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Originally posted by iccledames:
I didn't know about these little narratives...what were they exactly? Sadly, I'm in the UK with only terrestrial TV so I never saw Firefly when it was being aired.

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Originally posted by iccledames:
I didn't know about these little narratives...what were they exactly? Sadly, I'm in the UK with only terrestrial TV so I never saw Firefly when it was being aired.

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Originally posted by ilizede:
Stargate, Atlantis, and Battlestar are SciFi's biggest shows and all air on Fridays.

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If you poeple worry about time slots of death then you don't have a DVR. I could care less when TV i watch comes on, I really don't even know when it does, cause it always comes on when I want it too :P.

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Originally posted by benchcoat:
It looks like their target demographic falls into several sub-groups: doesn't go out on Friday; goes out later; goes out early and catches the late reshowings; or owns a DVR/knows how to use a VCR.

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originally posted by Granite
Note to a few other earlier comments: Spike TV in US has purchased full syndication rights to ST:TNG and ST:DS9 (e.g. only they can show them) It was a big disappointment to the sci-fi channel who wanted them too. I doubt sci-fi could pick up firefly if it lost Star Trek to Spike TV. Note: NBC (which aired ST:TNG if I'm not mistaken) in owned by the same people who own sci-fi.

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...Note: NBC (which aired ST:TNG if I'm not mistaken) in owned by the same people who own sci-fi.

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Originally posted by zoid:

First "Firefly on SciFi", then maybe with enough money, "Firefly on NBC".
Respectfully,

zoid

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Like I said, a long-shot. V-U/NBC would not only have to buy out F*x' rights to Firefly, but also buy out Whedon's contract with 20th Century Fox Television.

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bah!--the stunning Serenity box office will make it an easy deal--they'll set up an in-house Joss production group, and years from now they'll still be riding high from switching one night of primetime a week to a night of all Joss and friends programming.

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Originally posted by embers:
this isn't an effort to bring back the TV show.

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It looks like their target demographic falls into several sub-groups: ... or owns a DVR/knows how to use a VCR.

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Originally posted by Granite:
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Originally posted by grrarrg:
the one Granite copied directly from the site looks like it must be a typo,

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Originally posted by shambleau:
I hate to be a wet blanket, but we're talking 7:00 on a Friday, folks. Part of what killed Firefly was being on at 8:00 on a Friday. This time slot is either only marginally better or maybe even worse. It's also ghettoized, since non-sci-fi fans don't watch.

And Sci-Fi doesn't get huge amounts of viewers in any case. We're talking UPN viewing numbers here, not ABC. I don't doubt that we'll add fans, don't get me wrong. I just think there won't be that many. Any increase helps, though, of course, and I'll eat crow happily if the show does get major Nielson ratings.

So, for me, it's a help, but won't fundamentally affect Serenity's chances of major success. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

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SCI FI Channel announced that it will air reruns of Fox's canceled SF series Firefly, including three episodes that never aired on Fox. SCI FI will air all 14 hours of the show, from creator Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), starting July 22, in the 7 p.m. ET/PT Friday timeslot. It will be followed by new episodes of Stargate SG-1 at 8, Stargate Atlantis at 9 and Battlestar Galactica at 10.

The channel will air the episodes in their intended order, beginning with Whedon's pilot. (Fox, by contrast, began with the show's third produced hour, "The Train Job," and aired the two-hour pilot at the end of the show's abortive first season.) SCI FI acquired exclusive rights to the show from 20th Century Television, which produced the show for the Fox Broadcasting Co.]quote\

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Originally posted by shambleau:
I hate to be a wet blanket, but we're talking 7:00 on a Friday, folks. Part of what killed Firefly was being on at 8:00 on a Friday. This time slot is either only marginally better or maybe even worse. It's also ghettoized, since non-sci-fi fans don't watch.

And Sci-Fi doesn't get huge amounts of viewers in any case. We're talking UPN viewing numbers here, not ABC. I don't doubt that we'll add fans, don't get me wrong. I just think there won't be that many. Any increase helps, though, of course, and I'll eat crow happily if the show does get major Nielson ratings.

