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POSTED BY: DEWRASTLER
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:12 PM

DEWRASTLER


Currently I'm doing a research paper on TV scheduling and using a mathematical model to optimize the number of viewers for a network. While doing my research I was reading a previous article on the same topic and found this quote about shows and the number of seasons they have aired:

"shows rarely start out as hits, having first to develop an audience"

I don't think anyone at FOX has ever read this article. Maybe they should.

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Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:26 PM

OUT2THEBLACK


Quote:
Originally posted by Dewrastler:


"shows rarely start out as hits, having first to develop an audience"




Might not be the brighest quote on the subject , but whoever wrote that one is my kind of stupid...

Seems a 'no-brainer' to me...

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:47 AM

SPINEBITE


If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 11:50 AM

OUT2THEBLACK


Quote:
Originally posted by spinebite:
If Fox read the ratings now, they would see that Firefly and Serenity have truly developed a fan base, and they would try to pick it back up in a flash.


Per-maybe-haps you give 'em too much credit...But I really hope you're right...Even the insane have their momentary flashes of lucidity...

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Monday, March 31, 2008 12:42 PM

TWO

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly


Quote:
Originally posted by Dewrastler:
Currently I'm doing a research paper on TV scheduling and using a mathematical model to optimize the number of viewers for a network. While doing my research I was reading a previous article on the same topic and found this quote about shows and the number of seasons they have aired:

"shows rarely start out as hits, having first to develop an audience"

I don't think anyone at FOX has ever read this article. Maybe they should.

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People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do

I have three references claiming that most (all?) Friday night shows on FOX get cancelled.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20070905
http://tviv.org/Friday_night_death_slot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_night_death_slot
If these references are true, then Firefly didn't have a chance of being renewed. It was doomed before an audience saw it for the very first time. That leaves us with a murder mystery: Why did FOX hate Firefly before it was born? Why did FOX decide to slay it by premiering it on Friday nights? We may never know the answers. We can only speculate until the Alliance War Crimes Tribunal sees the relevant FOX internal memos and emails.

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:27 PM

SPINEBITE


If there is no chance of FOX picking it back up, then maybe either NBC or ABC will see the ratings and at least think about pickng it back up(we might have to help them with this).

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:35 PM

RALLEM


I thought I read somewhere that the reason Fox never gave Firefly a fair shot at a season two was that the show had anti-corporate sentiments and Fox is a corporation. Most importantly a corporation with neither a sense of humor or its eye on the money.


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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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Monday, March 31, 2008 1:43 PM

SPINEBITE


Thats could be one of the reasons Firefly did get cancelled. FOX is pretty corrupt already, it wouldn't be such a huge stretch for them to cancel anything that didn't fit their propaganda.

"This is the captain. We may experience some slight turbulence... then explode."

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