Re: More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:07:22PM -0500, Steve Sloan II wrote: I would be very interested to know how much of those ratings came from Stargate (their last surviving serious SF show), how much came from Tremors (mediocre, occasionally cute, but not evil), and how much came from the truly evil Scare Tactics. Laugh it up, you could be next! You forgot to wink. (I think I will never get that out of my mind. The horrors I sit through just to watch Stargate!) sigh Well, let's just hope they don't screw up SG-SG1. Or Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for that matter. It's really sad that there's only two things worth watching even semi-regularly any more. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a good news/bad news kind of thing, good that the sci-fi channel has some great ratings, sad at what it was that gave them the great ratings (I am not including Stargate in that statement) SCI FI's Saturday Original Movies delivered a 1.3 average rating this quarter, outperforming non-original Saturday movies by 18 percent. This year, SCI FI became the largest producer of original movies in television, beating out all cable and broadcast networks, the channel announced. 2 things 1) The way TV ratings are gathered will not hit the SciFi demographic, so going by ratings is inapropriate. 2) Even given (1) it was Stargate which did it. I still believe that pulling Farscape was one of their biggest mistakes. Farscape was the best show on TV since Star Trek. The rumor is that they did not want to pay what the Henson co. was requesting. The change in managment that occured the year before droping Farscape is directly responsible. If you agree with these statments it wouldn't hurt to send letters to the channel. = _ Jan William Coffey _ __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....
This is a good news/bad news kind of thing, good that the sci-fi channel has some great ratings, sad at what it was that gave them the great ratings (I am not including Stargate in that statement) SCI FI Has Record Ratings he SCI FI Channel reported that it drew record ratings in the second quarter of the year, finishing in the top 10 of all non-news cable networks in key demographics. The ratings were the best second-quarter prime-time ratings in the channel's history, marking a record 14th consecutive month of year-over-year ratings growth and the longest current prime-time growth streak in television. SCI FI ranked in the top 10 among all non-news basic cable networks for ratings and deliveries this quarter for persons 25-54 (0.6 rating, sixth-place ranking, 572,000 viewers), males 25-54 (0.7, sixth place, 327,000), males 18-49 (0.6, seventh place, 310,000) and females 25-54 (0.5, 10th place, 244,000), the channel announced. SCI FI reported its best June ever, with a 1.0 prime-time average rating (787,000 households and 1.07 million viewers), an 11 percent increase over the same month a year ago. Second-quarter ratings average a 0.9 household rating (728,000 households and 994,000 viewers). The channel's SCI FI Fridays block of original programming made it the highest-rated network on all basic cable for the night among males 25-54. The block featured the seventh-season launch of Stargate SG-1 and new first-season episodes of Tremors: The Series and Scare Tactics. SCI FI's Saturday Original Movies delivered a 1.3 average rating this quarter, outperforming non-original Saturday movies by 18 percent. This year, SCI FI became the largest producer of original movies in television, beating out all cable and broadcast networks, the channel announced. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....
Gary Nunn wrote: The channel's SCI FI Fridays block of original programming made it the highest-rated network on all basic cable for the night among males 25-54. The block featured the seventh-season launch of Stargate SG-1 and new first-season episodes of Tremors: The Series and Scare Tactics. I would be very interested to know how much of those ratings came from Stargate (their last surviving serious SF show), how much came from Tremors (mediocre, occasionally cute, but not evil), and how much came from the truly evil Scare Tactics. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:07:22PM -0500, Steve Sloan II wrote: I would be very interested to know how much of those ratings came from Stargate (their last surviving serious SF show), how much came from Tremors (mediocre, occasionally cute, but not evil), and how much came from the truly evil Scare Tactics. Laugh it up, you could be next! (I think I will never get that out of my mind. The horrors I sit through just to watch Stargate!) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l