In my time Ive seen a lot of science fiction shows. Thousands of ideas pop up in people's brains every year. Most of them never make it past that person's mind, but some do manage to make it to production and past the scrutinised pilot.
Only some become huge shows, with forums, followers, even sister-shows. This is because of the ravenous post-production chats.
Many shows are cancelled after the first season, and for good reason. They aren't raking in enough money because of poor ratings. It would be nice if these shows deserved it. Poor acting, plot-lines, characters or, in sci-fi, costumes and special effects would be admirable reasons. But in many cases this, quite frankly, isn't so.
Many of these shows go down the drain because of poor advertising, slots or a variety of other problems. The notorious Friday night slot is a prime example of this. Most shows placed here are abandonned by viewers and so, by networks.
These reasons, to be honest, seem unfair. These shows may have thrived if they had been given the proper chance, but they weren't, so they didn't.
I have made this thread to ask your views on the matter. And to ask you if you know of any examples. Do you know of any shows which you feel were good enough to be successful but were 'victimised'. Some of the more recent ones that spring to my mind are Odyssey (sp?) 5 and Dark Angel, both of which were IMHO excellent shows, but were cancelled prematurely. Also any shows which, at first, were exciting and wonderful but, after a couple of seasons, turned rather bland.
Only some become huge shows, with forums, followers, even sister-shows. This is because of the ravenous post-production chats.
Many shows are cancelled after the first season, and for good reason. They aren't raking in enough money because of poor ratings. It would be nice if these shows deserved it. Poor acting, plot-lines, characters or, in sci-fi, costumes and special effects would be admirable reasons. But in many cases this, quite frankly, isn't so.
Many of these shows go down the drain because of poor advertising, slots or a variety of other problems. The notorious Friday night slot is a prime example of this. Most shows placed here are abandonned by viewers and so, by networks.
These reasons, to be honest, seem unfair. These shows may have thrived if they had been given the proper chance, but they weren't, so they didn't.
I have made this thread to ask your views on the matter. And to ask you if you know of any examples. Do you know of any shows which you feel were good enough to be successful but were 'victimised'. Some of the more recent ones that spring to my mind are Odyssey (sp?) 5 and Dark Angel, both of which were IMHO excellent shows, but were cancelled prematurely. Also any shows which, at first, were exciting and wonderful but, after a couple of seasons, turned rather bland.
A "secret branch of the US government" transplanted his brain into the body of a much younger, much buffer superhuman-type gengineering marvel played by Eric Close. A lot of the show revolved around "Michael" trying to stay in his family's life without telling them exactly who he was... because if he did, he could get them ALL killed.
It had Peter Weller and Christopher Gorham, even John Neville was in the pilot! It pretty good premise upon which to build, although some of the FX were a little...um...Cronenberg-esque. 
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