Farscape Re-runs, interrupted or cancelled? [Archive]

Faeren

06-30-2003, 11:53 PM

Yeah, thanks, I ran a second search on TV listings...this one DID show it listed on Sundays only now....Another of Skiffy's "bright ideas" huh?...They never cease to amaze, (AND utterly disgust) me.

Ah... these "corporate decisions'....Hell, I am an Officer in a Steel Detailing Corporation, and if I started making such wacked out decisions (such as those Skfify makes), I would have to submit to regular drug testing and a complete psychological evaluation!

SuperScaper

07-01-2003, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by DangerWillRobinson
Not to sure, but I thought I read on another post that they were going to move Farscape to once a week starting in July because the rerun ratings are not the greatest

It probably does not help the rerun ratings that they only show them at midnight. Personally, I would watch the farscape reruns no matter when they decided to show them, but I know may people who do not or cannot stay up that late. If they woud pick a decent time to show he reruns, I guarentee the ratings would go up.:headbang:

DangerWillRobinson

07-01-2003, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by SuperScaper
It probably does not help the rerun ratings that they only show them at midnight. Personally, I would watch the farscape reruns no matter when they decided to show them, but I know may people who do not or cannot stay up that late. If they woud pick a decent time to show he reruns, I guarentee the ratings would go up.:headbang:

No arguments from me. Midnight rolls around and I am snoring away:)

wormholewilma

07-01-2003, 08:41 AM

I am sure it wasn't because of that. And even if it was, what gets great ratings at Midnight anyway... some who believe in conspiracy theories would say that scifi set it up for that in the beginning, so it would fail. But how would that make sense to them? They have the rights for a while longer, you would think they would want to milk them for all they could before they don't have them anymore.

So let's dismiss the conspriacy theory for now.

Let's take the opportunity to lobby for the 5 or 6pm est time slot.
How good of ratings can Knight Rider and the original Star Trek be bringing them? We avid fans of the show, would bring in more ratings than what they get now with what they have on.
And having it on at that time may get new fans as well. That is the only draw back I know for scifi putting it on at that time, but then again you would have to believe there is a conspraicy going on to kill farscape at scifi.

It is worth a shot. Afterall, if John could make a deal with Scorpy to save Aeryn, we can be nice and ask politely for scifi to air Farscape at a new and better time.

Faeren

07-01-2003, 04:38 PM

some who believe in conspiracy theories would say that scifi set it up for that in the beginning, so it would fail. But how would that make sense to them?

Well, It is not so much "conspiracy theory" as one may think. First off, is the point that no one likes to be wrong (least of all corporate execs at Skiffy). The LAST thing Skiffy wants right now is good ratings for Farscape...that would make their decision to cancel the series look rather stupid, (which, of course, it was), so it is best for them to do whatever they can to validate that decision, including setting up the series re-runs to fail (via a bad timeslot and little if any serious promotion of it)...look at Sci-fi's promotion of nearly ANY other show, all far exceed the promotion done for Farscape, both when first run and re-runs.

Also, there are many corporations that use certain "properties" strictly for tax write off purposes...this is common in the recording industry. A good number of bands/recording acts are signed to a lable, but only a few are really chosen to be promoted by the record companies. Many are never really promoted, (set up to fail), and simply used as tax write offs until their contract expires...it may suck for those many good artists who are not allowed to succeed, but the record companies consider it "good business".
The problem with Skiffy using this tactic is that they have "written off" the best thing they had, nearly the ONLY thing they had with any value, (except maybe Stargate, which they are burning everyone out on in a hurry)...bad decisions all around...Again, it makes one wonder if they require drug testing on their corporate execs....Perhaps they should, SOMETHING is certainly impairing their judgement...:fear:

Davesnothome

07-01-2003, 10:24 PM

You can probably forget about trying for the 6:00 P.M. timeslot, reruns of "The Incredible Hulk" will start showing weekdays, July 21.

Knightrider at 5:00 P.M. seems the better target.

Dave

Tiriel

07-01-2003, 10:36 PM

"Let me try to say this without sounding cocky..." :D

I have read of soooo many people who have only just discovered Farscape due to the midnight reruns. This every night thing worked out real well. Maybe too well, maybe they hate the fact that Farscape is STILL growing its fan-base. In Midnight reruns. Unpromoted. After it has been canceled because supposedly they couldn't do that (grow the fanbase) despite SFC best efforts... :nana:

Now that has GOT to be embarrassing for them.

