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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1301954" data-attributes="member: 115">I've said it before, and I've said it again... if SFC used their cheap stuff wisely, money would not be a problem. It's highly debatable if money is why Farscape, Firefly, and Crusade were cancelled, but for the sake of arguement, we'll assume it was the primary factor.  We'll also assume that TNT, Fox, and SFC would all make the the same decisions. Take the shows in syndication that were hits - B5 being the prime example.  Put them on prior to your evening line-up, not at nine in the morning (or whatever ludicrously early time B5 is on).  Use the properties you have rights to to make some money - don't waste them crappy times. Use the money garnered from older successful properties and the cheaper shows, and use that to drive the development of new shows and the funding of the more expensive ones, such as Farscape, Firefly, Crusade, and the like.  If they're failures, cancel them.  If not, keep them on, pour some money on advertising (SFC's biggest problem).  Grab a night, make it solid.  Then work outward. Like I said though, money doesn't seem to have been the cause of any of the big three shows (in my mind) - Firefly, Farscape, and Crusade - to be cancelled.  Farscape was initially renewed for a fifth season, so money didn't seem to be an issue - otherwise they wouldn't have planned for it.  Crusade was nixed by TNT before it even aired, in large part I think due to JMS fighting with TNT.  Firefly was shown out of order, and Fox didn't seem to have much faith in or dedication to the show anyway, since it was cancelled pretty quickly.  Besides which, IIRC Fox isn't doing too hot these days, so they're probably under pressure. Aside from that, especially for SFC but true for most sci-fi shows, the biggest problem with the failure of sci-fi shows nowadays isn't because they're too expensive, it's because they aren't being advertised consistently.  Farscape had almost no advertising for it's third and fourth seasons, and I don't recall seeing any for Firefly.  And the networks wonder why ratings are going down? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

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