Nancybe sends this from the newest issue of TV Guide:
Cheers - to another resurrection of the classic ghost opera Dark Shadows. WB reportedly is close to a deal with Shadows producer Dan Curtis for a new version of the 1960s soap. Welcome back, Barnabas.
The same issue of
TV Guide made reference to a made-for-TV movie version of
Farscape, the popular and critically acclaimed series once produced and aired by Sci-Fi. The snippet states that the show was "prematurely axed" by Sci-Fi, leaving loose ends dangling. I really didn't watch
Farscape, but the few episodes I caught showed that it was a very well done series and I can see why it received such praise from viewers and critics. So here was a show, immensely popular, a money-maker for Sci-Fi (I guess it was the most-viewed science fiction television show), and Sci-Fi, for whatever reason, unceremoniously tosses it aside. Fans stormed the castle to save it, but the powers-that-be at Sci-Fi would have none of it.
Farscape was history, and nothing would change their minds. Sounds familiar?
So what is up with the lame-brains who now control this network? It seems they don't care about quality or about the fans who make its viability on the cable system possible. They dissed the most successful show they had (
Farscape) for reasons known only to them; they dump a classic with a small but solid fan base (
Dark Shadows) because they think it's not appealing enough.
Feh.
The article about the
Farscape movie states that it will not be airing on Sci-Fi - it will be sold into syndication, so Sci-Fi does not get the chance to make any money off of a commoddity it once produced. Good. It has proven its lack of loyalty to shows which made its success possible; now let those shows (and their fans) take their loyalty elsewhere.
Gerard