Not saying that's the reason for the shift. Just day That's GOT to be embarrassing for them. :D

Love and Peace and WhatEVER!

Tiriel :bounce:

blue

07-01-2003, 11:36 PM

It may actually be good for us that they have slowed the airings down to once a week. We have more time to raise the money needed for a sponsorship of Farscape while its still showing. Let's use the opportunity.
The last time we placed an ad during Farscape, this website was overwhelmed with hits - thousands per second - we can better handle the traffic now -- and it has the potential to multiply our membership many fold, leading to more talent, more volunteers, more ideas, more donation money, more letters, more clout.
Go here to donate for advertising- we need to raise between 12 and 13 thousand more while we still have the opportunity to place the ad in a Farscape broadcast--
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12076

Also, we don't know the reasons for Scifi's decision to slow down to once a week--all the negative reasons voiced on this thread may be correct or they may be incorrect--we don't even know if they have rights to another complete run through of the series, or if when they finish this one, their rights will be over. It is even possible that they consider the Farscape rerun rights valuable and want to stretch out the time they continue to have them now while the auction for Scifi is going on.

jeenobeano

07-02-2003, 02:11 PM

Originally posted by Tiriel
"Let me try to say this without sounding cocky..." :D

I have read of soooo many people who have only just discovered Farscape due to the midnight reruns
Tiriel :bounce:

Count me among those who only just discovered Farscape due to the midnight reruns. And my husband. And my sister. ;)

Here's a sorta serious question -- knowing what you know now about how the series "ends", am I just setting myself up for heartbreak by watching all the Season 4 eps???? All I know about the "ending" is that it wasn't really an "ending" at all, and that it pissed people off royally as a result. Should I stop now and just wait until the rest of the episodes can get filmed? I don't know how much additional anxiety I can handle in my life... ;-)

SuperScaper

07-02-2003, 02:14 PM

Go ahead and watch season 4, it is well worth it. Just keep in mind that it does finish up in a cliff hanger that will leave you angry at SciFi and eager to see how the situation will be resolved.

SabaceanBabe

07-02-2003, 02:42 PM

jb, definitely watch it all. Yes, the "ending" pissed a lot of people off because of its cliffhanger nature, but it's a very Farscape ending, and it was not meant to be the end.

Just enjoy the ride and help us all to get our show back! :D

wormholewilma

07-02-2003, 02:49 PM

The very thing that drew you to the show will keep drawing you.
The whole premise of a human in outerspace actually coming across inteligent life....and findig a woman he can't live without.
And the chemistry between Black and Browder is just to awesome not to watch. So please finish watching and yes make your voice heard................ your really is more important that us old timers............advertisers and networks that may consider getting behind bringing the show back will want to know if there is a possibility of attracting new viewship.
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Dominar of Action

07-02-2003, 04:05 PM

Yes, by all means, watch the 4th season! Why deny yourself 25% of Farscape?! Several of its episodes rank among my all time favorites, and I would stack a couple up against any hour of TV ever aired, regardless of genre.

Of course, the ending is the evilest cliffhanger yet produced by DK (the evilest evil guy ever to be evil), but it is SOOOOOO Farscape! Even though I had been spoiled (not by choice :grr: ), I was left numb by it for a good 2 days or so. When the shock wore off, I began to find it strangely beautiful, and 100% fitting within the "Farscapian" universe. It's very poetic.

AnnieBW

07-02-2003, 06:57 PM

Well, I dunno what's going on with Skiffy and their reruns. (Same thing that's going on with their first-run stuff, too, I suppose...) They pulled "Roar" with no warning, and with two episodes left. The people on the "Roar" board on the Dom are hopping mad. It's fertile ground over there for a bit of troublemaking... :ewink:

- Annie

vhsiv

07-02-2003, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by AnnieBW
They pulled "Roar" with no warning, and with two episodes left. The people on the "Roar" board on the Dom are hopping mad. It's fertile ground over there for a bit of troublemaking... Yeah, that pretty much sucked - especially after they made a big deal about broadcasting those unaired episodes.

Skiffy - the network that never made an announcement they inteded to honor!

(But what's up with TNN rolling back on their '7 Days' reruns - they went from 2x day to once at 2:00am. Good thing I suffer from insomnia!)

jayelsee

07-02-2003, 07:40 PM

jeanobeano, by all means, watch season 4. Will it break your heart? Well, maybe, but it's a beautiful "hurt", and just hold on to those words across the screen at the end of the last episode (of the SEASON, NOT the series)..........."To be continued....."

