It's SO great to hear this if it's true. In fact, I can't believe the absolute dearth of science fiction on network television. Consider the fact that sci-fi/fantsy is the movie industry's number one money-making genre, it makes no sense to me there isn't more.
Take a look at the top 10:
10) Passion of the Christ: fantasy ![]()
9) Spider Man 2: fantasy (comic)
Lord of the Rings: fantasy
7) Star Wars: Episode III: sci-fi
6) Spider Man: fantasy
5) Star Wars: Episode 1: sci-fi
4) ET: sci-fi
3) Shrek 2: animation
2) Star Wars: sci-fi
1) Titanic: a boat sinks (let's be real, folks - it was the special effects extravaganza that allowed women to drag their boyfriends/husbands to this thing a dozen times).
Anyhow, clearly it's a money maker. Why it is the only thing we see on TV is a hundred 50 variations of CSI is beyond me. Where' my CSI Alpha Centauri? Huh?
-Kevin S.
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I found this article from SyFyPortal.com.
http://www.syfyportal.com/wip/news.php?id=2435
I like Blake Callaway's quote: "If someone isn't already a fan, then we are confident that sampling this episode on iTunes will bring them to SciFi for more."
Keep in mind that the SciFi Channel is owned by NBC Universal - think Lazy Sunday and other recent 'viral' web downloads.
In another article at http://www.syfyportal.com/wip/news.php?id=2437,
"NBC has already tried to rebroadcast specific episodes, including an abbreviated version of the pilot, of the show to expectedly low-ratings results. Of course, those were expected because the episodes already aired. But given the mainstream critical acclaim of the series, as well as its tremendous popularity in iTunes downloads (as well as continued illegal downloads), there is some chatter that NBC Universal -- which owns both SciFi Channel and NBC -- could be considering moving the series to NBC."
As the BOL crew would say, "Good on you, NBC." ...for a change.

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