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by Rick Norwood
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The Academy Awards had 36 million viewers. The science fiction with the largest number of viewers (in any medium)
is Fringe, with about 12 million viewers, followed by Lost, with about 11
million. Heroes is doing fair to middling, with almost 8 million viewers. Sarah Connor
and Dollhouse, back to back, drew about 4 million viewers. Battlestar Galactica ratings
are up to almost 3 million viewers, which is considered great for cable. Smallville and
Supernatural draw about 2 million viewers, and clearly that is good enough for the CW. They are the
top shows on that network.
SF on TV in March 2009
Next month Caprica, the prequel to Battlestar Galactica, comes to DVD before
it is shown on television. A Battlestar Galactica telemovie, The Plan, retelling
events from the point of view of the Cylons, has been announced. Farscape is back as a
comic book. And J. Michael Straczinski's success in writing for the big screen has revived interest
in a Babylon 5 movie. In American science fiction, there are no last acts.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
The major event in March is the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica. I was a little disappointed
by season 4a, but season 4b has had some memorable moments, especially the mutiny. Heroes has
interesting characters, just too many of them. I like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, but
it doesn't seem to be going anywhere and will almost certainly be cancelled. Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
is good, but Fox is reportedly yanking Whedon's chain, moving the series where it will almost certainly fail and
airing episodes out of order. Smallville and Supernatural have been renewed for another season.
Monday, March 2
 
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