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Still Hope for Farscape

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-not-a-lot-of-it dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to say that the "Save Farscape" campaign thinks there is still hope. If the next 11 episodes (starting Friday, January 10 on the SciFi Channel) pull the right numbers ). According to this interview with David Kemper:"If we were to do 2s, straight across the boards for these eleven eps, I would be expecting to have phone conversations with people immediately..." Of course that is pretty unlikely- but my household won't miss an episode. To bad the cats don't count in the nielsons ;)

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  1. Re:Why save it? by clutch110 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So on the same token, should we stop going to plays or operas and live life to the fullest?

    Isn't this the same thing, one person or group of people showing their creative vision to the world?

    I agree, most of television is crap, but to disregard it on the whole is a mistake.

  2. Re:Why save it? by DevilM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you treat TV in a similar vain as say a play then I can see your point. However, most people just plop down in front of the tube and waste their life away.

    Make TV a special event to be enjoyed socially with friends and strangers a like and then you'll have something. Until then, even the most creative content from TV can be better found somewhere else.

  3. Dont rely on viewer count machines by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everyone still call/write si-fi after each episode and ask for more...

    Be sure to mention content in each weeks show so they KNOW you are really watching..

    We have a chance here, lets not blow it.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  4. Re:Nielsen by SirWhoopass · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I don't know how keen I am on having every ad agency in the country know my viewing habits, but you are right. The Nielsen rating only apply to a very small number of households. I would bet a lot of groups are underrepresented. How many single college kids living in apartments/dorms do you know with Nielsen boxes?

    It would be interesting to see what happened if you could suddenly get viewing data from all those TiVos, digital cable boxes, and satellites out there. It might be like when album sales became directly tied to the sales register instead of clerk reporting. It was discovered that country music accounted for far more sales than was credited.

  5. Re:Why save it? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Because Farscape just happens to be THE BEST SCI-FI show ever created!"

    No, Doctor Who was the best Scifi show ever created.

    Efforts to get that show played on Scifi-Channel would be better rewarded. 25+ years of eps without the derivitive dribble.

    Label me a troll if you like, but there's a reason that Farscape's being canned. There's an even better reason why DrW went on for so long.

  6. Priorities first. by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Futurama.

  7. Re:Nielsen by marekk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is completely false. While Nielsen households are not a completely random sample of the viewing audience, they are accurate enough to represent the viewership audience per show within an acceptable margin of error. Random sampling/surveys are a scientifically sound method of obtaining an overview of the whole.

    If the Nielsen ratings weren't accurate, stations, broadcasters, advertisers, etc would be screaming for a more accurate viewership measuring system. The accuracy of the Nielsen ratings is essential to the surviability of the NielsenMedia company. If the people that studied these ratings (advertisers, execs) didn't feel they were accurate, they would be looking for a new parter to monitor ratings.