Re: Sci-Fi orders "Caprica" pilot, sets renewals

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <13u37qlt7tlr4d3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> In article <13u2acdgu88i380@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>  "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>> On Mar 18, 8:44 pm, cloud dreamer <S...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> David wrote:
>>>>>>> from broadcasting and cable
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sci Fi Channel Green-Lights Battlestar Galactica Prequel,
>>>>>>> Caprica NBC Universal-Owned Cable Channel Also Teams Up with
>>>>>>> Rosario Dawson, Tracy Morgan on New Shows; Rolls Out Major
>>>>>>> Digital Initiative
>>>>>>> By Anne Becker
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We must change the way we live,
>>>>>>     or the climate will do it for us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    www.ipcc.ch/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes to what? Shows that may be good only to get cancelled
>>>>> prematurely?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Dresden Files are dead, long live The Dresden Files.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed, although they're not nearly as bad as FOX in that regard,
>>>> and the following sounds like an extremely trashy daytime soap
>>>> with a sci-fi veneer.  :-P
>>>>
>>>>>>> Caprica is set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica and
>>>>>>> will follow two rival families and the backstabbing and passion
>>>>>>> involved as they evolve in the world of the 12 Colonies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wish The Dresden Files could have been closer to the books.
>>>
>>> Then you'd miss the show even more.
>>
>> You mean after Sci-Fi would have cancelled it anyway?  I'm saying
>> that if it'd been closer to the books, it might have gotten *better*
>> ratings and Sci-Fi might *NOT* have cancelled it.
>
> Nah.  It would have been better, and Sci-Fi would have hated it more.

They very well may have hated it more, but they would not ignore good
ratings.  They'd hate themselves for it, and we'd probably have paid a
price in more wrestling and other crap on the channel, but they'd have
renewed The Dresden Files.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"The Dresden Files" (2007)
Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.