Keith, I get the feeling that CN made the mistake of looking at the "success" that Siffy's had with the ratings on their reality programming and opted to follow suit, without bothering to look at the complaints. Also, there might be the money factor at play. In this depressed economy, they may be looking for cheap programming.
"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 03:46:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? And now even Cartoon Network is doing "reality" shows! WTF? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 1:02:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? I thing they are preserving the audience they want. The people who like those silly reality shows and the most hideous night on television. They are making more of those, not less. Too bad they are not trying to expand their audience to include those they used to have -----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of angelababycat Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:59 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? Get out of my head, Keith! I was thinking of posting a very similar comentary re SyFy Channel's poor performance this summer. The BCA and even relatively obscure stations like Sluth, G4 and Chiller had more interesting programming lately. And what if some shows like ST Voyager cost more? Isn't it better in the long run if it preserves viewership? One of my clients just went through the rebranding process this summer, so I saw how expensive and time comsuming it is. Maybe all that effort should have been spent on programming instead. They will really need to come back strong this fall, as well as realize that people watch TV all year round. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> 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. > ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa hoo! Groups Links _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009
