Forgot that that was a "staple" as well. Think that they ran a block of it last month. I always thought of it as "right-wing SF", because the themes of God and Country always rang through. And a nit of trivia -- Jonathon LaPaglia, the lead, was an ER surgeon in London's East End just before he took the role. In one ep, he's seen doing surgeon's hand exercises.
"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: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:28:50 +0000 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? I'll do you one better: "Seven Days". During my long period of recent unemployment, I had a lot of occasion to watch SciFi, either at home while doing chores, or at my old gym, which had television screens on all the treadmills. And for a long, long time, "Seven Days" was being aired religiously. I think it was on at 3 or 4 pm EST, just before "Voyager" or "Enterprise". Now that is a scifi show I never got. The premise was crappy, I could never understand if the joystick-controlled timeship was supposed to be a joke or not, the casting was just bland, and the stories incredibly derivative. I can't remember one ep that was enjoyable, not even the scifi standard of going to an evil "mirror" universe. Hence, I don't think I watched more than three or four eps of the whole thing from beginning to end. But, like "The Sentinel", there it was, day after day, polluting the airwaves.... But even *that* is better than the ghost hunting show! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 9:04:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? Angela, my first indicator that something was rotten in the state of Denmark was "The Sentinel" or, as I liked to call it, The Manager's Choice". For a period of about three years, then-Skiffy altered its morning sched almost religiously, shows coming and going with dizzying speed, but "The Sentinel" never moved from its timeslot (M-F @ 10:00 am, Sat @ 1:00 pm). I figured that someone high up the food chain there must've loved that show something fierce (or Richard Burgi), because, at the time, no one I knew cared a whit for the show. The point of that ramble? Maybe they *are* their own core viewers. Martin (listening to Thin Lizzy's "Cold Sweat", which may have fueled that last) "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: asrobin...@mindspring.com Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:42:19 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Is SyFy Trying to Chase Away Viewers? After having no cable since 1992, missing shows like Farscape, Earthsea (gagg), etc., and running out of space for Stargate DVD's, I finally let them attach a dish to my 100-year-old house SOLELY because of the SciFi channel. I wonder if they really know who their core viewers are. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > 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...@... > 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...@...> > 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 <KeithBJohnson@> 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 > With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. Click here. _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1
