Sci Fi Channel Could Pull Plug on Dresden Files
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.
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