Syfy Cancels Stargate Universe

Syfy cancels another great show…that I could never catch on a regular basis because I was avoiding crap like WWE (how is that sci-fi or fantasy… ok maybe fantasy), Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, or any one of the “reality” programs that I don’t watch.

What’s sad is that the “broadcast” networks have more sci-fi/fantasy than Syfy. Doctor Who is now on BBC (along with STNG), Buffy is on Chiller, Fox has Fringe, CW has Supernatural, Smallville and The Vampire Diaries, NBC had Heroes and now The Cape, ABC has (had) No Ordinary Family, CBS has… well they have something that’s not NCIS or CSI… what does Syfy have? Eureka great show…when are the new episodes on? When are the re-runs?

What happened to SyFy’s great library of shows? Land of the Giants, Firefly, Lost in Space, old Doctor Who, Star Trek TOS, Star Trek, Lexx, Hercules, Xena…the list goes on. I won’t even go into the great original programming that used to populate the lineup.

The Network Formerly Known As Sci-Fi is becoming increasingly like Monty Python’s cheese shop.

I’ve stopped watching them, though I may watch when Eureka comes back from hiatus. Assuming, of course, they don’t cancel that too.

Also remember who owns Syfy: NBC Universal. NBC, during the reign of Jeff Zucker, and even post-Zucker, was about maximizing profits by spending as little as possible. When a show becomes too expensive to produce, they get rid of it. Look what they did to Bravo. Bravo was once a great arts channel. Now it’s a reality-show dumping ground, one with ridiculously high ratings. Whether they call their programs “sci-fi” or not, it’s only matter of time before Syfy becomes all reality as well. NBC isn’t here to make fans of science fiction happy, they’re here to make their shareholders happy.

With this off the air, I have only one show left I watch on SyFy (STUPID NAME, BTW!) & knowing them, Eureka will be canceled soon too. Of course, I could watch those “great” movies they keep cranking out (much like one cranks out $#!† after a trip to Taco Bell…).

No one should be surprised

Hopefully, another network will pick up the series for the franchise’s sake. And maybe, just maybe, the fans will be able to contribute/donate to keep it in production.

SyFy is a stupid name and all their shows are TERRIBLE now. I’m still mad that Atlantis was canceled.

PS – Netflix FTW

I swear I thought I was watching an episode of battlestar galactica (BG) when I first tuned in to one of the SGU shows, and I hated BG. As it turned out, I like BG better than SGU. The whole on stage look and stop camera junk and playhouse feel about it drove me away from the start. I always expected to see a sea of ships stuffed with people looking for earth. It is like they went back in time to the old ways of the original BG. I did enjoy the SG-1 to SGA stuff.

Real bummer…