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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1300147" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, I wouldn't mind there being more miniseries, but I think that approach has a couple of problems.  And, I don't think it's a solution to the problem, it's more like a hack, a workaround.  Better to deal with the real central issue...The problem with this method is this - continuation.  If you ever want to see a story that goes for more than a single miniseries, you're pretty hosed.  A miniseries is nice, but it isn't what an actor would call steady work.  Anyone who does well on such a project will get lucrative offers to work on movies full series in other genres, thus leaving them unavailable to continue with a second miniseries.  This is good for stories longer than a movie, but not good for stories that need mulitple seasons to tell.And, as I mentioned, I don't think it solves the root problem, which isn't sci-fi specific.   Something less than half of all new series make it into their second season these days.  The problem isn't that sci-fi has trouble making shows that last.  The problem is that everyone has trouble making shows that last.</blockquote>