Save Stargate SG-1

We’ve learned that in its 3rd week, Battlestar Galactica, critically acclaimed flagship show of the SCI FI Channel, has shed more viewers.

Airing Friday 20 October, Exodus Part 2 obtained a 1.4 HHR according to the Nielsen fast overnight ratings. This is a drop of approximately 11.1% from the 1.6 HHR for Exodus Part 1, and a drop of approximately 22.2% from the 1.8 HHR gained by the Season 3 premiere episodes.

No one here wishes ill of Battlestar Galactica, any more than we wish ill of Stargate SG-1 or Atlantis. Many of us are fans, or at least viewers, of all three shows. As campaigners, we’ve been arguing since the cancellation that, together, the Gates and Galactica had a natural synergy, a must-see triad in the SCI Friday lineup that strengthened the ratings of all.

SCI FI fixed what wasn’t broke. They were wrong.

Stargate SG-1, Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica have all shed viewers since the separation. Together, they were thriving, holding their audiences, gaining viewers, riding high. Separated by SCI FI’s scheduling decisions, they’re suffering. Stargate SG-1 has been cancelled. Even more expensive to produce, Galactica is bleeding viewers week on week. The proof is in the Nielsens, not the media hype.

It’s time to call SCI FI Channel on its bad decisions. Time to tell it straight to Bonnie Hammer and Mark Stern. They were wrong. Dead wrong. Let’s help them right that wrong.
Now is the time to tell them to save not just Stargate SG-1, but themselves.

SCI FI Channel needs to reinstate its SCI Friday lineup NOW: Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica.

SCI FI Channel needs an 11th season of Stargate SG-1. Or it might not make it into a 4th season of Galactica.

Parent company NBC Universal’s poor performance has seen them launch a $750 million restructure, including shedding 700 jobs, in a bid to restore profits. They cannot afford for SCI FI or Galactica to fail.

WRITE NBC
Randy Falco, PresidentNBC Universal Television Group,30 Rockefeller Plaza,New York, NY, 10112

WRITE SCI FI
Bonnie Hammer, PresidentNBC Universal Sci Fi Channel,30 Rockefeller Plaza,New York, NY, 10112
Mark Stern, Executive Vice President Original ProgrammingNBC Universal Sci Fi Channel100 Universal City PlazaBld. 1440, 14th FloorUniversal City, CA 91608

FAX or PHONE SCI FI
FAO: Bonnie Hammer, PresidentNBC Universal Sci Fi ChannelFax: (212) 664-3890Tel: (212) 664-4444

FAO: Mark Stern, Executive VP Original ProgrammingNBC Universal Sci Fi ChannelTel: (818) 777-1000

Spread word as far as you can.

Encourage everyone to write SCI FI’s wrongs.