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Skriven 2006-08-22 21:52:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7186.babylon5)
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It is alleged that Jo'Asia claimed:

> > I realize they have to make money, and their choices are mainly driven
> > by that.  But the problem is, the only new shows Sci Fi carries that I
> > actually like keep getting canceled.  First Farscape, now Stargate.
> 
> I did not follow this one very closely, but I have thought that Sci-Fi
> picked up "Farscape" *after* it has been cancelled somewhere else and mage
> the miniseries to give it some sort of ending? Or am I wrong?

Nope.  Farscape was always first-run on SciFi.  Bonnie Hammer killed it
"because space-based shows are too expensive", despite the fact that it
was their highest-rated show at the time.

The miniseries was done by the Henson company and Plan 9 +on their own+
to at least finish off the lose ends before they even secured an airing
from any network, anywhere.  It was only after that, that SciFi agreed
to air the concluding mini, "The Peacekeeper Wars".

> > Now that I am getting into BSG (via DVD) I suppose they'll cancel that
> > one, too.
> 
> There heve been talk that this year late start od BSG hurt SG-1 (as there
> are no more 3-series evenings), but I can't keep wondering if the BSG-only
> evenings that will come later will be a success, or the BSG will suffer
> from the separation, too.
> 
> If it would turn out so (I do hope I'm wrong), then Sci-Fi did manage
> (quoting Elli Quinn from Bujold's "Mirror Dance") to snach the defeat from
> the jaws of victory. :>

You can quote any Bostonian on that one...  I've been saying that about
the Red Sox far longer than I've been reading Bujold.
 
> Yes, it is. And I do hope for some conclusion. Nothing would make me mad
> more then just stopping in the middle of the Ori storyline... On the other
> hands solving the problem in two years would seem a bit /deus ex machina/
> (no pun intended), defeating the Goa'ulds took a whole 8 years and they
> are still running around in packs and herds. Well, there are other
> channels out there. One can still hope.

Presumably, if they are able to locate and use that weapon Jackson has
been going on (and on and on...) about, all they have to do is pull the
trigger and it's over.

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