You're right, i guess it's about the money. And that, boys and girls, is why the TV model we've had since the '50s is going to die a slow death. I'm old-fashioned enough to *like* watching movies and TV series at set times. DVR's, VCRs, and Hulu aside, i find it comforting to know that Stargate or a movie-of-the-week is on at a set time. But moves like this make me go elsewhere. If SyFy is so full of crap they can't give us good programming, then yeah, I'm gonna go the DVD/On Demand/Internet route. In time, I'll wonder why i'm paying for cable that doesn't fulfill my needs. That makes me sad, but what are you gonna do?
----- Original Message ----- From: "marian_changling" <md_moor...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 3:33:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Tennant Doctor Who Marathon starting at Midnight If you put it that way, I understand why. they probably don't have to pay much for The Twilight Zone and Mork&Mindy. They existed before the Actors Union made certain that actors got a piece of the rerun money. Ghost Hunters is a pseudo-reality show, isn't it? It's cheap. I don't have comcast. I have to see if Cox Communications includes an ondemand channel for BBC America. they did not the last time that I looked. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > Wait. Wait. Wait a minute. > > > > You're telling me the much-hated Ghost Hunters pulls higher ratings than Dr. > Who??? You're saying the Saturday night SyFy Original dreck with the horrible > CGI and laughable plots hold more viewers than a good Dr. Who ep? That the > Mork and Mindy all day marathon they recently ran is more popular than Chris > Eccleston or David Tennant's efforts? That two day airings of the original > Twilight Zone (which I still enjoy) is more profitable than practically new > eps of the Doctor? I sat for two days and OD'd on the Doctor Who stuff. I was > remined again how only the Brits can mix near camp, silliness, and real drama > and make it work. I thoroughly enjoyed the marathon. SyFy ran a DW marathon > last year, bu thave they abandoned the series? > > > > I don't know what to say... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" tdli...@... > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 1:44:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: David Tennant Doctor Who Marathon starting at > Midnight > >  > > > > > Iread that SyFy will not be showing it because the ratings were not high > enough > > -----Original Message----- > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ] On > Behalf Of marian_changling > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:31 AM > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Tennant Doctor Who Marathon starting at > Midnight > > I was really upset to see that I missed this until I noticed that it was on > BBC America--which I don't have anyway. > > Do the skiffy channel decide to pick up Doctor Who again? It's still on > their web page, but with no dates. I watched some on the web, but I would > prefer to watch the last two Tennant episodes on a larger screen. > > (Marian) > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Kelwyn" ravenadal@ wrote: > > > > http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/vortex/?q=node/1154 > > > > BBC America to Marathon 10th Doctor Episodes on New Year's Day and Day > > > > Ring in the new year with the Doctor! BBC America will be marathoning > Doctor Who episodes starring David Tennant as the Doctor starting at > midnight, New Year's Day through January 2nd with the conclusion of David > Tennant's last special, The End of Time, Part 2. > > > > It all starts at the stroke of midnight, January 1, 2010 with The > Christmas Invasion, David Tennant's first full story as the Doctor after > regenerating from the 9th Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston (from > Christmas 2005). Each hour after that brings a new episode. 1am - New Earth, > 2am - Tooth and Claw, etc. > > > > It leads up to the re-broadcast of The End of Time, Part 1 on January 2nd > at 6:45pm followed by a half-hour "Doctor Who: The David Tennant Special" > leading to The End of Time, Part 2 at 8:30pm. > > > > The latter two are repeated again at 11pm and 2am the next day. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa > hoo! Groups Links >