And know, WE ARE GETTING OUR SHOW BACK!

Benn

07-02-2003, 07:56 PM

I would just like to throw my voice in as someone who was terribly disappointed at Scifi's choice to remove Farscape from their evening lineup. I only started watching Farscape because of these reruns, and looked forward each evening to an episode right before I went to bed. I have a hard time imagining that showing the same dull B science fiction movies that they show all day every day on Saturdays and Sundays is going to increase their late-night viewership. There's nobody at the helm at that station.

Please sign the petition.

RescueFarscape

07-02-2003, 07:57 PM

Welcome to SaveFarscape, Benn!:hi:

Dominar of Action

07-02-2003, 08:21 PM

Hey, anyone named Ben(n) is OK in my book :aok:

jeenobeano

07-02-2003, 08:54 PM

ok, ok, y'all have convinced me to keep watching. ;) now that they're gonna drag the rest of the reruns out for, like, 6 more months or something, i guess i won't have so very long to wait for the resolution of the "to be continued."

i wrote my first save farscape letter today, incidentally. went on and on about how my husband and i are new viewers and how upset we are that the show's gonna end for us once these remaining reruns are over. sent it to ms. hammer. kinda felt like i was dropping a teaspoonful of water into the ocean, but at least i did something...

Dominar of Action

07-02-2003, 09:12 PM

Good on ya for that letter! Now, edit it a bit and send off copies to Viacom, UPN and Showtime! They need to know that new viewers exist as well :)

Oh, and that teaspoon in the ocean feeling? Well, just remember that it's been our collective teaspoons that have gotten us the considerable attention we've received so far from TPTB :) We each have to do our part!

SabaceanBabe

07-03-2003, 06:04 AM

Teaspoons of water can be a very powerful thing. We are the teaspoons of water that will erode the walls Skiffy has put up around our show, until those walls come down and allow Farscape to be free and flying at last.

(Damn, it's getting deep in here.)

:think:

Twich

07-03-2003, 08:09 AM

Hey...Twichie's back and time for me to hop in and make a reply. :) The reruns that air at midnight? They aren't at midnight all over...LOL. I just returned from a glorious vacation in Mountain Time and guess what? They are on at TEN PM there. Prime slot for gathering people. And on my way back, I noticed they are at ELEVEN PM there. That is a GREAT time for folks. :) Nice....don't want to watch the evening news? Catch Farscape. And in Mountain Time, the Prime Time hour ends at ten...so it's SUH WEET.

Anyway...I can just imagine the chaos at Skiffy.

"The ratings are good..for their time slot." :sweaty:

"What do you mean good? It's midnight!"

"Well, it's good. Burying it at midnight didn't help get rid of it."

"We need to make it disappear. Cut them back to one night a week. Make it Sunday. I want Farscape out of my hair. Those Scapers are driving me nuts." :roflmao:

So know what that means? Hit em harder. Drive them more nuts. I think this is actually....as much as it is a pain in the eema....a good thing. We're affecting them and they don't like it. :) And we ARE NOT GOING AWAY! :tough:

I LOVE these new smilies!!!!

Eve11

07-03-2003, 08:48 AM

jeenobeano, that's great that you are writing letters! SciFi needs to hear from the people just catching the midnight reruns :) :) :)

I think that "stripping" Farscape (ie, showing it Sunday-Thursday each week) is a great way to get into the show. I got into it after they did the same thing at 8pm in 2001.

Imagine how SciFi must feel now, after ten months, TEN MONTHS, they are still getting letters from people who haven't written before!! That tells them we have staying power, and that we are a growing community, entrenched and not going away. You are much more than just a teaspoon!

Dominar of Action

07-03-2003, 10:37 AM

And as I always like to remind people ... the Grand Canyon began as a trickle of water :)

Has

07-03-2003, 10:47 AM

snurched this from the Dom

I just talked w/ Bonnie's office

Date: 07/03/2003
From: chelewis

Bonnie is off today. (Imagine that) Her personal assistant was not at her desk. I spoke with another personal asst. to someone under Bonnie.
She was nice enough, very vague, couldn't really get her to tell me anything definite. I think I put her on the spot.

She told me that they took Farscape off nightly because of the ratings (???????), and they expected higher ratings with the showing of the older movies (????????). SHe even went so far as to say they were already seeing highter ratings????? Now you tell me how in the world they know that already?

She did go on to say, they were aware of the fans being upset, and blah blah blah.....fill in the blanks.

