Farscape, Sci Fi, Vivendi, the Future, etc...

[Nightfall]

Scifi channel,

The only things I watch there are the old sci-fi standby shows, SG-1 repeats and SG-1. Everything else is pretty much crap. Well except X-Files...but I prefer to watch them elsewhere.


God am I the only one that misses Witchblade?

 

[Fast Learner]

I'm also firmly convinced she has no clue what she's doing, because it's just poor management cancelling a show that's consistantly getting you high ratings, and in their top five shows most weeks.

Production costs are a huge part of it. Scare Tactics, for example, might have a lower rating but costs them a small fraction of what it costs to buy Farscape, resulting in higher overall profits. (Yes, I know, it might be shortsighted if it kills interest in the channel, but it's very rare for corporations to do much long-term thinking.)

If you had a choice between buying Jaguars for $25,000 and selling 1.2 of them a day for $30,000 each or buying Hondas for $10,000 and selling 1.0 of them a day for $20,000 each, you're making a lot more money selling Hondas. It's the same reason reality shows are so rampant: simple economics.