SyFy puts Sanctuary on the chopping block.

[SG-17]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Looks like it's all about giving Urban Legends a push.

 

[Sindatur]

Seriously...?

Wasn't Sanctuary consistently in the top 3-5 shows every week in the first half of this season, and the top rated Scripted show (Typically Only behind Wrestling and Ghost Hunters?)

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

What they care about is the size and composition of their viewership, same as any other station.

 

[Shurik]

Isn't it the same way they killed SGU and Caprica?

 

[JD]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

Is that considered a bad time to be scheduled? I will admit that was rather surprised it was moved though. I thought it was doing really well on Fridays.

 

[BlobVanDam]

I hope this isn't bad for Sanctuary. One of only two shows on SyFy I even care about. It's almost like they want to kill off scifi.

 

[Sindatur]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

Is that considered a bad time to be scheduled? I will admit that was rather surprised it was moved though. I thought it was doing really well on Fridays.

That's what I recall, rarely beaten by anything but Wrestling and Ghost Hunters, first ahlf of the Season, and it's already been renewed for another (This actually, I believe, is it's first 20 episode season, S1 and S2 were only half seasons)

 

[Chevron Guy]

Eureka and Warehouse 13 will also be on Mondays when they return in July, so I think Syfy is just looking to solidify viewership on nights other than Friday (Haven will still be on that night).

 

[Technobuilder]

Sanctuary, Warehouse 13, & Eureka are the only shows I even care about on Sci-Fi Channel now that Stargate: Universe has been axed (just as it found it's story hooks too).

What's the deal with Haven? Did it ever become something interesting? I caught the first 4 episodes and thought it was the dullest of dull.

I remember a time when I used to watch the channel religiously, now I couldn't care less about it.

I'm hoping Alphas turns out of be interesting, but I don't have high hopes.

Also, I wish The 4400 had been allowed to finish up on Sci-Fi Channel. Still miss that show.

 

[JD]

I'm with you there when it comes to Alphas, from I've seen it has potential, but I haven't really seen enough to make a real decision. It's the kind of show that could be really cool, as long as it is done right.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Isn't it the same way they killed SGU and Caprica?

Those two were suicides.

...but I managed to watch more episodes of both of those than I've been able to tolerate from Sanctuary, which is godawful crap a notch or two below the most godawful crap that Stargate has ever spewed out.

I'm with you there when it comes to Alphas, from I've seen it has potential, but I haven't really seen enough to make a real decision. It's the kind of show that could be really cool, as long as it is done right.

I'll check it out for David Straitharn, but I read a rather worrysome article by the producer that suggested he doesn't really understand why the likes of Heroes post S1, The Cape and No Ordinary Family flopped - that it was because we didn't see enough of the superheroes' ordinary lives, and opposed to the real reason, which of course is that they sucked like a Hoover.

Why is it so hard for these TV bozos to understand that the audience doesn't like sucky shows? They are forever trying to come up with any other rationalization on Earth, to avoid admitting that their shows deserved to flop.

 

[Christopher]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

That's because that's what their audience cares more about. They aren't doing this arbitrarily. They're a business. Making and airing television shows costs money. They make that money by selling time to advertisers. Advertisers are more willing to spend money on shows that are popular with audiences. Therefore, if more people want to watch wrestling and reality shows than original SF dramas, then the network will have to focus more on wrestling and reality shows because those are the things that make enough money to let the network stay in business.

I get so sick of people blaming the networks for their programming decisions, ignoring the obvious realities of commercial television. If you want to blame someone, blame the audience. It's the tastes of the audience that dictate the success or failure of shows on commercial television. The network executives may prefer to make quality science fiction shows, but if the public won't watch it and the advertisers won't pay for it, then the execs have no choice. This isn't a charity, it's a business. Seriously, why is that so incredibly hard for people on the Internet to understand?

 

[cylkoth]

Eureka and Warehouse 13 will also be on Mondays when they return in July, so I think Syfy is just looking to solidify viewership on nights other than Friday (Haven will still be on that night).

Agreed. This summer they're launching a full 3 hours of scripted originals on Mondays-Alphas will follow EUR & W13 @ 10pm EST, and they need to perform better on Monday nights before the summer schedule begins. And since Sanctuary has already been renewed for a 4th season, moving the remainder of S3 to help shore up Monday won't affect it's future on the network (we hope!!). If it does poorly, s4 can always return to Friday in the fall.