I am personally thinking they yanked it off as a strategic move to hold onto the show as long as they could, I personally think they are not going to want to release this to another network. And I personally think this whole things stinks.
There is no way in hell, that some of this crap they are showing is going to make way for higher ratings, esp in the 12 time slot.
Just thought I would let you all know.
If you want to call, the number is 212-413-5000, and ask for Bonnie Hammer in Sci-fi.

:wb:

jeenobeano

07-03-2003, 11:44 AM

You've lost me. How does dropping the reruns to just once a week enable SciFi to hold onto the Farscape rerun rights longer?

SuperScaper

07-03-2003, 11:51 AM

If they only have the rights through one more full showing of the series, then dropping dowin to one noght a week lets them drag that amount of time out for another several months instead of just a couple of weeks.

jeenobeano

07-03-2003, 12:29 PM

So you're saying SciFi only has rights to Farscape until it's rerun all the episodes once??? I didn't realize that.

Suddenly the reasoning behind their decision to drop all but the Sunday night shows has become crystal clear to me. What a bunch of... :grr:

SuperScaper

07-03-2003, 01:07 PM

I am not sure that that is exactly the case, however I have heard rumors to that effect and it would explain alot about why SciFi is doning what is has done.

chelewis

07-03-2003, 01:26 PM

:D Just to annoy them.

I have already sent several letters, and started a petition to help.

BTW, I could tell I caught this lady off guard and she didn't really know what to say to me. I also called programming and left a message there for them to call me back, and I guess you know they haven't.

I am sick to death about this, and I think it is a disgrace how the sci-fi channel is treating the show and it's fans.

Dominar of Action

07-03-2003, 01:26 PM

Well, to be objective, I'm not so sure the ratings answer isn't valid. We know that many (most?) Scapers are professional, working people who have to go to jobs Monday through Friday. At least for those on the East Coast, the midnight timeslot prohibits us from watching. I consider myself a die-hard Scaper, yet I couldn't afford to watch at 12:00 (although if I were a Nielsen family, I'd have lived off of Red Bull for the duration ;) ).

Timeslot aside, we also know that *many* Scapers were pissed beyond belief at Skiffy and vowed to stop watching after 422. I believe many of them have done just that, not understanding how that action could reflect poorly on FS.

Lastly, do not underestimate the average viewer's interest in B-grade movies and other drivel. So, combine all these factors and I can readily believe that the midnight ratings are not as strong as Skiffy can earn by regurgitating "Killer Croc" for the umpteenth time. :rolleyes:

HOWEVER, if poor ratings are indeed the case, then why the hell won't Skiffy sell the rights back to Henson? Or why not just use up the repeat rights at 2:00 am? Why hold on to them so tightly? IMO, that decision has nothing to do with ratings and everything to do with pettiness.

P.S. Jeenobeano - Sci Fi has rights to the reruns for [x] number of times, or until sometime in late 2004, I believe (probably two years from the cancellation), whichever comes first. So, if they hold on to the reruns and refuse to show them, they effectively have a stranglehold on FS until 2004. If, OTOH, they use up their repeat rights, FS is freed that much sooner. As I've already said above, if the current rating speculation is true, then the rights are not likely to increase in value with time -- they'd be better off to either sell them or burn them off at 5:00 am *cough*

Either way, when Skiffy is sold, the new owner may have a different view of things and may be willing to negotiate over the rerun rights with Henson. :)

Dominar of Action

07-03-2003, 01:30 PM

Oh, and just MHO, but .... I wouldn't waste my time calling Skiffy, and I would certainly not do anything that could be termed harrassment or less than professional. Scapers have set themselves apart from the traditional fan campaign in that we are approaching this intelligently and maturely (even if we tend to vent here :ewink: )

So, if you want to write, why not send letters/faxes to where it might do some good -- like to Viacom, UPN, Showtime and Henson. These are the people we need to convince to give FS a future. Skiffy is dead to many of us.

chelewis

07-03-2003, 01:34 PM

and will be nice to bonnie, if I can ever talk to her, but I just want to hear out of her mouth, what her reasoning was for this.
I agree, there is no reason to ugly about it, but like I said, I wasn't statisfied with her answer, and would just like to hear what Ms. Hammer has to comment on this.

jeenobeano

07-03-2003, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by Dominar of Action

P.S. Jeenobeano - Sci Fi has rights to the reruns for [x] number of times, or until sometime in late 2004, I believe (probably two years from the cancellation), whichever comes first. So, if they hold on to the reruns and refuse to show them, they effectively have a stranglehold on FS until 2004. If, OTOH, they use up their repeat rights, FS is freed that much sooner. As I've already said above, if the current rating speculation is true, then the rights are not likely to increase in value with time -- they'd be better off to either sell them or burn them off at 5:00 am *cough*

Why on earth would they want to have a stranglehold on rights they've made clear to us they don't want to even use? That makes absolutely no sense to me at all. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but really -- there's just no business sense in that! None whatsoever!

