Re: [OT] Farscape

[greg <frog@intertek.net>]

I thought $45 was much too much for what I was getting out of the TV so I
cancelled everything except the $10 package. No sci-fi no anything they can
keep it!

Steven Pritchard wrote:

> For those of you who haven't heard, Sci-Fi has decided not to renew
> Farscape for its promised 5th season.  Their lame-ass excuse goes like
> this:
>
>     There are no bigger fans of Farscape than we here at Sci Fi
>     Channel," the network said in a press release. "It was one of Sci
>     Fi's first original series and quickly became a critical and fan
>     favorite. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to reach a broader
>     audience, Farscape has been unable to grow beyond its core fan-base.
>     That, coupled with the extreme and growing cost of production, has
>     led to the difficult decision to end the series at the conclusion of
>     season four.
>
> Read the rest here:
>
>     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-09/09/13.00.sfc
>
> Of course, all this comes right after Sci-Fi's best ratings ever...
>
>     http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-sfc.html?2002-08/28/10.30.sfc
>
> The whole thing sounds rather bogus to me.
>
> Anyway, there are a million web sites with the rest of the story.
> Here's a good place to start:
>
>     http://www.farscapeweekly.com/cancelled.htm
>
> And be sure to sign the petition if you care about the show:
>
>     http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SAVE_FARSCAPE/
>
> At last count, they were up to something like 14k signatures.
>
> Various cast members and such have been making unscheduled appearances
> on irc.scifi.com #farscape.  If you are a fan of the show, you might
> want to check it out.
>
> If you aren't familiar with Farscape, it is an award-winning show
> produced by The Jim Henson Company (yes, as in "The Muppets", although
> the Creature Shop has come a long way since The Dark Crystal, but I
> digress...) that generally airs on Fridays on the Sci-Fi Channel.  It
> has consistently been one of the top-rated shows on that network (if
> not *the* top-rated show).  As it says on Sci-Fi's own web site, TV
> Guide called it "the best science-fiction series on TV."
>
> See the official web site and Sci-Fi's site if you want to know more.
>
>     http://www.farscape.com/
>     http://www.scifi.com/farscape/
>
> Steve
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