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General Jumper One
General Jumper One
13 years ago

to bad, I would rather have Sanctuary after SGU. :(

BPStoyle
13 years ago

I love SGU, but there’s no way it’s going to compete with Glee.

Kyarra
Kyarra
13 years ago

Sadness! that means waiting 2+ more weeks to find out what happens on Sanctuary! :(

Sylvia
Sylvia
13 years ago

Darn, now there are two shows I won’t be watching on Tuesdays…. never could get in to Caprica. But on the bright side, my Fridays are looking up a bit! :)
On a ratings note, I’m not sure, but didn’t Sanctuary get better ratings than Caprica? So wouldn’t it have been better for SGU to be paired with a higher rated show? I just wonder what the thinking is behind this decision?

sgfan
13 years ago


Yes I think Sanctuary got better ratings than Caprica. I don’t know the number but I remember reading Caprica ratings were very low. I hope this doesn’t hurt Sanctuary or SGU. Don’t care about Caprica.

psw
psw
13 years ago

@ Sylvia

“On a ratings note, I’m not sure, but didn’t Sanctuary get better ratings than Caprica?”

You are right! ;-)

Live + SD ratings of season 1.0 of Caprica in million viewers:

1.602
1.411
1.128
0.976
1.127
1.155
1.071
1.229
1.103

I don’t know all live + SD ratings of season 2 of Sanctuary. But those are the episodes and ratings I know of:

1: 1.850
2: 1.766
3: 1.694
4: 1.606
5: 1.420
6: 1.661
9: 1.363
10: 1.376
12: 1.493
13: 1.493

Sylvia
Sylvia
13 years ago

Looking at those numbers, I think Sanctuary would have been a better pairing to attract more people to Tuesday nights. I did read on the TV ByTheNumbers site that people are speculating that the actors contracts are coming due in October and they need to know by then whether there will be a renewal of the series or not. So showing the eps now will give them the answer as to whether there will be a Season 2 of Caprica. Also Ron Moore has another contract with Sony. Would be interesting to be a fly on the wall at some… Read more »

Petra
Petra
13 years ago

This sucks. I follow (and love!) all 3 shows and would prefer to have them all together in one line-up. SGU/Sanctuary/Caprica Tuesdays would be a nice continuation of SG-1/SGA/BSG Fridays. And as happy as I am to get Caprica much sooner, I don’t understand the decision to split SGU and Sanctuary at all. Why couldn’t they leave Caprica for Fridays? Stargate and Sanctuary airing together became another tradition I was very fond of. But most of all, I’m afraid that it will hurt SGU and/or Sanctuary. Being the sole sci-fi show on a Friday night after that Smackdown thing can’t… Read more »

psw
psw
13 years ago

@ Petra

Wrestling will probably get a lot of viewers and most of them are men, which usually watch science fiction series more than women. I think some wrestling fans will watch Sanctuary. Perhaps wrestling can even help Sanctuary. We will see.

xxxevilgrinxxx
xxxevilgrinxxx
13 years ago

Here in Canada, SGU is (fingers crossed and as far as I know) still going to be running on Fridays. Hopefully still preceded by Sanctuary :)

The idea that SGU is going to be next to Caprica gives me hope that there may, one day, be a nice solid sci-fi block on a non-sci-fi channel.

So is it good?
I say yes :)

rac80
rac80
13 years ago

with the possibility of V following No Ordinary Family on ABC in November– it sounds like ABC will have the scifi to watch, merely IMHO of course! ;)

wganubis
wganubis
13 years ago

BSG got a similar treatment earlier in its early life, being sent to wednsday then sunday before being put back on friday so im not terrablly concerned about Caprica.

AscendedTauri
AscendedTauri
13 years ago

I believe that this only helps SG:U. The press coming from the second half of Caprica is very strong. They fit together a lot better than Sanctuary does, and the promotional power of both shows is higher, regardless of recent ratings. The 2nd half of Caprica honestly looks like a totally different (and better) show. Besides all that, CAN”T WAIT FOR SGU!

wordsrmagic2me
wordsrmagic2me
13 years ago

Got word from CTV that SPACE is moving Sanctuary: http://www.cinemaspy.com/Television-News/Early-Return-For-Caprica-Smacks-Down-on-Sanctuary/4689
(skim to note at bottom)

Pioneering
13 years ago

I would prefer to have all three shows in a block on the same night. As far as Sanctuary is concerned, we’ll never know when it’s going to start because wrestling(ugh!) ALWAYS runs long.

pinkdolphi
pinkdolphi
13 years ago

I’ve managed to get a large group of college students to watch SGU on Friday nights but since it and Caprica will be on Tuesdays, I really don’t think we will be able to keep watching as a group (Tue. night work meetings, homework, etc).

The group viewing was the only thing really keeping me interested in the shows so I guess I’ll find in the DVD section one day.

Lindsey
Lindsey
13 years ago

I would have liked Sanctuary after SGU also, but I am not disappointed that they are putting Caprica. I actually like the show I caught up on it a few weeks ago and it’s pretty good. But I don’t know what it will do to the ratings though, because I have been watching promos for TV shows coming in the fall and there are some pretty good ones that are on Tuesday’s and I don’t know it could be a good thing people who don’t watch TV on Friday’s could find these 2 shows and fall in love with them… Read more »

rdtaylor200
rdtaylor200
13 years ago

I think pro wresting has no business on the syfy channel it needs to stay on spike tv. It may bring in money to the network but it does not fit with the networks shows at all it’s the odd ball that does not belong. Syfy needs to get rid of it and put other shows in it’s place.