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Friday, July 10, 2009

Primeval Cancelled (I am NOT impressed)

I've been thinking about the cancellation of Primeval for some time now. It has been almost a month since it was announced. While we are still just getting to the second season in the U.S. with the Syfy (formerly Sci Fi channel). Looking into it the show was ITV (the home station in the U.K.) best show with over 5 million viewers. It represented 21% of the market share. Now, the show says that costs are the reason for cutting the show with declining revenue.

I've seen the forums, and the four petitions. The show is loved by everyone, including me. Syfy, listen up, come close please, I'm only a devout fan of Scifi shows (have been for about ten years) and I've seen some excellent shows come and go from Scifi. I have been annoyed with my favorite shows being cancelled with fewer than five seasons under their belt. The list of shows I loved and now miss: Dresden Files, Flash Gordon, Painkiller Jane, Starget Atlantis (Seriously, give it the ten years you gave SG-1.), Battlestar Galactica (BEST show ever, and I'm not really angry about it closing, it had to, its the longest movie ever, but still it ended so its in the list), TREMORS (I loved the movies, loved the series, and you cancelled it! I was especially distraught over this one). Now the shows that were shown for less than five seasons that you didn't pick up: Firefly (Again, I liked, you didn't, although the ratings I understand), Jake 2.0 (you air two seasons, and re-run like crazy), and Surface (Loved it, NBC cancelled it.)

So the list is quite long. NBC and Scifi, now Syfy, pay attention: STOP IT. Give a show five seasons to build a fan base, learn lessons, and become successful. I'm tired of falling in love with shows, characters, and plots just to have them stop dead in their tracks. Syfy, save Primeval. Do whatever you have to. It is an amazing show. You brought other U.K. shows to the U.S. and you can do the same here. Notice the success in the U.K., you could have that too if you hosted the series.

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