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Possible Mishandling Grounded Firefly On FOX

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Monday, December 16, 2002 11:28 AM

NEWSADMIN


According to an article published on ZAP2IT.COM, Firefly's cancellation on FOX may have been a casualty of mishandling by FOX.

Here is an excerpt from the article where Tim Minear discusses the matter:

Quote:

“From what I gathered from the fan response -- and as you know, I’m pretty well connected to the Internet response -- the love for the show among what we would consider our core audience was large and was getting larger.”

“So there’s some frustration that we feel like the show really wasn’t allowed to be found. There were a lot of scheduling issues and inconsistency in airing, and some lack of promotion, I would say. It’s a business, and if something doesn’t come out of the gate strong, it’s an uphill battle from there.”



To read the full article, you can go here:

http://tv.zap2it.com/sciencefiction/otherworlds.html?29341

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Monday, December 16, 2002 11:37 AM

BOBKNAPTOR


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In addition to the official site for " Firefly" at www.fox.com/firefly there's the unofficial " FireflyFans" at www.fireflyfans.net"



Haken, they mention you and this site! :) congrats.

______________
...back to writing my letters to UPN and WB.

EDIT:
Grrrr... I just read this from E! online:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,10975,00.html?tnews

This just pisses me off... it seems obvious to me that whoever wrote this article has never seen the show, calling it a "dud" because the ratings were low. The entire thing is written as if the show sucked and everyone hated it. If the bastards at Fox had promoted the show a bit more, if they had actually showed the pilot, if they had not yanked it for baseball and adam sandler movies... maybe it would have stood a chance.

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Monday, December 16, 2002 11:56 AM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.


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Originally posted by bobknaptor:
Haken, they mention you and this site! :) congrats.



Actually, been that way for a while whenever they have an article about Firefly. Real cool of them to do that.

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Monday, December 16, 2002 1:36 PM

KLINGONMIKE


I think it sucks that they are going to cancel the show.I have watched every episode so far and have grown to really like it.I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!

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Monday, December 16, 2002 2:42 PM

HOTARUANNE


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Originally posted by Klingonmike:
I think it sucks that they are going to cancel the show.I have watched every episode so far and have grown to really like it.I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!



i agree! there are so many shows that make no sense and then shows that actually have potential are cancelled

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Just another Firefly fan

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Monday, December 16, 2002 3:07 PM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.


Quote:

Originally posted by Klingonmike:
I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!



Oh, and get this, even something as crappy as "The Bachelor" gets a spin-off in "Bachelorette," coming in January. Apparently, a previously dumped wannabe from "The Bachelor" will have her pick of sad stud muffins.

Seriously, I wanna know who watchces this stuff and whether they know the damage they're doing to quality television.

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Monday, December 16, 2002 3:32 PM

HOTFORKAYLEE


Quote:

Originally posted by Haken:
Quote:

Originally posted by Klingonmike:
I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!



Oh, and get this, even something as crappy as "The Bachelor" gets a spin-off in "Bachelorette," coming in January. Apparently, a previously dumped wannabe from "The Bachelor" will have her pick of sad stud muffins.

Seriously, I wanna know who watchces this stuff and whether they know the damage they're doing to quality television.




Well it's definetly not me. Honestly, I can't believe what gets ratings in this country. It kinda scares me and having dealt with people for many years we do seem have a shortage of people who can even communicate worth a damn. I try not to classify people as dumb or smart, but god it gets hard at times.


We have to get this show picked up somehow, someway. I wanna keep talking about this show for some time. I postcarded, tried to make a difference.




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"I'd rather do something, and make a mistake than be frightened and be doing nothing. That's the problem back home. Folks have been conned to thinking they can't change the world, have to accept what is. I'll tell you something my friends. The world is changing every day, the only question is who's doing it."


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Wednesday, December 25, 2002 6:29 PM

UNLIKELYCONVERT


Some would say Sci Fi is unpopular, but what i want to know is how we can have Mutant X comes back to pollute the airwaves season after season and Firefly gets cancelled! Are moronic shows popular with TV execs?

