Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi?

brumgrunt writes "Has Syfy fallen out with science fiction altogether? A look at its latest scheduling shows that it's further away from its roots than ever. 'There's still a lot of the older sci-fi content on the airwaves, but it's slowly being phased out, and forget about original programming. After all, this is the programming crew who ruined Caprica by stuffing it into the Friday night death slot and splitting the season into two parts. These are the geniuses who killed off Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe. These are the people who wrecked Farscape, one of the most inventive and fun sci-fi shows to ever be on television. They also ended Mystery Science Theater 3000, only the greatest show ever invented by robots in space.' Is this now as good as it gets?"

What you say?

[Daetrin]

"and forget about original programming."

You could not be further from the truth! I'm very much looking forward to Mega BearLion vs Giant Robo-Piranha 2: The Revenge!

No

[BJ_Covert_Action]

No, SyFy does not live Sci Fi. I thought they made that apparent with the name change.

Also, SGU was not science fiction, it was Twilight in space with fewer vampires and more tears.

Re:Wrestling now

[discord5]

They killed SGU so they could put wrestling in its place

On the bright side, wrestling has a more credible plot and more likeable characters.

Re:Fantasy is now king

[BJ_Covert_Action]

I used to work at my local B&N. When the 4th Twilight book came out (New Moon I think?) we had a huge release party packed full of preteen/young teen girls. One of the girls got so excited to actually purchase the book that, when I waved her up to my cash register from the line, she ran as fast as she could to get to me. She slipped on the tile floor in front of the register, sprawled head first into the counter, and knocked herself clean out. Maybe the reason zombie sales are picking up is due to the brain damage inflicted on the young populations from the Twilight series. They're just studying the current masters' methods of replenishing their brain supplies....

Re:Fantasy is now king

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to work at my local B&N. When the 4th Twilight book came out (New Moon I think?) we had a huge release party packed full of preteen/young teen girls. One of the girls got so excited to actually purchase the book that, when I waved her up to my cash register from the line, she ran as fast as she could to get to me. She slipped on the tile floor in front of the register, sprawled head first into the counter, and knocked herself clean out.

Dear diary....jackpot!

Re:Fantasy is now king

[meerling]

I always thought they changed it because what had once been a great channel for Sci-Fi (and occasional fantasy) became a venereal diseased mess absolutely riddled with SyFylis.

Re:Fantasy is now king

[DarkTempes]

Well, what do you expect from a generation who found their love to read in the Harry Potter books? The people who started reading them in 1997 are graduating from college and have enough spare income for books.

I don't mean that as a dig against the Harry Potter books. They're actually pretty good.

You're not helping the case for Harry Potter readers.

Re:Fantasy is now king

[Doctor Faustus]

This makes me want a "Disgusting and wrong" moderation that counts as an upvote.