From: matrix29@charter.net
"Charles Whitney" wrote in message
news:hgjnau$10r$1@news.eternal-september.org...
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> "Chris "Sampo" Cornell" wrote in message
> news:msampo-018C50.08063918122009@news.individual.net...
>> In article
>> ,
>> "jason.cinema" wrote:
>
>>> We donıt have any plans to bring it back. You know, weıve talked about
>>> it in the past but not for four or five years. I think the thing about
>>> MST3K is and Iıll ask you the same question as I say to everybody
>>> else is did you actually watch more than about, you know, 15 or 20
>>> minutes? Itıs one of those kind of one-note amusing things which Iım
>>> not sure is sustainable for any length of time or any period of time.
>
> What an asshole. He's talking about a television show that lasted 10
> seasons. I guess he has some other definition of "sustainable" that
> contradicts the commonly understood version. I'm amazed that he's able to
> become President of a television network, even if it is a grade C basic
> cable channel.
>
> The only way MST3k is "one note amusing" is if you make the phrase so
> general as to remove any practical meaning from it. You could say the
> same thing about any sitcom. In fact, that's why most of them are
> successful.
>
>> To be fair, he's not wrong. He's basing this view on the network's own
>> internal focus grouping,
>
> I suspect his scientific polling actually only polled one person. And
> it's amusing, because read what the guy said and realize just how blind he
> is.
>
> " I used to get it all the time, you know, MST3K because quite frankly
> that was the only thing people ever associated with the network."
>
> And he says that only started petering out 4 to 5 years after the show was
> cancelled. Golly, why don't people associate your network with your
> wrestling shows, your bad original movies or your forgettable cliche
> series? You've only had a decade to get your viewers in line!
>
> C
I take offense at calling "SyFy" a "C grade basic cable channel".
Since Bonnie Hammer took over it went from a "C grade" to a big whopping
"F grade" channel (with the exception of 8 watchable shows running at any
time). After Bonnie Hammer left (to reduce another network into a generic
unwatchable crapfest) it dropped to a "F-Minus grade" channel (with the
exception of 4 watchable shows).
Right now the "SyFy Channel" is a "F-Minus" station with 2 watchable
shows.
I'd say it's long past time to shoot the pony and sell off the meat to a
non-grossly-incompetent network.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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