Now that I'm learning more about how SciFi operates, I'm beginning to have serious doubts that they're actually going to go through with what they've promised and show all the reruns...

Twich

07-03-2003, 04:01 PM

I have my own personal theory about this whole rights issue. It's one of those things...where they don't want it but they don't want anyone else to have it. I think that the cancelation was a huge mistake for them, but it's something that they are never going to take back, apologize for, or publicly regret.

That being said, if another network picks up the show and it garners a huge following...Sci Fi will be known as the channel that treated an excellent show badly. I think they just want Farscape to go away.

They've made it very well known that they thought we were going to go away pretty quickly...and we haven't. That is an embarassment for them. Every time Bonnie leaves the gate these days, she's being asked about Farscape. THAT shows we're having an impact somewhere.

Take the most embarrassing moment of your life (you know..one of those ones that STILL makes you cringe today...even though it's years later)...and imagine if every time you left the house, someone kept asking you about that very moment. How would you feel? ROTFLOL. Then imagine someone taking that embarrassing moment and turning it into a successful television show. :D

Someday.....I believe that someone will ask Bonnie this question:

"Farscape has just become the #1 rated show on ____ network...how do you feel about that?"

That is my dream...and until it comes to pass, I'm right here. :D

chelewis

07-03-2003, 04:10 PM

I am not sure about this, so maybe someone can shed some light on this:

As long as they have rights, do they make royalities off the DVD's, movies, posters, etc, that come from Farscape?

Dominar of Action

07-03-2003, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by jeenobeano
Why on earth would they want to have a stranglehold on rights they've made clear to us they don't want to even use? That makes absolutely no sense to me at all. Ahhh, see? Now you're getting it :D :cool:

Originally posted by chelewis
I am not sure about this, so maybe someone can shed some light on this:

As long as they have rights, do they make royalities off the DVD's, movies, posters, etc, that come from Farscape? Sci Fi makes $0 on DVD royalties, etc. Skiffy bought only the first-run rights and [x] number of repeats. All merchandising/DVD proceeds go to Henson and presumably the other investors like Hallmark. That's why media conglomerates are so big into vertical integration. For example, Viacom will always have an interest in pushing Star Trek -- they own the franchise and profit not only from the ratings (theoretically ;) ), but also from the merchandising.

But Skiffy bought FS from an outside creative/production team -- they get no royalties and they don't even get to pay themselves the costs of production. All of that $$ is going outside the Skiffy/USA family.

It's commonly believed that this lack of a financial interest in FS's long-term future is a big reason why they weren't interested in continuing FS. By contrast, I believe they own (at least indirectly) the creative rights to Tremors. They can therefore take a cut of the profits for themselves.

On a larger scale -- this result (great shows created by independent producers being killed while bad shows recycled time and time again by large production houses) is what many people fear when they complain about vertical integration and the loosening of FCC restrictions on media ownership leading to less competition in the marketplace.

Jaime99

07-05-2003, 10:10 AM

Excellent points Dominar

Huh

07-05-2003, 11:47 AM

I think there is more to the story than meets the eye. There has to be a reason other than being morons for the time changes. First and foremost is the appearance that the company is making sound business decisions. Everyone in business covers their ass. Plain and simple. So the time changes may be an attempt to counteract the appearance that they squash good shows that don't meet their criteria 100%. Claim that it was the ratings that did the show in. Would you want to create a show with a network that does not support its artists?

However, that being said, it seems that they may be using the schedule for leverage. This would make sense, because I don't think they cancelled FS due to ratings, rather because they felt as though they should be making more money off of it. If they finance less of the production costs, or take more of the profit for themselves, they will come out better in the bottom line. And seriously, where else will the show go? If you keep the rerun rights intact then there is really no recourse for the Hensen company. They can't sell the show to another network without these reruns. SciFi won't let them go because they PAID for them so why let another network benefit. If they are sold and the show does well, then scifi looks stupid.