 

[SG-17]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

That's because that's what their audience cares more about. They aren't doing this arbitrarily. They're a business. Making and airing television shows costs money. They make that money by selling time to advertisers. Advertisers are more willing to spend money on shows that are popular with audiences. Therefore, if more people want to watch wrestling and reality shows than original SF dramas, then the network will have to focus more on wrestling and reality shows because those are the things that make enough money to let the network stay in business.

I get so sick of people blaming the networks for their programming decisions, ignoring the obvious realities of commercial television. If you want to blame someone, blame the audience. It's the tastes of the audience that dictate the success or failure of shows on commercial television. The network executives may prefer to make quality science fiction shows, but if the public won't watch it and the advertisers won't pay for it, then the execs have no choice. This isn't a charity, it's a business. Seriously, why is that so incredibly hard for people on the Internet to understand?

No, I'll blame Syfy and I'll keep blaming Syfy.

 

[Butters]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/04/sanctuary-moving-to-mondays-next-week/

By moving it to Mondays at 10pm. What the frak is wrong with the execs at SyFy? Seriously do they not give a damn about science fiction at all anymore? It seems that all they care about are their reality shows and god damned wrestling.

That's because that's what their audience cares more about. They aren't doing this arbitrarily. They're a business. Making and airing television shows costs money. They make that money by selling time to advertisers. Advertisers are more willing to spend money on shows that are popular with audiences. Therefore, if more people want to watch wrestling and reality shows than original SF dramas, then the network will have to focus more on wrestling and reality shows because those are the things that make enough money to let the network stay in business.

I get so sick of people blaming the networks for their programming decisions, ignoring the obvious realities of commercial television. If you want to blame someone, blame the audience. It's the tastes of the audience that dictate the success or failure of shows on commercial television. The network executives may prefer to make quality science fiction shows, but if the public won't watch it and the advertisers won't pay for it, then the execs have no choice. This isn't a charity, it's a business. Seriously, why is that so incredibly hard for people on the Internet to understand?

I can see where you're coming from, but that really is bollocks. If you purchased SFX magazine expecting it to be full of sci fi news and features, but got home and found it full of football and celebrity gossip, you'd be a bit miffed. Yes, the channel has to make money from advertising revenue, but science fiction, despite being a niche market, is big enough to support those advertising revenues, were it's programming decisions not so poor as to drive that audience away. If the management are so inept that they can't programme for their own target audience they should quit the pretense and re-brand as 'reality, wrestling &other shit'

 

[Greg Cox]

Look, I get that the wrestling thing sticks in people's craw, but seriously, folks, it's only two hours a week. The way people keep griping about it, you'd think syfy was running wrestling 24/7.

Heck, Twilight Zone reruns get more air time on syfy than wrestling ever does.

Just to keep things in perspective . . ..

 

[SG-17]

Look, I get that the wrestling thing sticks in people's craw, but seriously, folks, it's only two hours a week. The way people keep griping about it, you'd think syfy was running wrestling 24/7.

Heck, Twilight Zone reruns get more air time on syfy than wrestling ever does.

Just to keep things in perspective . . ..

At 3 am, not during prime-time. Huge and important distinction.

 

[Tyson]

There's making profits and then there's dismantling your network and turning it into something different in the name of boundless greed. Fuck the idiotic viewers and fuck the execs that pander to them.

 

[Greg Cox]

Look, I get that the wrestling thing sticks in people's craw, but seriously, folks, it's only two hours a week. The way people keep griping about it, you'd think syfy was running wrestling 24/7.

Heck, Twilight Zone reruns get more air time on syfy than wrestling ever does.

Just to keep things in perspective . . ..

At 3 am, not during prime-time. Huge and important distinction.

Okay, NextGen or Enterprise reruns then. The point is, there's a lot of on-line hyperbole where the wrestling thing is concerned. "There's nothing on syfy but wrestling anymore!" Yada, yada.

Personally, I just wish that every thread about syfy didn't end up rehashing this same old tired complaint. (Nothing personal, btw. I'm just speaking in general.)

I mean, we get it. Wrestling isn't science fiction. I think we can all agree on that. But a few hours a week is hardly the end of science fiction as we know it . . . .

I just watch something else that night.