I dunno. It seems like they order so much of a series and then air it to get a feel for things, then they order a bit more if things go well. Their schedule with BSG has always been odd. SG1 and Atlantis have become more erratic .. at least that is the way it seems. Many fans of Farscape blame its early demise on Sci-Fi's shifting of the show's timeslot all over the place, in and out of primetime and to different nights.
Oh, and McKay makes Atlantis .. one of the best spin-off characters ever ;) > Well - at least they haven't cancelled it. > > A smart, character-driven sci-fi show? Usually that's a red flag - it's > gotta go! > > Truthfully tho' I doubt it's really their fault. Right now it's really > the > only show they have that's getting any ratings/critical acclaim. It seems > unlikely that they'd force a year break. > > They refused to order more episodes of "Stargate: SG1" as well - although > the production company is continuing that with at least two direct-to-dvd > movies. "Stargate: Atalantis" (which ended up being pretty damn good for > a > spin-off) is still on (I presume because it's cheaper). > > Of course none of these shows are "theirs" - they just order episodes or > partner with a respectable production company. Everything they fund > outright has ends up as complete sludge. > > Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233965 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
