Firefly
Stargate Universe
And the V remake
Other then that some odd ones
Odyssey 5
Prey (old show)
Both only got 1 season, both were shaping up to be something special (IMHO)
Seriously do people GIVE TV shows a chance now a days?
When we're all drowning in crappy 'reality' TV that costs 50 bucks a pop....it's our fault
Still this goes with another debate about RPGs etc - everything is being dumbed down - everything is aimed at the lowest common denominator.
It seems a program can't be 'profitable' it has to be stellar and a ratings winner....and of course sci fi does NOT appeal to the mass market - particularly not good sci fi
...oh and the other problem, people are getting jaded of being burnt out on shows, dangle something in front of us for a while, we start getting invested in the characters and the world - then you pull it for my Big Fat Romania Wedding or Super Smack Down or whatever toot you feel will in 0.5%....so why bother starting a show, enough people think that...it fails..
Take Stargate Universe, they ANNOUNCE the cancellation, then decided not to finish it as it's viewing figures dropped. I know 2 people that didn't even bother to start the show based on that, and of course these things then don't get ported to main stream (non cable I suppose in the USA) channels as everyone knows it has no ending so, no one is interested....
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