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   > >>   
   > >> I would guess, that had Firefly been British, it would have survived.   
   It   
   > >> would have had less episodes and been lower budget, but it would have   
   > >> had time to establish. I would add that I would not say that's an   
   > >> automatic thing for any failed "good" US show. I think Firefly was   
   > >> pretty unique. It was a show like Babylon 5, in that it is a scifi set   
   > >> show that can draw non scifi fans.   
   > >   
   > > I've never seen Firefly, but Babblealong 5 was abysmally boring. I don't   
   > > many, if any, "no scifi fans" were interested in watching it ... most   
   scifi   
   > > fans I know weren't even interested in watching it (in fact a couple of   
   > > people I know watched it solely to see the Amiga-driven special effects   
   > > because they orked or were interested in that area).   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what you like then. You slate reset shows like ST, don't   
   > like the arc shows like B5 and FF. Not sure what's left.   
      
   Here we go with the not being able to read.  :-(   
      
   I said I had never seen Firefly, not even a single second of it ... I have   
   also not really read anything about it, so I can't say whether I like it or   
   not.   
      
   I also never said anything about "arc shows". Babblealong 5 was simply   
   b-o-r-i-n-g. The only real problem with "arc shows" is that they lose   
   viewers since the casual watcher can't be bothered watching EVERY single   
   episode just to keep up. That's why most good shows tend to be episodic so   
   casual viewers can tune in whenever they want, and often have an on-going   
   background story for the real fans.   
      
   The real Star Trek shows were fine (with the exception of some lazily   
   written episodes and the religious mumbo-jumbo in Deep Space Nine).   
   Enterprise and the silly "reboot" movie are simply garbage that don't fit in   
   the "Star Trek" franchise in anything but name.   
      
   If you're counting shows that are now longer running, then there's plenty of   
   other sci-fi shows left.   
      
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