Stargate Universe finale ratings highest since November

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• I would really like to see those continued ratings reports for any shows that replace SGU on the schedule (it be nice to see the same for Caprica) to have an expanding record of how it is the nights in question that are killing shows and not their quality.

• This is proof that the audience is there and that Nielsenn is just not telling the whole story. At this point I'm so fraking sick of Nielsenn ratings that I really would rather not see reports anymore because every time I click on it its lower and lower ratings .

  SyFy should just have stuck to airing its scripted dramas in the summer. That's all there is to it. Air your lighthearted dramas at the beginning like Eureka and Warehouse 13 and your more serious dramas like Stargate in the end July/August. You'll get higher ratings because people won't have anything else to watch. They can air their cheaper reality shows during the fall and won't have to worry as much about lower ratings because they're cheap to produce

  Either that or just accept that during the fall/spring seasons when competition is higher they should just accept lower numbers.

  That being said, where were all those viewers for the entire run of the series?? Why couldn't they just stick it out? If they had we wouldn't be having a discussion on the series finale but the season finale and be looking forward to season 3! Wish we knew what it would take to convince people that right now its important that they watch the shows live, at least until networks, especially in regards to sci-fi & fantasy accept that people use other means to watch TV.

  Means, I might add, that are advertised during the shows. If these methods like Hulu and iTunes and watching on SyFy's website are not counted at all, why then do they advertise them? You always see the "watch on iTunes" during the show but to me it seems like a self-defeating advertisement because when people do then that means fewer viewers and canceled shows.

• Funnily enough it was an amazing end... to an amazing show. I wished it had continued for another three seasons but so happy the way it ended.

  Ironically it had the best ending compared to the other two shows in the franchise.

  Sorry to see it end.

• Sad numbers

• I hope that Sanctuary won't be next on Syfy's chopping block...

  :(

• This whole situation has reminded me of how I used to think.I'm sure I'm not alone in this either.
  It became obvious to me many,many years ago that most people are perfectly happy to sit in front of their TV & watch absolute garbage.It was a constant source of irritation to me to see well written,well produced & innovative shows continually cancelled never to be seen again.Meanwhile the endless supply of soap operas,reality dross,celebrity gossip tripe & minority sports continued without pause.
  If only,I thought...if only there were a channel specifically dedicated to the sort of stuff I enjoy watching,this problem would finally be over.
  Apparently not.Instead we get wrestling on a sci-fi channel! Added to that we get TV networks using a 1950s model for measuring ratings in a multimedia age.
  & you know what? Even the actual fanbase for this kind of TV doesn't help itself.The has been loads of griping over the past 2 years about the direction of SGU,the plotting,the focus etc...yes,sure I've had complaints myself but never enough to stop watching.It was slated for 5 seasons so thats how long I decided to watch for! Personally I've been rewarded,SGU became compelling in Season 2.Season 1 was mostly establishing character & developing plotlines,I kind of expected as much.There were plots & subplots I didn't like but by & large those have been dumped anyway & the overarching story has come into play more & more as time has gone by.I for one was impressed in the end & looking forward to seeing it through.
  No chance of that now.
  In the end we can be our own worst enemies with our impatience & when you couple that with the deck being stacked against inventive speculative fiction from the off the chances of ever getting to see something we enjoy for an extended period of time become minimal.
  I wonder sometimes,how many seasons would SG-1 have lasted if it had started say 2 years ago? I somehow doubt we'd be looking at a 10 year run.I think the days of any sci-fi/fantasy drama lasting that long are over forever.But to be honest i'd settle for 4 or 5 anyway at this point!

• That was a fine conclusion to SGU. I think it could easily be wrapped up with a single actor, David Blue could reprise his role wondering the ship.. perhaps actually interacting with Destiny in a way that it could not with the rest of the crew.. we know it has a personality of its own, and its very old.

  I like happy endings, so I'd like to think either the statis chamber can save him, but perhaps not revive him without additional repairs. And maybe in the meantime he does find the cure for ALS in the database.. he said search queries could be difficult.

  Rush had visitations of his own when he was alone, perhaps Destiny would unleash, or release ghosts of its own to help Eli.

  And something has been bothering me for a long time about the Sarcophagus in early SG1.. where did that technology originate.. with the Ancients or the Gould? Perhaps its a natural extension of the stasis pods, while your in downtime.. perhaps they make medical repairs.. flash blindness cured, kidneys regenerated.. with all the Alcor stuff.. seems really likely. ALS however not so much as thats genetic and not damage, though after its emerged perhaps the pods could help.. but I prefer Eli find the answer where Yusak? said it was.. a parting gift from their descendents.

  Its not just the end for SGU for a while.. for me it feels like its the end for SyFy as well.

  I know I won't be back. Not to kick sand at the other series.. but they were an assemble.. that's broken now.. SyFy has doomed itself.

  Hope it re-emerges as a NetFlix streaming channel someday.. ironic in thats how SciFi got its start.. re-running classics.. and moved on.

  Time to turn out the lights.

• Well I have to say that SyFy really crewed the pooch. SGU is the best show on TV, and I am even speaking about any of the BIG network crap. I am glad to see that Sanctuary is dieing as SGU did when they moved it. BUT the one thing I did notice while watching the finale, was it said SEASON FINALE not SERIES FINALE so I am beginning to wonder if SyFy might pull at 3rd season out of the Magic hat for us. Only time will tell.

• Good bye to another great SiFi show. Loved SGU and all of the other Stargate series. The last 3 episodes of SGU were watched on Zune through my XBOX. SyFy is a dead channel to me and not worth the extra money spent to keep cable. So Good bye SyFy Good bye cable and hello Internet TV. Hope to see SGU movies out soon and maybe I'll be able to buy them from ZUNE or even on DVD.

• @Browncoat1984 Sorry man,but what viewers?
  1,134 mill viewers is not even close to enough for a show like SGU to stay on air.It had that kind of numbers,between 900 thousand and 1,1-1,15 mill the entire time sice the end of season one.It had to have had around 2 mil.to stay on the air.And had SGU stayed on Friday it would have had that sort of numbers by now.
  I don't watch Castle and all that,but I simply cannot watch live tv on Monday,or Tuesday for that matter and I know many other ppl with the same problem.Even if I have time,I've better things to do than to sit in front of tv in the evenings on those days.And ppl who do want to watch tv then are obviously thr ones who choose something else.That is obvious and should've been accounted for by the network.

  And Sanctuary is a perfect example of the same thing,same profile of viewers,only it has even far less appeal than SGU.SGU lost 200 000 viewers by that move and over a couple of weeks,Sanctuary lost almost a million!! If that isn't telling..that's why Darren was so right in his letter!