I was wondering what you ...
Question: I was wondering what you thought about
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I love it. When I first saw the promos during the Super Bowl, I thought it was going to be cheesy as heck. But I gave it a chance and damn, I was impressed. When Monday comes rolling around, I'm glued to my TV as soon as
TSCC starts. However, I've been hearing around that the show hasn't been getting off-the- chart ratings. Do you think Fox would cancel the show even though they have filmed about 10 episodes for this season already? Would they maybe consider moving to a different time slot?
Answer: Now this is a show (going back to the
Bones discussion above) that would qualify for cult status. It's in one of the week's toughest time periods, and while its overall ratings aren't anything to cheer, here's where audience demographics factor in.
Terminator's goal is to attract viewers exactly like this fan: sports nuts who don't watch a lot of regular prime-time TV, but enjoy this sort of high-octane entertainment.
Terminator is also counting on doing well in downloads, website views and DVD sales, so if the show does survive to the end of this season and beyond, it will be about more than just how well it's doing on Mondays. I like the show a lot, and my main regret is that it hasn't yet been able to take advantage of airing alongside
24, which was the original idea before the strike screwed everything up last season. It certainly deserves better company than
Prison Break. But as long as it stays in this too-early Monday time period, it's not likely to break out. I'm getting a lot of mail from nervous fans, but I'm not particularly concerned about this one. Yet.
