Comment Lack of interest in building an audience... (Score 1) 307
Now a days those in charge are only interested in making a quick buck. Building an audience takes time. Being a science fiction fan I find most SciFi shows last one season and disappear. I look at the videos I have in my collection of SciFi and most are one season: Almost Human, Terra Nova, Etc. You have to let people know about the show. Do you think Dr. Who would have the audience it has now if the powers in charge today were in charge. Dr. Who became a hit only after many years and this started with PBS showing them. PBS started to show them in the 70's and it wasn't until 2005 when it returned that it started to get a largte following. Other shows outside of the SciFi arena that are great show don't last either. Take the recent show Forever. It was good and had potential to be good but disappeared quick without really solving the show. Thank goodness someone had the brains to see s show like Firefly as something good and have a movie made to tie up the loose ends. Of course the fan base forced it but it still shows the big shots running the networks have no clue on how to do anything. They believe on doing shows for the audience that demand very little brains.