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Originally Posted by mertle
anybody notice a trend with canning its generally SCIFI based stuff which these tv bosses kick in the teeth. 
Yet soaps, hospital, detective shows even if there numbers poor get to keep going. Then there the trash tv fillers of reality trash which they bombard us with. |
The problem with Sci Fi (and comedy, actually) is that it can cost a lot of money to do well. As such, it needs a lot of viewers before the TV company will see a profit.
The other sorts of shows don't, generally, cost a lot to make, so they can get away with fewer viewers.