So Nielsen research, those fine people that measure who's watching what show, has released the ratings for last weeks BSG premiere. The results?
Galactica, which had its fourth and final season premiere at 10 p.m. Friday, drew 2.1 million viewers, a 19% increase over the series' so-called "Season 3.5" premiere in January 2007.
It also was up in the key demo of adults 18-49 (up 11% to 1.4 million, its best showing since January 2006).
Why is this big news? It shows that Sci-Fi might have botched Season 3 by moving the show to Sundays. This happens in TV: A show builds up a large base audience on one night, and to try and boost ratings, expand the audience or just to fill a hole in the schedule, the network moves it to a different day and kills whatever fan base the show had to begin with. Cases in point: The Golden Girls, Third Rock from the Sun and Murder, She Wrote.
Moreover, persistent rumor has it that the Sci-Fi channel pushed Ronald D. Moore and David Eick to make Season 4 the last for Galactica, blaming lowered (but by no means low) ratings for the show on the complex storyline and lack of "stand alone" episodes. Do you suppose the network might regret that decision?
Stay tuned. For more information about the evils of television, rent the movie NETWORK.
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Sci-fi will always regret getting rid of a Peabody winning show too early! And you ALL NEED to watch NETWORK!!!
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