. _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery
