Greg Cox wrote:
I'm not sure where people got the idea that Syfy is quicker to cancel genre shows than anybody else. If anything, it seems to be the other way around . . . .
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Exactly. SF/fantasy shows generally die far more quickly on the big networks. Heck, already in the current season we've seen
Last Resort and
666 Park Avenue premiere and get cancelled within a few months,
Do No Harm die after two episodes, and
Zero Hour get pulled after three episodes, while
Cult is struggling and seems likely to be cancelled soon. It's been a pretty disastrous year for new genre shows on the networks, with the exception of
Arrow and maybe
Beauty and the Beast and
Revolution.
Perhaps the perception of Syfy as a show-killer comes, paradoxically, from the fact that they do keep their genre shows on longer than most networks, long enough to win more of a loyal audience that's upset when they do come to an end, whereas the legion of fast-dying SF/F shows on the broadcast networks don't hang around long enough, or aren't good enough, for the audience to care as much about their ending. I know I'm a lot more upset about losing
Alphas after two seasons than I was about losing
Terra Nova, Awake, Alcatraz, or
FlashForward after one.