Can you help? Please

I'd be a lot more supportive of your efforts if you were not resorting to scare tactics and bashing so many of the other shows SciFi offers. You might not like them, but that's not the point. Talking about how terrible another show is does nothing but make you and your cause look bad.

Not only that, by making disparaging comments about specific shows, you risk alienating potential allies who happen to like those shows. In this kind of campaign, you need all the support you can get.

I hope you'll reconsider your comments. Good luck.

Bashing or not , Sci-Fi channel has become very boring . They took one of my favorite books ( Riverworld From To your Scattered Bodys Go ) and trashed it . There are others . Thats why reading is so important . Thats why Its so important to support quality shows . Heres hoping they win there fight to stay on .

I don't quite understand the Sci Fi Channel. Besides this wrestling crap, there have been 2-3 other non sci-fi/horror/fantasy related grade z shows that have been aired.

I imagine the doltish execs at SciFi aren't securing SG! is that it's too expensive to produce. I don't believe Shanks, Tapping and the rest of the crew will accept $1,000 per episode. Do you? Though I love the show (and SG Atlantis, too), perhaps it's time to retire SG!. Only if they can come up with a quality show to replace it and not some half-baked show that cost $1.99 to produce.

Yes, Stargate is cheap to produce, relatively speaking, considering the Quality level.

And NBCUniversal/SciFi channel pays even LESS for it.

Each episode of SG1 costs MGM/Bridge Studios approximately 2.1 million dollars to produce. Of this, SciFi channel only pays 1/3rd of this, which is about $730,000, MGM pays for 2/3'rds. So SciFi is not paying much, especially for the quality of Stargate. MGM is onboard and all for Stargate SG1, and even stated that Stargate was one of their most important assets ranking up there with the James Bond franchise.

SciFi channel is part of NBC Universal. NBCUniversal just announced that they hope to earn over 1 billion dollars by next year, JUST on digital clips on youtube. NBCUniversal contains Universal music which has income from thousands of musical artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Aaliyah, Eminem, Blink182....billions. NBC operates UNIVERSAL STUDIOS theme parks, MSNBC, CNBC, BRAVO TV, USA Network, Universal Pictures, LionsGate, Telemundo, a dozen television stations, and is owned by GENERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION which is on the FORTUNE 10 shortlist as one of the largest companies in the nation. This is not a company hurting at the bank. And NBC pays for other shows that cost them multi-millions of dollars, much more than stargate, all the time. It's not even an issue for them.

And as I'm sure you know, the giant marketing pr juggernaut WWE is not going to just hand them the license for WWE/ECW wrestling shows either. The Vince McMahon organization is a well oiled and well litigated worldwide behemoth that is not scrimping for people who want to air that stuff, so they can hold out for a huge payment of a pretty penny for anyone who wants to air their theatrical productions.

Plus, as far as SciFi channel goes, Each of those "SciFi ORIGINAL" B-grade movies SciFi must also pay to produce, and that means they must pay the Entire production cost of those motion picture films, including costs to construct and build all the on-location sets (at the lakes containing the FrankenFish, or the harbor containing the boats that get mauled by the giant Octopus, or the 40 foot crocodile), they need to provide food catering for all the actors, cast, crew, and extas, they need to pay for all the semi-tractor-trailer production trucks, the costs of film, film processing, editing and post production to make the little ManSquito jump out, digital cgi effects (ok, that's a bargain rate company producing those), screenwriting for what that's worth, lighting, director, producer, grips, electrical work, gaffers, chyron produced end title credits, composition of music, foley and sound effects people involved in the production, orchestra for music or stock music, audio engineers for mixing, digital compositing fees, makeup people, trailers on location, fuel costs, photography for the promos, marketing, paying the web designer to photoshop a Pumpkinhead and put it up on the SciFi.com website.... So you see, these B-movies DO NOT cost Scifi 1.99 to produce. They cost a Lot, usually much more than SciFi pays for Stargate, and then they have to DO all the labor and work too.

In any case, you've got to spend money to Make money. And also you need to spend a little to promote it and take care of it. If you have a show winning dog, or a strong thoroughbred horse that you know is a winner, but you neglect it, and don't take care of it, it could have done great, but instead it will starve and wither. If you don't treat it well, it's going to come in 4th. But if you spend money to feed it, it's going to be a champion, and return much more than you ever thought.

Stargate helped lift the SciFi channel from little unknown also-ran channel into the Limelight of the top 10 in cable and made it into a well-respected network. Stargate Fans actually phoned their cable companies to ASK them to carry Scifi when it was not even in the package, and the cable companies didn't want to add it because SciFi wanted to charge an extra dollar fifty to all subscribers (you) in order to add it.

In addition, Stargate is what helped to pull in LARGE ADVERTISERS to bring in cash for SciFi channel. Due to the popularity of SG1, even 5 years ago, SciFi channel was able to get advertisers such as AMERICAN EXPRESS, FORD, VOLVO, GEICO, and others, and they spend from 50K to over 100,000 per 30 second spot, of which there are 32 potential ad segments during just 1 episode of SG1. That's potentially 3.2 million dollars. (And yes, SciFi puts over 16 minutes of advertising commercials into your show that you watch every time. There's only 38 minutes of actual SG1 on SciFi channel. Then the rest of the hour is filled with SciFi's own ads promoting their own other shows. Eureka and FrankenFish and Sasquatch and little short animations where a guy blows air up a puppy's behind into a balloon animal, and so forth.)

