heisenberg
Earl Grey
I am surprised Craig even bothered answering. These are the same freaking question just in a different format...seriously!
Craig Engler - VP and Syfy Tweeter Guy
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Tropicana
Council Member
I soo agree with u there.
Once SGU is gone, maybe these "people" will go back to living under rocks.
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
It does seem to be an exercise in futility.
YoshiKart64
Well Known GateFan
I get people being a bit annoyed Syfy has ended their show, but they've made it very clear it wasn't a decision they wanted to take. Plus Craig's been very up front in explaining why SGU was moved around.
There's a possibility that there was some perfect timeslot/day that could have boosted viewership just enough for renewal but anyone who thinks Syfy wasn't doing their best to find it is being somewhat ignorant.
Briangate78
GateFans Noob
As I said , the show was in trouble when it fell below 1.5 Million viewers. Sanctuary and Merlin can afford to dip below 1.5 Million, SGU could not. I just don't understand what is so hard to understand with some of these people.
heisenberg
Earl Grey
It's obviously people don't trust you man. But we here trust everything you say,because, you are a realiable source.Plus, most fans still don't know, sgu is probably 3 times as expensive to make than sanctuary,they seem to believe all shows have the same budget.
THX1138
GateFans Member
No, Sanctuary (S3 vs S2) cost about two thirds of SGU according to producer Damian Kindler
Briangate78
GateFans Noob
...and that is why SGU was cancelled and Sanctuary was renewed. However, Sanctuary needs to maintain or imo grow a little in audience to get a 5th season. They are getting to that break even point.
Illiterati
Council Member & Author
Didn't they get that renewal?
EvilSpaceAlien
Sinister Swede
For a 4th season. We're still on season 3.
SerenityS
GateFans Member
Craig is answering a few more questions:
Q) @fergmaster Out of curiosity, what kind of ratings would #SGU have to of been getting for s3 pickup?
A) Hard to say exactly, but if it had held the #s it got in the first 3-4 eps that would have been ideal I think.
RT @desari #SGU lost ratings because it never got a full straight season and everyone forgot about it. (see next)
Unfortunately @desari the bulk of #SGU's drop happened in the first 10 eps, which were run straight. That was probably the biggest issue.
In fact @desari, it actually gained viewers during the break from the end of 1.0 to the beginning of 1.5, so the hiatus helped a bit.
@SGUAwareness It started about 2.3 million I believe and best ep was 2.5 million IIRC. Ratings are online somewhere (wikipedia?) I think.
Q) @fergmaster Out of curiosity, what kind of ratings would #SGU have to of been getting for s3 pickup?
A) Hard to say exactly, but if it had held the #s it got in the first 3-4 eps that would have been ideal I think.
RT @desari #SGU lost ratings because it never got a full straight season and everyone forgot about it. (see next)
Unfortunately @desari the bulk of #SGU's drop happened in the first 10 eps, which were run straight. That was probably the biggest issue.
In fact @desari, it actually gained viewers during the break from the end of 1.0 to the beginning of 1.5, so the hiatus helped a bit.
@SGUAwareness It started about 2.3 million I believe and best ep was 2.5 million IIRC. Ratings are online somewhere (wikipedia?) I think.
Tropicana
Council Member
Gee, the diehards just aren't getting the message are they? SGU lost viewers, lost like 50% during the show's first 10 episodes - S2 didn't get the numbers up to 1.3m, let alone 2m - so it was cancelled. Difficult to comprehend? I think not.
stclare
Moderator & Mckay Super Fan
New up coming q&a session with Craig and other head honchos. Its being interwoven with a twitter q&a. I have signed us up for it, info is here http://www.paleycenter.org/2011-spring-syfy-tweet-up/ Im not sure how the time zones will work out, but some good questions to fire at these guys via twitter would be awesome!
Mr. A
Super Moderator +
Sounds good! I hope Craig and Syfy appreciate the fact that there are reasonable fans out there - people they don't have to explain for the umpteenth time that SGU was cancelled because the ratings were way below what they needed for ad revenues, that SGU was already deep in the red before it got moved from Friday and that his their network isn't a charity.
I'd like to see them address at least a few real questions from a site that isn't married to MGM & TPTW and bent on smearing Syfy. And of course of true SG1 & SGA fans