So, for me, it's a help, but won't fundamentally affect Serenity's chances of major success. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

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Originally posted by Granite:

The channel will air the episodes in their intended order, beginning with Whedon's pilot. (Fox, by contrast, began with the show's third produced hour, "The Train Job," and aired the two-hour pilot at the end of the show's abortive first season.)

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Originally posted by BONNIET:
Oh sure, NOW they pick it up. They were offered FF way back when!

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Originally posted by Channain:
Actually, most of what killed Firefly was gorram fox's short-sighteness with regard to their commitment to their sports contracts and pitiful scheduling practices (someone said something about a monkey?). Same thing that killed "Space: Above and Beyond," among others that never got a chance to get a second breath. They don't earn the title "serial killer of quality programming" for nothing.

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In all actuality, the BDM shouldn't exist, and this cancelled series should be airing on Sci-Fi at 1:00AM on a Sunday. At least with it taking over Andromeda's time slot, there's some hope that sci-fi fans will get a chance to see what all the fuss is about.

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Non-sci-fi fans won't go anywhere near this series anyway. They so much as see the words "science" and "fiction" put together and they run off screaming some nonsense about the sky falling--rather the way some Christians do when they hear the word "Wicca."

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I'm more interested in grabbing the Star Wars audience - those poor souls whose culture is being hit by the fact that the film portion of their lives is pretty much done unless Lucas decides to be benevolent and license the rights over to somebody else. And the Star Trek audience, whose culture was heniously betrayed with format manipulation and sub-standard writing.

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This is also a chance for us to point some sci-fi minded friends in the direction of the series. Chances are, if you're like me, your hook-line-and-sinker copy of the DVDs is already loaned out someplace, half of your personal copy is out someplace else (I never let more than two discs out of my house at once), and you've got a couple other people asking, "would I like it?" when you rave on about it. Now, at least, you can let them know they can catch it on Fridays. Even if it means letting their digital recording system capture it for another opportunity, it's a start.

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So enough with the "Eyore" aspect, dong ma? As far as I'm concerned, that cup is still half full!

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FIREFLY (FOX) - Sci Fi Channel's off-network acquisition of the series, which was first reported back in May, reportedly is valued at $450,000 per episode. The news means that Sci Fi will pay about $6.75 million for the 15 produced hours of the series, three of which never aired on FOX. "Firefly's" run begins on the network on Friday, July 22 at 7:00/6:00c.

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Originally posted by Razel:
The other great thing is Scifi has had crap shows for the last five years Stargates ok battlestar sux basically i think Sci-fi will put alot of money into firefly even if the movie doesnt do good and will pay for the show to continue i mean this is the network that ran 4 seasons of LEXX

Basically firefly is safe with Sci-fi it has a home now.

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Originally posted by Forrestwolf:
Ok, so what ARE the odds of things like:
1) Sci-Fi 'specials' like interviews, behind-the-scenes bits, etc. - new ones? Reused ones from the DVD's? Sci-Fi loves this stuff - wouldn't they do it with Firefly?

2) A DIFFERENT voiceover? Which one will they use? The ones that come with the episodes (i.e., Book at first, then a switch to Mal in later eps)? Or, better yet, an all-new voiceover...how hard would that be to do? Not at all, I'd guess...

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Originally posted by RhymePhile:
News about the cost of rights from thefutoncritic.com:

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FIREFLY (FOX) - Sci Fi Channel's off-network acquisition of the series, which was first reported back in May, reportedly is valued at $450,000 per episode. The news means that Sci Fi will pay about $6.75 million for the 15 produced hours of the series, three of which never aired on FOX.

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Originally posted by Razel:
The other great thing is Scifi has had crap shows for the last five years Stargates ok battlestar sux basically i think Sci-fi will put alot of money into firefly even if the movie doesnt do good and will pay for the show to continue i mean this is the network that ran 4 seasons of LEXX

Basically firefly is safe with Sci-fi it has a home now.

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