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Wednesday, December 25, 2002 7:30 PM

ATOMICBLONDE


a funny story on the ratings thing
I used to manage a night warehouse in michigan.
We worked 6-7 days a week 12 hours a day at least from 7pm to 7 am...
Neilsen ratings guy aproached one of my employees and asked him if he would be so kind as to use the neilsen box so they could track his tv watching.
He told them "look guys im never home i work all the time nightshift"
They didnt even care... They just said are you internested or not sir....
Its crap liek that that gets my favorite shows cancelled...
I'm still very upset about this...
I cant remember when i enjoyed a show as much as firefly...
I have written everyone i could think of to change this...
What a jip...
I hate Fox!!! I dont think im going to watch anythingt they put out ever again... I'm not even goign to watch 24... Wonder if everyone did that if they would appreciate how it feels to lose soemthign so valuable as decent programming...

Oh and that new broke bachelor show??? Gimme a break... Lets watch everyoen make a totaly idiot fool of themselves on tv yea great
soemoen is going to shoot themselves and maybe get sued over that
what a dumb idea
Whats next??? Monkey love rality show?


Miss you already Nathan Fillion, and Firefly crew, You relaly made my Firdays.
;(

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Thursday, December 26, 2002 10:43 AM

POSTER NUTBAG


Quote:

Originally posted by Haken:
Quote:

Originally posted by Klingonmike:
I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!



Oh, and get this, even something as crappy as "The Bachelor" gets a spin-off in "Bachelorette," coming in January. Apparently, a previously dumped wannabe from "The Bachelor" will have her pick of sad stud muffins.

Seriously, I wanna know who watchces this stuff and whether they know the damage they're doing to quality television.



I can tell you two people who watch this crap: My housemate and his girlfriend. The TV, and its contents are the biggest source of conflict in our house. He wont give anything intelligent a chance, especially nothing remotely related to Buffy, Joss, etc. But the two of them live for shows like "The Bachelor", "the Great Race", "Why FOX thinks their entire viewing audience is made up of Dumbasses", and other such shows.

Grr... Aargh.

El Señor Poster Nutbag

An Earthquake, wrapped in a Hurricane, nestled in a box of Tsunamis.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2003 11:15 PM

JASONZZZ



Sad but true. I work with a bunch of fairly
intelligent people. Electrical Engineers,
Computer Engineers, ASIC designers.
What do they watch?

American Idol.
Survivor.

Yeah, they just won't shut up about it.
I love working with these people; but
sometimes you just feel like punching
their lights out.

Quote:

Originally posted by Poster Nutbag:
Quote:

Originally posted by Haken:
Quote:

Originally posted by Klingonmike:
I think its ashame that a good show like Firefly is cancelled and crap like "The Bachelor" comes back for another season!



Oh, and get this, even something as crappy as "The Bachelor" gets a spin-off in "Bachelorette," coming in January. Apparently, a previously dumped wannabe from "The Bachelor" will have her pick of sad stud muffins.

Seriously, I wanna know who watchces this stuff and whether they know the damage they're doing to quality television.



I can tell you two people who watch this crap: My housemate and his girlfriend. The TV, and its contents are the biggest source of conflict in our house. He wont give anything intelligent a chance, especially nothing remotely related to Buffy, Joss, etc. But the two of them live for shows like "The Bachelor", "the Great Race", "Why FOX thinks their entire viewing audience is made up of Dumbasses", and other such shows.

Grr... Aargh.

El Señor Poster Nutbag

An Earthquake, wrapped in a Hurricane, nestled in a box of Tsunamis.


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Friday, January 10, 2003 11:13 AM

RANDY275


I think that fox should admit that they were wrong for cancelling the show due to its growing popularity and put it back on on there old time slot.

Randy

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Friday, January 10, 2003 3:14 PM

WOODMOUSE


Fox definitely dropped the ball!

I just joined here because I found out today that Firefly was cancelled. WTF?! This is one of the most clever science fiction shows to hit the air and they are getting rid of it? The show is very well-written and has a great cast. It certainly is better than anything else on Fox, IMHO.

What amazes me is they are going to replace Firefly with just another cop show. Blah! I'm very disappointed in Fox for being so short-sighted once again. I think this is a big mistake and can think of about 10 other shows that should have been cancelled before this excellent series. Totally senseless! Typical of Fox.

I just wrote Fox & complained at this addy:
askfox@foxinc.com

Is there another address that I can write to?

Thanks!

woodmouse

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Friday, January 10, 2003 3:39 PM

LIVINGIMPAIRED


I find it interesting how many new screen names I've seen on this site since the cancellation.

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You have no call to try to make me ashamed of my job, what I do is legal. And how's that smuggling coming?

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