There's something I've been trying to figure out for some time now, the cause of what I call First Season Sci-fi Syndrome, which is basically that the general rule for sci-fi television series is that the first season will typically be garbage compared to later seasons.
Examples include but are not limited to: Star Trek Next Gen seasons 1 and 2, Star Trek DS9 season 1, Star Trek Voyager season 1-3, Star Trek Enterprise seasons 1 and 2, Stargate SG1 season 1, Stargate Atlantis season 1, Stargate Universe season 1, Fringe season 1, X-files season 1, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1, and the list goes on.
Really the only exceptions to this I can think of in the past twenty five years seems to be Babylon 5 (which was made with 5 seasons in mind), the rebooted Battlestar Galactica (which had 2 decent seasons before having two progressively worst seasons that got so bad it was cancelled) and Doctor Who (which was a series returning more so then a new one starting).
So where does this apparent slow start to sci-fi series come from?
Examples include but are not limited to: Star Trek Next Gen seasons 1 and 2, Star Trek DS9 season 1, Star Trek Voyager season 1-3, Star Trek Enterprise seasons 1 and 2, Stargate SG1 season 1, Stargate Atlantis season 1, Stargate Universe season 1, Fringe season 1, X-files season 1, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1, and the list goes on.
Really the only exceptions to this I can think of in the past twenty five years seems to be Babylon 5 (which was made with 5 seasons in mind), the rebooted Battlestar Galactica (which had 2 decent seasons before having two progressively worst seasons that got so bad it was cancelled) and Doctor Who (which was a series returning more so then a new one starting).
So where does this apparent slow start to sci-fi series come from?