Originally posted by Brother Freyr
View Post
Fascinating how differently Spielberg's two sci-fi series fared. Terra Nova & Falling Skies debuted the same year. Terra Nova had a huge budget and expensive special effects. It bombed and was canceled. Falling Skies was made on a comparitive shoestring but performed well (for a cable sci-fi programme). Now a fourth season is greenlighted.
Does anyone know how the first-season ratings actually compared? An expensive show on primetime network television requires many more viewers to survive than a less expensive show on "basic cable" like TNT, FX, or AMC. Falling Skies has been a ""success" -- and I like it far better than Terra Nova -- but did it actually pull in more viewers than Terra Nova? I wonder.
Does anyone know how the first-season ratings actually compared? An expensive show on primetime network television requires many more viewers to survive than a less expensive show on "basic cable" like TNT, FX, or AMC. Falling Skies has been a ""success" -- and I like it far better than Terra Nova -- but did it actually pull in more viewers than Terra Nova? I wonder.
Comment