Re: NBC Universal is dividing TV studio

Mac Breck wrote:

>If nobody speaks out against the kind of thing that The Sci-Fi Channel
>is currently providing, if nobody gives 'em criticism and feedback, if
>there are only *"yes men"*, what are the odds that the programming at
>the channel will *ever* improve?  Answer: no chance.

You sound about 5 minutes away from starting an On-Line Petition.

Are YOU giving then feedback and criticism, or are you only here,
being a rec.arts.sf.tv complainer?

>  To say that "Well,
>that's just the way it is. That's reality.", is to have given up on the
>channel, and any improvements in programming will strictly happen by
>happy accident and will likely turn to crap in short order.

Oddly, that is my view of the situation, no matter who is in
charge.  It's the nature of the medium.  The good stuff will
always be embedded in a lot of bad.  And even such producers as
Gene (Genesis II) Roddenberry, George (The Phantom Menace) Lucas,
and J. Michael (The Legend of the Rangers) Straczynski cannot
always be counted on.

Really, (and I'd throw this question open to anyone) when was the
zenith of the SciFi Channel?
When they showed Battlestar Galactica followed by Buck Rogers
every night of the week?
When they showed the complete episodes of Star Trek in a
90-minute slot?
When they got "Original Series" such as G vs E, Lexx, and The
Secret Adventures of Jules Verne?
When they first started producing their own shows, such as
Stargate and the Dune miniseries?
When?

-- 
-Jack