When a marketing ad salesman from SciFi channel calls up AMEX in order to try to make a sale of a tv ad package, Stargate has made tons of money for SciFi over the years. If an ad guy calls up AMEX's PR department and says "Hi, want to advertise during Stargate SG1?" after some review they said yes, and probably said "Ohh! Yeah, I know that show. That's not bad." Or do you think the sales guy closes tons of ad sales by saying "Hi American Express? yes, oh, you'll definitely want to buy ads on Our SciFi channel, we have an excellent lineup of PumpkinHead, and then we are going to follow with Pumpkinhead: Love Hurts, and you'll love the one where we have this Wooly Mammoth that is also an Alien, and a Vampire at the same time, and a movie with a 15-foot Nazi in it, and your ads will run during that. How bout it, American Express, sound good?" How about a million dollar ad buy during our SciFi original movies?

"I never want to lose the most wonderful, entertaining science fiction series ever produced. I heartedly express my dismay that you have decided to cancel this wonderful series." -Keith Nickas

"This show has influenced many children not to do drugs when they get older and instead get into science and engineering." -JJ

"This is the show that got me interested into Sci-fi and you can't just stop when it's getting better and better." -Hanna Kim

"I have watched SG-1 since the first season, it would be a shame to see it stop when they had just reached the milestone 200th episode. I will be extremely disappointed with sci-fi and will stop watching sci-fi if they continue with their plan." -Tyler Smith

"Don't stop the show. You still can make lots of money from commercials ;-)" -Scratzin

"I love the new crew and it is just hitting it's stride! Please keep this show and dump the cheesy movies/wrestling instead!" -R. S. Peeler

"[If you] END SG-1 ... all of my family stops watching The SCI-FI channel" -Shawn McLaughlin

"Keep the show it's one of the few shows that are worth watching on Sci-Fi. If money is a problem stop making those horrible sci-fi original movies." -Jesse

"Out of all the channels and shows, it is the one show I look forward too every week." -M. Oberth

"There has never throughout my life been a show that I have adored as I do Stargate SG-1. If this show ends then without a doubt there will be a massive hole for me." -Renée Towner

[messages from actual fan's expressing their feelings]

I have to admit... I have no idea what wrestling is doing on the scifi channel either.

To bad Show Time doesn't pick it up . I watched the first episode of Dexter , which crawls pretty close to the edge . I had to quit watching Masters of Horror because it really made me uncomfortable and just a little bit disgusted . I thought I was for about anything ,but not that much I guess . Will have to see how Dexter progresses . I,m only saying this because I think they had already lost credibility when they took Farscape off . To many restrictions . But then not enough . How do you when . Think of how much better Steven Kings the stand would have been .

Its NBC.... the same network that cancelled the original Star Trek series... some of us were just as upset as you if not more since there WERE NO ALTERNATIVES back in 'the day'.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the show, loved Browder and gawd did I lust for Claudia Black but the last season just blew.
and like putting the 'borg' to sleep (and they promptly exploded!!!) jumped the shark for STNG having Browder fight not one but TWO knights in armor did if for SG-1...

here's an idea, how about stopping the whining and getting out and having a life?

this too shall pass, (or you can watch reruns).


I suspected it after that awful 200th honk.

I think curmudgeon is right . Gotta get a life . I'm trying some of the new stuff . Dr. Who, Battle star galactica , even dead like me . I have all the movie channels , but seldom criuse for any movies . would rather read right now anyway . I hadn,t watched much of sg1 anyway . I mean if you put sg1 and battle star galactica side by side ,who would win . Maybe sg1 did get heavier but they had already lost me . Frankly , I don't know how sci-fi ever got a show like battle star galactica on the air anyway , after all the other bad attempts they had on before . I didn't even watch it the first couple of years . Kind hard to sympathize with a channel that calls it sci-fi . didn't they ever hear of SF .

ya SG is one of the best shows on the air and they cancel it??!! Why and put crappy fake crap on Sci-Fi. it sucks watching this wrestling crap!! Keep up the good fight guys

Keep up the good work! Stargate SG-1 is one of the best shows ever, and one of the best that SCI FI ever had. It's so wrong that they canceled it.

If the cost is too much for one network, why not try to get one network per country for several countries involved? That way they get the benefits for their separate target audiences and lower costs. With 3-4 different networks involved the cost would be a measly $157500 to $243333 per episode per network, maybe even less than those cheap crappy game shows that are so popular now. Say networks in Canada, UK, the one that funds Battlestar Galactica, and at that price, even NBC/Universal could give it another shot.

Folks. You are missing the point. If a well liked, well rated show can get the Axe from an executive that dosent have a clue, then any and all shows (including ones you like), can be canceled just because some exec idiot is having a bad hair day or some other stupid excuse. And pardon me if it sounds like whining to you, but if all you have to say is negative, they why dont you go get a life ? There is really very very little left on TV for anyone that is into "GOOD" science fiction or fantasy and when a good show like SG-1 takes the bullet for no good reason then its a darn good reason for folks like me to stand up and yell ! ! ! There is far to much cheap trash on TV and far to little of substance to let a good show die without a fight.

I dont watch Sci Fi but I applaud your fight

I actually love SG-1, Stargate Atlantis AND Battlestar Galactica! I watch sci-fi because as the name implies IT IS "science fiction". I have always hated wrestling and WILL NOT WATCH IT just because it's on the SCI-FI channel. And I've noticed a lot of old "b" grade movies which I won't watch either. Unfortunately, under current management, I won't be watching the SCI-FI channel much in the future!

i had begun to think i was the only stargate geek on here