New sci fi, not.
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if it was true than Stargate would have been continuing by now.
Sci-fi is hard to keep fresh and original, they remade Battlestar Galactica(and it's worse in my opinion) the Star Trek series has dried up it seems, along with Stargate, and the new Star Wars movies were nothing in comparison to the originals. I'm sure Doctor Who will be nearing its end soon too.
I'm sure there will be some new series' soon enough, there's still two Stargate movies on the way. I guess the problem is popularity and that other things make more money or are cheaper to produce, reality TV being the main thing, closely followed by soaps and documentaries.
I'm sure there will be some new series' soon enough, there's still two Stargate movies on the way. I guess the problem is popularity and that other things make more money or are cheaper to produce, reality TV being the main thing, closely followed by soaps and documentaries.
More series and spin-offs planned, IIRC.
I think it's the problem of them sissies not wanting to take any risk, so they take what was successful in the past, remake it with 3D garbage and suck out everything that can be sucked out.
These days they even canceled the shuttles because someone might die. Well, hello! It's space exploration, new frontiers, of course people will die. But no, too big sissies.
Same with TV industry.
These days they even canceled the shuttles because someone might die. Well, hello! It's space exploration, new frontiers, of course people will die. But no, too big sissies.
Same with TV industry.
Series 4 yes, but he only has two? regenerations left. I think it will continue on and off for a few years but then it's a bit stuck really, can see another long spell without it due to the final regeneration.
I don't count the spin-offs as they're seperate and not really the same show, and not really as good as the doctor either.I'll admit I'm also quite demanding given the crap thats replacing relatively good TV these days.
Fraggle Rocker
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Game shows and reality shows are dirt cheap to produce. They don't need writers or elaborate sets. No prima-donna stars, just contestants who beg and plead to work for free, and maybe or maybe not a band, which is pretty cheap these days. The prize money is peanuts compared to the cost of producing a real show, which can be more than a million dollars an hour. No rehearsals. It's a network CFO's dream.
Stargate was probably not as expensive as Star Trek or Bab 5 because computer video technology had matured. And except for McGyver, they hired all unknown actors who probably worked for reasonable wages. Browder and Black are known to us from Farscape, but they're hardly stars in the real world. Still, Stargate was on basic cable and couldn't possibly have had more than two million viewers, which is nothing. Advertisers do not pay "oodles of cash" for a show with only two million viewers.
Jon Stewart makes a pretty fair income on basic cable, but it's because he's on every night, about 48 weeks out of the year. He works his tail off. That's 240 episodes compared to 20-25 for most "weekly" shows. The cost to produce one nightly episode of the Daily Show is pretty low. A lot of times they don't even re-do flubbed lines, just like soap operas.
Most people are not like us, sci fi is not all that popular. The Star Trek franchise was a veritable phenomenon, and it struggled along on network TV with a typical audience of three to five million, barely enough to keep itself on the air.
Heroes is a great attempt at keeping scifi genre series alive...but Fraggle is right, insipid shows are probably cheaper to produce and cause mass adrenaline rushes that keep people coming back for more. Take "Deal or No Deal"; uninspired and hardly creative name, no intelligence required for the game, unknown host, some babes for eye candy (the horny male demographic lol). I can hardly believe the show made it to the screen...
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Well the women I know can't stand that sci fi crap including me.....so there is a large audience cut right there. I can't stand the game shows and "reality" shows either....Reality my ass!!! I still can't beleive ppl watch that Survivor..how many have they had now.
I could go without TV but......Close your eyes now!!!! I love my 2 soaps!
I could go without TV but......Close your eyes now!!!! I love my 2 soaps!
LOL Soaps were the precursor to reality shows!!
lol i said......don't read that part!
Reality shows will eventually lead to ......?
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