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I see from the forums on their site that they will no longer be running Heros. I'm so pissed, now I'll need to tape that or 24. I think it's time to upgrade my TiVo to a dual burner.

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Yeah, and at least 40 hours of that will be ECW (WTF is that about anyway).

And while I am sure some of the original movies will be decent, I am guessing that another 76 hours will be "Slug Man," "It came from under the kitchen sink," and "Son of Slug Man - with a special guest appearance by Bruce Campbell"

Then, there will be making of featurettes about Spider Man 3, Ghost Rider and probably a three hour retrospective on Stargate SG1.

Call me jaded, but Sci-Fi hasn't been doing a lot of great original programming of late (Aside from BSG and the Stargate franchise). Pardon me if I take a wait-and-see approach to this amazing 400 hours of original programming.

Anyone care to disagree with me about Sci-Fi?

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Your headline scared the bejesus out of me - I thought you meant they were cancelling the content, and that just isn't allowed. On the other hand, new original content? Fantastic!!!

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When I saw the word "dropping" I thought it meant that they were getting rid of it. I must be getting old.

I hate to hear that Scf Fi isn't going to be airing Heroes repeats anymore. I thought that was how the non-TIVO owners like me were going to get past having to choose between Heroes and 24.

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I misread that headline too. When a network "drops" a show it doesn't mean adding more episodes.

Glad to hear the increase in original SCIFI content though...

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Why would you use a word like "dropping" when the exact opposite is the case? Maybe it's hip industry-banter, but leave that stuff to "Variety", please?

On the subject, I'd have to say I'm underwhelmed by most of Sci-Fi's "original" content. 3 or 4 Friday night shows, even if one of them is the excellent "BSG", don't make up for the cheesy stuff they're producing in all the other non-rerun timeslots. I also wish they would have continued running the "Heroes" episodes. It's a perfect match for the network, and it made SENSE to air these a second time. I wish the networks understood this. Not all of us want to watch network TV we couldn't record the first time on video iPods or fuzzy images on our computer screens.

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Those Saturday original movies generally aren't very good, but based on an article in the Washington Post several years ago, the formula they have developed has produced a very favorable return on what they invest, so I'm not surprised they're doing more.

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#4 Josh-- Please don't make desparaging remarks about Bruce Campbell. He is definately one of the greatest thespians of our time. The way he brought Elvis back in Bubba Ho-tep was magical, and don't forget shop smart shop S-mart

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Considering all of the Sci-Fi moview and TV shows from the past ... I wish they would air things like MACROSS, or Battle of the Planets, or StarBlazers, or any of the Thunderbirdsmovies, or Space 1999, etc ... etc ...

I still don't get that wrestling show ... WTF?!?!

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What is TCA Report ????????

I cannot believe you used "Dropping" in the 80's break dancing vernacular.

The Sci-Fi movies are horrible. Please tell me which teasers? I've sat through a few of the movies, and they are beyond cheese.

Joshua you forgot Eureka which did wonderful ratings.

What is the big deal with Heroes - Watch it on NBC. I don't understand why NBC would want its ratings pulled down by people waiting for the re-run on Sci-Fi. Since Heroes is now a hit, they need to keep the ratings up on their network basic common sense.

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Drop the drop. It is not cool.

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In addition to that wrestling show, I recall the SciFi Channel re-airring 4 episodes of Law and Order.

Isn't the SciFi Channel related to NBC?

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Hey KevinC... The big deal is it is across from 24 AND Two and a Half Men. So, even with a dual tuner DVR, I could still watch all three shows. Now I'm going to miss this weeks show (the DVR had it listed until Tuesday as being on this Friday) and I have to give up 2.5 Men.

So it is a big deal if you love 24 (most Heroes fans are also 24 fans) and can only handle one show at a time, or if you also like another show on Monday night.

I know NBC is trying to draw a crowd to the dreadful "Deal or No Deal" by putting sneak peaks, o now they have decided to go after DoND's competition (How I Met Your Mother) by hitting it's "sister" show 2.5 Men. Well, it won't work here. I'll program the VCR in the back room for 2.5 Men and still watch HIMYM on the DVR. DoND just sucks...

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