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In next week's podcast discussion of the cancellation I make the point that, with two hours of WWE and a successful Sanctuary now occupying Friday nights for the foreseeable future, Syfy didn't have any viable place to move SGU back to (at least not that would have been any better than the competitive Tuesday time slot).
Diana Botsford made the very insightful observation that they could have tried SGU on Wednesdays, when scripted dramatic fare is more sparse on the networks, and moved the reality shows currently on Wednesdays over to Tuesdays -- when there is nothing else really like them on the networks. That sounds like smart counter-programming.
At the end of the day, I have to think that SGU and Caprica were the sacrificial lambs in Syfy's attempt to break into a new night of the week (in the fall season).
I never liked the tuesday night for either show, largely because i watch both NCIS' and the Good Wife, along with recording Detroit 187...and in the spring watch Deadliest Catch....basically there's plenty of competition and I never found either show compelling enough to not watch the network show (especially when, in the central time zone, i get it twice, so can tape it after 10pm)
Wednesday night, on the other hand, has only one show I watch.
If they had changed it to Wednesday I would have to choose either Mythbusters, Man vs. Wild (when Mythbusters is on break) or SGU, so it would be a good day since there isn't much competition.
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