This network is going to be sold shortly. Why should they give up their rights before they know what is going to happen? Seriously, if your job is on the line (and everyone's job is on the line when a company is sold) would you want to be considered the one who is responsible for the loss of the flagship show of the network? When whomever buys scifi is deluged with letters from scapers and commercials, not to mention all of the good reviews from critics, the last thing you need if you are Bonnie is to tell your new boss that you gave up the one bit of leverage you have for a little bit of profit.

As long as they have the reruns they have the potential to bring the show back. To me this is a good sign that they know the show is valuable.

Has

07-05-2003, 12:59 PM

but I think as long as certain execs remain at skiffy such as 'kill the latex' Michael Jackson who has burned bridges with the producers. I very much doubt that Henson would want to deal with underhanded and sly business practices that skiffy execs have shown in the last 18 months, unless there has been a change of management.

JRyde

07-05-2003, 01:23 PM

Excellent observation as to scifi holding onto farscape for leverage. The whole cancellation was suspicious, especially with the awards recieved by farscape. Everyone in the business world looks at what they're getting in $ and compares it to whatever its worth. If their cut is less they will use whatever escape clauses they can find to "renegotiate" i.e. break their word (contract) and hold out. For what reason is such insanity? Too much pride and not enough integrity. At my job if I am wrong, I'll admit it and correct the problem. But that is just me, I know I am just human and I know we grow the most by learning from our mistakes not denying them. This is just what I think, anyhow.:D

Davesnothome

07-05-2003, 02:32 PM

The rerun rights to Fascape episodes vary in value based on the networks situation. UPN would have no use for the reruns of Farscape. They'd only be interested in newly created episodes. The Showtime channel would seem unlikely to be interested or need to obtain the rerun rights to episodes. They would only have an interest in new episodes.

There are probably only two places, other than the Scifi channel, that would have interest in obtaining the rights to reruns of Farscape. Syndication to local television stations in the US is one possibility. Though right now, genre or action series are at there lowest ebb of popularity in about the last 20 years. So the success rate doesn't look great.

I think the one place that holds the greatest promise, is another basic cable channel. One that desires both old and new episodes of Farscape. That's were I think the best hope for the future of the series awaits.

Dave

jayelsee

07-07-2003, 06:42 AM

Am I looking at the schedule wrong, or did anyone else notice there's no Farscape listing for Sunday Aug. 31?

Is this a "temporary" change (there's a "movie marathon" listing for the midnight timeslot"), are they changing the time again,.....or does this mean no more Farscape?

Anybody know?

akimbo

07-07-2003, 07:03 AM

I wouldn't sweat that there's nothing listed for August 31st. Its labor day weekend and they often have marathons running into the Monday holiday

Edited to add: I checked SciFi Programming on the 31st---a whole lotta Godzilla and Mothra and "The Creature" going on all day. Must be a Monster Weekend :rollin:

Dominar of Action

07-07-2003, 08:21 AM

Must be a Monster Weekend Aren't they all? :rolleyes:

:)

jeenobeano

07-07-2003, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by jayelsee
Am I looking at the schedule wrong, or did anyone else notice there's no Farscape listing for Sunday Aug. 31?

Is this a "temporary" change (there's a "movie marathon" listing for the midnight timeslot"), are they changing the time again,.....or does this mean no more Farscape?

Anybody know?

Anyone else out there doubt that SciFi is really and truly going to air all the Season 4 eps? Or am I just being paranoid???

I hope my fears turn out to be wrong. If I'm not wrong how am I ever going to find out WHAT HAPPENED IN SEASON 4?!?!?!

Faeren

07-07-2003, 02:53 PM

They've made it very well known that they thought we were going to go away pretty quickly...and we haven't. That is an embarassment for them. Every time Bonnie leaves the gate these days, she's being asked about Farscape. THAT shows we're having an impact somewhere. Take the most embarrassing moment of your life (you know..one of those ones that STILL makes you cringe today...even though it's years later)...and imagine if every time you left the house, someone kept asking you about that very moment. How would you feel? ROTFLOL. Then imagine someone taking that embarrassing moment and turning it into a successful television show.
Among the many, many well thought out points posted on this thread, this one particularly has a resounding, "ring of truth" to it...and I have to admit, it made my day.
Everyone SHOULD keep watching, why miss season 4 episodes just because we now have to go thru some "withdrawl symptoms" for the week between them. Hell, whats a little "jonesin"? At least we get a weekly "fix, thats one HELL of a lot better than goin' cold turkey. I shiver to think there may ever be a time when there were no airings of the show.