A few weeks ago, Battlestar Galactica co-star Edward James Olmos ruffled some feathers at a convention, mentioning that the series would end in 2008, after it's fourth season on The Sci Fi Channel.
Well, both the cable network and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick claimed no such decision had been made about the fate of the highly lauded, very expensive series the channel makes. Execs at the network have loved the show and have loved the press, who've praised the re-booting of the 1970's classic series since it began.
But, as the wind blows, ratings for the heavily serialized show have not improved with that said priase, even dropping further in season three. The show, however, retains a number 1 spot on the demographic scale of importance: the 18-34, which explains why the series did not end after season 3.
But now, both Moore and Eick have announced that indeed, the show will end after four years. The sad part is, much like Farscape before, when one of its original, character based shows, becomes a hit, the cable net cancels the show -though the pair reiterated in their press release, that it was their decision to close the series, hinting at the struggle just to get the renewal for its fourth season.
This odd problem of axing better shows to make room for crap like The Dresdin Files and to some extent, Eureka, is making me not care about the network anymore. Plus, since adding wrestling to its line-up, its obvious they care little about the product and more about the cash.
And instead of buying defunct shows from the defunct UPN, like Special Unit 2 (which I could've gone another decade or two without it ever being broadcast agian), it could've poured the cash into BG.
But, alas, money that these rerun generates goes to NBC/Universal so we can more seasons of Law & Order.
As of right now, there is nothing on Sci Fi that I care to watch. Once BG ends, I could be done with this disappointment of cable channel.
Well, both the cable network and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick claimed no such decision had been made about the fate of the highly lauded, very expensive series the channel makes. Execs at the network have loved the show and have loved the press, who've praised the re-booting of the 1970's classic series since it began.
But, as the wind blows, ratings for the heavily serialized show have not improved with that said priase, even dropping further in season three. The show, however, retains a number 1 spot on the demographic scale of importance: the 18-34, which explains why the series did not end after season 3.
But now, both Moore and Eick have announced that indeed, the show will end after four years. The sad part is, much like Farscape before, when one of its original, character based shows, becomes a hit, the cable net cancels the show -though the pair reiterated in their press release, that it was their decision to close the series, hinting at the struggle just to get the renewal for its fourth season.
This odd problem of axing better shows to make room for crap like The Dresdin Files and to some extent, Eureka, is making me not care about the network anymore. Plus, since adding wrestling to its line-up, its obvious they care little about the product and more about the cash.
And instead of buying defunct shows from the defunct UPN, like Special Unit 2 (which I could've gone another decade or two without it ever being broadcast agian), it could've poured the cash into BG.
But, alas, money that these rerun generates goes to NBC/Universal so we can more seasons of Law & Order.
As of right now, there is nothing on Sci Fi that I care to watch. Once BG ends, I could be done with this disappointment of cable channel.
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