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Monday, March 16, 2009

Syfy Channel?


Check this out- Syfy

The Sci-Fi Channel has made an announcement that they will be re-branding themselves this summer as "Syfy". They will be turning to more "imagination" based programing trying to capture a larger viewing audience. This means more junk science shows about ghost and "real" sightings of Big Foot and less episodes of any number of old Star Trek shows and other classic sci-fi shows.
I like the cheese-tastic made-for-Sci-Fi movies staring the man-mosquito monster and space alien goo inhabiting a recently thawed woolly mammoth. Its geek bait. And it is exactly that geek audience that built the brand; now they are turning their back on them. Replacing Flash Gordon with UFC (like that has anything to do with sci-fi or Imagination) and TNG with Ghost Hunters. I have watched the degradation of one of my favorite networks for a while. Though they have experienced a surge in viewership recently, they are running a high risk of losing their core audience.
to them i say- Suck it Trabeck!

1 comment:

  1. The end came the moment they aired "professional wrestling."

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