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Thank you for taking time to listen to us. This is show number 40. We’re talking about the “State of the SciFi Channel” as our main discussion. We’re also going to talk about the SciFi 16 semi-final round 3. There’s also news to discuss. The council today is made up of Vince, Randy, Jeromy and Casey.

Casey finished reading “Neuromancer” by William Gibson

Vince’s issues with Episode #038.

1. Reaper parties. Great idea. One huge problem with it. If everybody goes over to Casey’s house to watch Reaper then the ratings will really tank. A better idea would be some sort of online Reaper party, or maybe like a Reaper trivia contest that encourages everyone to sit at home and watch the show. Since the Nielsen’s don’t factor in viewers who watch via DVR, work out someway to reward people who watch the show in realtime.
2. Heroes really long hiatus. First of all, I’m glad that there’s a little bit of time between season’s two and three. Especially since I’ve found out that some of the listeners who have left comments on the website think that I should leave my mother’s basement and step out into the sunshine. A longer hiatus for Heroes is great because it’s freeing me up for my other hobbies. I have Warhammer 40k miniatures that need painting, a scale model of R2D2 that needs assembly, and at night I like to go outside, record the movements of satellites, and compare them to the published Kepler coordinates to identify the spy satellites. That’ll show those folks that I’m not a lonely, pathetic, loser. Also, I really don’t think that the hiatus was that long, about nine and a half months I think. The Battlestar Galactica hiatus was over a year. For the record, I used that time to finish my steam powered babbage engine just in time to use it to file my taxes.

DVR Meltown Endangers New Episode of Galactica

Spaced Coming to DVD

Speedracer doesn’t do so well at box office.

• RottenTomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/speed_racer/
• IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811080/
• Just over $20 million it’s opening weekend

Network TV Advertiser Upfronts:

NBC - Presented in April

• “My Own Worst Enemy” Christian Slater in Jekyl/Hyde thriller
• “Knight Rider”
• “Chuck”

ABC - Tuesday

• “Life on Mars” is probable (BBC Time-Travel Remake)

CBS - Wednesday

• Ghost Whisperer
• Moonlight

Fox - Thursday

• “The Fringe” is go (J.J. Abrams Unexplained Phenomena Drama)
• “Dollhouse” is go (Joss Whedon Mind-Wiping Drama)

CW - Thursday

• Outsourcing Sunday nights to Media Rights Capital

“State of the SciFi Channel”

Shows: http://www.scifi.com/onair/index.php?id=0
Schedule: http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3

Battlestar Galactica
Eureka
Ghost Hunters
Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Flash Gordon

Who Wants to be a Superhero?

The Most Dangerous Night in America (Vince)

ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) Live on Tuesdays

Re-airs

Jake 2.0
X-Files
Star Trek Enterprise
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
Threshold
Andromeda (picked up in the middle of season 4)
John Doe
Firefly

SF16 Update

Outer Rim vs. Hall of Justice

Star Wars (1) 46%
Doctor Who (4) 54%
-2.86 SoV
-8.69 Perfomance
Alpha Quadrant vs. Demon Dimension

Star Trek (2) 53%
Joss Whedon (3) 47%
5.56 SoV
-0.27 Performace