Stargate Universe Ratings Round-Up

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• I really liked stargate universe!
  Obviously like every other stargate fan i was skeptical throughout the first season because I was freaked out by the change in style but i think the series really came into it's own league through the second season and i'll always regard epilogue as one of my top 5 favourite stargate episodes! It's a shame that it's been cancelled because I really got into it!
  How do I find out the ratings for the U.K?
  I'm eagre to find out how the series done over here on Sky1!

• Damn WTH! This entire saga was amazing! I cannot seriously believe the damn suits cut SGU from SyFy. You know, they put on fake Wrestling because of the viewership.... what the hell. Ever heard of "Stick to your Guns"? SyFy, you can suck it. I know its a business so change your name then sell outs.... this sucks... Gateworld, I have followed for years but now I am so upset I had to make a post abou this. Im still upset and cannot believe that one of the greatest if not the best series on TV is canceled. The ratings system is flawed in a huge way. Stargate WILL be back. Might be years but its not over.

• Sorry had to post gain.. the best option for all of us is demanding a REAL SyFy channel who sticks to their guns.... BS

• So, remember what was in the SGU pilot before the first break? Gratuitous sex. (Hey, I like gratuitous sex, but that's what the Internet is for. On the other hand, good sci-fi doesn't grow on trees.) The whole "Stargate: 90210" thing was probably the least appealing aspect of the show for me, and as they gradually stopped hosing down the sets with testosterone, the series got a lot better. Unfortunately, it may have taken too long for them to settle on getting into the sci-fi and out of the soap opera (for example, the communication-stone-driven crap with Telford sleeping with Young's wife), and their audience dwindled before they found the right balance.

  It's for that reason that I still maintain that they should have dropped the communication stones early on. They were a crutch to try to wedge Earthside scenery into the series, and they were used in unrealistic and uncomfortable ways (would anyone really give unlimited consent for someone else to use their body, including possibly contracting an STD, getting pregnant, using drugs, etc.?).

• "A large percentage of viewers (43 percent) who checked out the 3-hour pilot episode “Air” had tuned out by the first break."

  I wonder how common that is in the TV industry. Sounds like a really huge, huge figure. The sex scene was before the first break, though, right? That probably turned off a lot of TVs right there, with people not expecting that kind of thing from Stargate. /shrug

• @Tekrelm

  They don't mean the first commercial break, they mean the first mid-season break. Air Part 3 actually got MORE viewers than the 2-parter the first week, which rarely happens in TV.

• Lots of new shows start with a bang, then settle into a regular audience.
  SGU's problem has been the SyFy channel itself, in that I don't think it is possible for SyFy to pull 2+ million ratings numbers for a niche product like Science fiction anymore.
  I truly believe that if SGU had been on major networks it would have done considerably better.
  Even "V" and "The Event" have been cancelled with much higher ratings than SGU, even though those shows are no where near the quality of SGU.
  Lets hope somewhere down the track we'll get a proper conclusion, SGU deserves it.

• @Imperious

  I wouldn't hold out hope for a conclusion as the book on quality sci-fi(in this case outer space sci-fi) is closing for good. None of the studios or networks will pay the production cost anymore. Get used to low brow/quality drivel on the tube from now on.
  I just can't believe that Sy-Fy is putting money behind BSG: Blood & Chrome. There is just no point to it what so ever. All prequal stuff is just garbage. Heck, even Caprica should have just been a mini-series that would have aired right between BSG season 4.0 and 4.5.
  SGU deserved that attention SO much more than blood & chrome.
  But its all over now and that just plain sucks.

• Hi everyone to be fair i almost didnt give SGU an chance cos it was so different and we were kinda flung into it with new characters plus i was still a bit annoyed at the rather abrupt ending/cancellation of SGA perhaps this is yet another reason why SGU didnt get as many viewers that they would have liked and lets face it if anyone has a few brain cells like me most people are cautious about getting into a new show anyway and like me some will tend to wait until after its had a few seasons and it looks like its gonna stick around i would normally either watch the reruns or get the dvds to catch up like i did with SG1 & SGA but i now regret not doing the same for SGU and until networks STOP CANCELING THEIR SHOWS B4 THEY ARE FINISHED i will now never watch a new show on any network until it has had at least 5-10 seasons but hey i do understand where they are coming from after all it is a business and they do need to earn a living but i cant stress this enuff tv networks need to step out of the limited linear one show at a time box most of us are changing the way we watch tv compared to how we used to watch tv about 10yrs or so ago we now tend to record to dvr or computer or download for later viewing rather than have to sit and watch shows on a strict time schedule and it wont be too long until people are if they are not already watching tv on the go on their ipads or smart phones the viewers are changing they way they watch tv so why are tv networks not changing the way they bring it to us?? dont they realize that everyone would be better off and would make alot more money???
  plz feel free 2 use this in a future article if u like Darren 1 guy that sees the obvious solution wont be able to convince the networks to update the way they bring tv to us but maybe if there is enuff demand for it they will thanks for reading every one :)

• Also SGU was running at the same time as other big shows.