The Finals are out on ENT. Believe it or not, ENT got 3.03 million viewers vs the BSG premier's 3.1 million, and this with ENT preempted in several markets for basketball and coming off a month's hiatus. Wonder if that will be reported anywhere?
SG:Atlantis on the very same Sci Fi Channel got something like 4.1 million viewers at its premier over the summer, which is probably the least watched time of year save some of the big holidays. In fact, I believe that BSG's miniseries airing in Dec. 2003 got more viewers than this.
And the spin goes on... ;-)
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"I think the show talked to people through the characters. They're stories that speak to the heart. They talk about love, they talk about friendship, they talk about loyalty, they talk about patriotism, exploration, curiosity, reaching out... And I think all those things still touch people. Even when you look at a 30-year old show, it still has something to say." - D.C. Fontana, Sci Fi Channel Special Edition TOS 1998
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"If the season finale involves the re-built USS Reliant coming back in time to the 21st Century crewed by Moogie, Dr. Selar, Morn, Transporter Chief Kyle, and the Salt Vampire, then we'll know that Coto has gone too far." - tomba1701
3.1 million might be good on Sci-fi but if this show was on a network like enterprise is, this would be a major disappointment. Why does it have to be one or the other. I like Enterprise and I like BSG. But BSG is not the messiah to the religion we call science fiction. It is a sad state of affairs when we have to beat down one show to raise another up. What if enterprise were shown 5 times a day and 3 or 4 days a week(like BSG is)...how much exposure would it get? I think enterprise is getting a bad rap.
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Michael Moore is an idiot!
Congradulations Ron. You and your show deserve this. :)
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"The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin, but as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared...my heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within."
Congratulations to RDM
Not at all surprised that this was the outcome of Friday night. Ron, you deserve this, the show is fantastic.
I had a feeling it would be quite the big night for BSG when I found myself turning off a new episode of Enterprise to watch the Lowdown special. Both were being TiVo'd, but still, I was into Enterprise, and just flipped it off halfway into it (mostly to see the interviews with Katie Sakhoff and Number 6 (or is that six of twelve)).
Manny's doing a good job with Enterprise, but there is no doubt that Berman lost a great writer when he let RDM go
I suppose with these ratings, even with a little drop off; given the already great success in the UK, we can probably expect another 13 hopefully still by the end of 2005 and they won't go with the UK showings early.
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Cancel it... Nomore anti-trek.
With all the incredible hype and positive press for BSG, all it got for its premiere was 3.1 million viewers? Stargate: Atlantis scored higher than that for its premiere. I'm not sure I'd be bragging about that so quickly. If ENT's fast nationals held up, it probably scored about 2.9 million viewers after a break of 5 weeks with zero advertising. It's numbers will probably creep back up to its season average of 3.1 to 3.3 million like it did last year after "Damage" scored so low after the break. It gained back a million viewers within the month.
Look, I don't want BSG to fail. I don't care one way or the other. If people are enjoying it--that's great. But obviously it's very important to Ron Moore and company to "beat" ENT. That makes Moore seem a little insecure and petty. He's got critical praise. Why doesn't he let his work stand on its own merit? Maybe he expected a little more than 3.1 million for a premiere?
Everybody says this is the series premiere of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ... I'm confused, the torrents list this week's episode as 1x12. Shouldn't this be 1x01 or am I missing something??? Are there 11 episodes I missed or something? Does that constitute the miniseries? How many episodes was the mini-series?
I haven't really been following the New BSG at all so far, so I'm not gettin' it.
I have been a member here for years and this is my very first post.
Why?
Because BSG is everything that "enterprise" should be. Kudos to Ron Moore for reinventing a franchise exactly how he said he would. It has enough continuity to the old show to make it familiar but creates a dramtic new environment where nothing is predictable.
I would stack the drama of the first two episodes (as well as the pilot) against anything that the "Star Trek" has produced in the past ten years. It's dramatic... gripping... exciting.
Look at the way the show is produced. The battles... the effects... the lighting. Is so fresh... so unlike the same look and feel that has existed on "Trek since 1991. Yes... at the time, it's what "trek" needed, but we are ten years removed!!! I applaud what Manny Coto (sp?) is doing this season... but the bottom line is this. Trek today still looks like a TV show. It's overlit... the drama is bland... the endings are entirely predictable and even when we get a great Brent Siner guest shot, it underwhelms at every turn. Were any of the "augments a tenth of the presense of Khan? Where's the drama? Where are the theatrical quality episodes? Great effects do not make a great viewing experience.
In 1991... I would NEVER miss an episode of TNG. NEVER. It was must-watch TV an I spent my money on the mags, the toys and the videos like a good Trek fan. But those days are OVER! Do you know when I watch Enterprise? When I remember to... and that isn't very often. I might try to tune in for the Klingon/Bumpy Head episodes... but I know that the look/feel/story/acting and effects will be exactly as I remember Voyager looking like in 1998. Sorry... I'd rather watch sports center.
The last piece of Star Trek entertainment that really mattered? That really meant something? That made me have an emotional reaction? First Contact?Generations?
Perhaps... but I would have to say the last time that the Berman era made me care for Star Trek was, ironically, All Good Things.
Say what you will about people "growing up"... "changing tastes" or "moving on". I say that the sci-fi geek is alive and well inside of me waiting for something to come along to get me excited. To move me. To entertain me. I wanted that to be Enterprise so bad. But Enterprise is simply Voyager without the courtesy to actually change the historical look of show (except for a font change).
BORING!
Berman had the chance to doing something great! To create a look that predated The Cage. To go retro! To use the sound effects that make you think STAR TREK! To create a history within the show that made sense!!! Thirty five years of Star Trek history and we are only now seeing the NX01?
CRAP!
Berman had the opportunity to honor a classic show while making it a dramtic piece of entertainment that sat the indusry on it's ear. He didn't do it. Instead... Ron Moore did it and it SUCCEEDS! Good for you, Ron!!!
BSG is must watch TV for me... I am alrady hooked. Hopefully, I'll won't be too disappointed with the Klingo/Bumphead episodes... that is, as long as it doesn't air during BSG.
I watched BSg series opener '33 and water' and they were incredibly entertaining episodes. The mini-series hooked me and the BSG season primeier further solidified its hold on me. If they keep the series as tense, taut, unpredictable and movie like as it currently is, I dont see why the number wont hold strong. Might be a slight drop over time but should remain strong as word of mouth on BSG is very strong.
Wow. Now the question is whether BSG can sustain those ratings. Other genre shows (Enterprise, The Dead Zone) have shown a pattern of premiering well, but then showing a dwindling of the numbers thereafter.
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