The Great Sci-Fi Divide: Why don't we want science fiction on TV?
Two weeks ago, Fox aired what was probably the final episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a pretty solid sci-fi show which nevertheless suffered from guttery ratings. Two weeks from now, Terminator Salvation will premiere in theaters -- where it will likely make somewhere in the vicinity of $90 million in its first weekend, regardless of how "good" it is. Two separate extentions of the same franchise: one will be labeled a failure, the other a ginormous hit. Why?
Why don't we want science fiction on television anymore?
Sci Fi movies do great box office. Why isn't it working on TV? Is the Sci Fi on TV an inferior product? Is it that TV can't match the abundance of big-budget special effects so common to movie blockbusters? Or is it something else? What do you think?
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