Why does it air on Fridays?

[jelgate]

They're selling FF pretty much like Lost - mystery with a touch of sci-fi, but they're shying away from calling it straight-up sci-fi. And, like I said, that goes double for classic, space-based, aliens, laser sci-fi. I mean, what was the last such show on a network? Enterprise? The only ST show to get canceled since the original?

That was the whole point. Technically its scifi but they disguise as its not.

[Briangate78]

Don't you know that airing Science Fiction shows on a Friday night is a stereotype?

[reddevil18]

Yeah, Jel, I understood what you were saying. I'm just observing that the state of sci-fi and fantasy on TV is pretty pitiful.
HBO is gonna bring to fantasy the kind of recognition BSG brought to sci-fi, with A Game Of Thrones(well, I certainly hope they will), but the networks will keep on ignoring these genres. Oh, well, as long as there are niche networks that actually provide the niche content, and not just wrestling, all's well.