More on SG-1

[castalia]

So, 200 boosted SG-1's ratings to 1.9, the highest of the season and even higher than last season's average. A 36% jump, which is damn impressive considering the summer ratings.

Looks like they jumped the gun a little, hm? Is a few episode slump something to panic about that much? This only shows what a little promotion can do for a show. They advertised for 200 like they hadn't done for the rest of the season. Of course ratings went up.

I read somewhere that MGM has already signed the actors for another season, so if that's the case, can Sci-Fi cancel like that? I mean on their own? It just seems dodgy, all this stuff between MGM, SFC, and USA. MGM is still seriously backing the show, so yeah, I'm not giving up hope. If it ended up on another network, that would be cool, too. Or maybe this is some sort of ploy by SFC to force MGM's hand and wring a deal from the mess. Get more money, etc. Salaries aside (and c'mon, only three of them have been there since the beginning, and this isn't Friends or WW where you get people wanting such high salaries per ep) so they can't be spending that much on paying them.

A year ago I might've said it was time for the show to go. But now? I love the new direction they're taking it. I love Mitchell and Vala and even Landry. I love what they're doing with Daniel's character and am so looking forward to the upcoming arc we've been hearing about. I love that I love Sam again. I love the team dynamic and the humor. I loved seeing RDA come back, fresh and not phoning it in. And I want MORE of that, please. You don't cancel a show just as it's getting so much life breathed back into it, especially not after it breaks a record and brings in the highest ratings in over a year.

I lose too many shows before their time. And before any FF fans gripe, remember Miracles? No, probably not, considering they only allowed six episodes to air before they yanked the plug. At least you guys got a movie. I'm still traumatized about Farscape. The Invisible Man. The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. There aren't many shows left on TV that I still watch and love, and just once I want to keep one while it's still doing new and fresh things, where it won't end on a cliffhanger b/c some idiot pulled the plug in a rash decision. I have House and BSG, but most of my fannish squee is coming from SG-1 these days, and I need that. Life is damn stressful enough right now without taking something away from me that's been a part of my life for going on ten years.

Comments

[deejay.livejournal.com]

Of course I remember Miracles.

(Goes back to writing mo' fanfic and plotting out songvid/s....)

;P

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Vids! More Miracles vids (and fic, of course) is always a good thing.

[destina.livejournal.com]

I think all the actors but Michael Shanks were signed for another season, but that doesn't mean much, really; there's always an out in case of cancellation in those contracts.

Wow, I loved Miracles. I have the DVDs, and I've been sad about that ever since. Also VR 5, American Gothic, Angel...so many shows, whacked before their time. But SG-1 isn't one of them, I don't think; it has had a fantastic run, and I can't complain in any way about that. Even though I'll miss it. :/

I think there were several reasons for the cancellation, and...rather than clutter up your LJ here with that, I'll post later this week, because we are all still kind of raw and touchy about it. *hugs*

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not saying SG-1 is going before its time - b/c wow, 10 seasons, we were really, really lucky. I think it's more that after losing so many of those great shows which had barely begun, I'm clinging like mad to the one that's lasted. Life is jumbled up and stressful right now and SG-1 was kind of my happy place to escape every Saturday morning.

*hugs back* Looking forward to reading your thoughts. My own certainly seem too raw at the moment.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

*huggles*

I don't remember Miracles, but I remember Queens Supreme, a hilarious courtroom drama that even did an episode on fanfic (sorta), and was cancelled after THREE frickin' eps. They never even showed the one from which they derived the ad for the show, the one in which the main character (a judge played by Oliver Platt) forbade the use of the word "the" in the courtroom.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Sorry - this is what I get for posting after midnight while jetlagged. I didn't mean to stop after giving an example of something similar to what you mentioned - I meant to express genuine sympathy! Sorry about that. {{{castalianspring}}}