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TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES: Cancelled…. or is it?

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TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES cancelled? There is a rumor in the blogosphere that Fox is thinking of doing just that.

SyFy Portal reports the following:

The network has been disappointed by “Sarah Connor’s” numbers so far this season, and some executives feel that the show is dragging down numbers for “Prison Break,” which airs as a lead-out.

“Audiences just aren’t responding to the show,” a Fox source tells SyFy Portal. “Our biggest surprise are the 18-to-49s [a key advertising demographic], those numbers are in the toilet.”

If this is true, I have to say that FOX has no one to blame but themselves. The fact is that the demo that they are going for is extremely demanding in terms of quality and innovation. This means that they will not stand for average story telling (except in the Season 2 Premiere episode “Samson and Delilah“) or average special effects.

Personally, I feel Terminator needs some more time before it is cancelled. There is a lot that can be explored here, like seeing John fall in love with Cameron (Oh come on,am I the only one who is curious to see that?). I think that it could be interesting to watch. If all else fails, I am sure that FX could be a good home for the show (Not SciFi which has the nasty habit of cancelling great shows like Stargate Atlantis). Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would do well with an FX makeover that would make as gritty and as raw as The Shield or Sons of Anarchy.

What do you think of the possibility of FOX cancelling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?

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  • Philipp

    Stupid show. Always has been. Also, Prison break is bad now, so I’m not surprised about any of this. ;-)

  • Scott Sellers

    It would be a stupid move for FOX to cancel Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. Why? Because regardless if you are a fan of the show or not, it is obvious that the show is a high quality product. Each episode is actually a “mini movie”. But more than that, if the big 4 networks continue to cancel programs like Terminator, what would be left on network television? Nothing but mindless “reality” shows. So what if the ratings are down this season. Most high quality shows have always had mediocre sophomore seasons. Some examples are : MASH, Cheers, St. Elsewhere, Taxi, and of course, SEINFELD !!!! Even successful actions shows such as The A-Team. Simon and Simon, Magnum PI, and The Fall Guy had experienced growing pains from their respective first seasons. If anything, FOX should move Terminator to Wednesday night at 8 pm CST. Bones would be a good lead-in and Terminator would easily out perform the competition at that time slot.
    Unfortunately, history shows us that the decision makers at the networks are more often wrong than right. After all, if they have all the answers and were making sound judgements, then why is cable kicking their butts? Durr.

  • Scott

    ok, I am not so smart either, I misspelled “Connor”. My bad. Boy do I feel like an Alaskan governor.

  • http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GY2DPO/ Will

    SyFyPortal just interprets the overnight ratings and then claims to have an “insider” tell them things. They’re B.S. But that said, there is a way to show the suits that you are watching.

    All it takes is 2 bucks (and a PC).

    Buy the latest episode from Amazon. I may not have a Neilsen box but I want them to know I am watching!

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GY2DPO/

    Please, fellow science fiction loving fans, please do the same now.

    If you’re on a Mac, check to see if iTunes has it. It probably does.

  • Gretchen

    I am a huge Terminator fan so I had mixed feelings when I heard that this show was even being made, but the first season showed real promise. Summer Glau is a big part of that – I loved her in Firefly & Serenity; watching her fight is like watching ballet. But what little I’ve managed to catch of this season (second job is destroying my TV time) is discouraging. I’m a geek; I care deeply about loyalty to the movies. There’s a big difference between taking a great story and expanding on it, a la MASH, or just ripping it to shreds to make money, like T3. So when I watch this, I think, “What’s up with the T1000? Are they now saying that the machines end up creating themselves? WTF??” There’s enough of a paradox here to give a time lord a migraine…

    Thanks to stupid crap like this, I have a hard time watching the brilliant acting and mostly-clever writing. It’s similar to the reason I dropped Smallville – the producers, or maybe the network, seems to have no loyalty to the fanbase, as long as they’re making money. I don’t think this deserves to be cancelled yet, but Fox (the idiots who cancelled Firefly, don’t forget) needs to remember the fans if they want their precious ratings.

    [climbing down off soapbox]

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  • Tai-Pan

    I hope and pray that they never never never have John And Cameron fall in love. She is a machine… end of story. I love the story-lines just as they are. This show has me glued to the tube each week.

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  • XeniteMarine

    I absolutely couldn’t believe they were even thinking about cancelling this show. The “Terminator” franchise is one of the defining franchises in the history of film and SciFi, and i think it is owed a TV series like this; especially since, firstly, FOX picked up the series in the first place, creating an even larger Terminator fanbase, thus placing an expectation on on themsleves to carry on the show until it at least meets a satisfactory end; not just pulling the plug because a lame reality TV show gets rates above it in the short term. TTSCC is also very true to the fanchise as well, and it is a great piece of television, written well and action packed, with a pinch of salivating drama! (does that expression work? lol)

    I don’t live in the United States, so i dont have much experience when it comes to what shows are on when and what shows are most loved by the public (although i can imagine what are), but here down under, i am glued to the computer screen every week, and the following 6 days after each episode are torture just waiting for the next episode to come out with no spoilers on TV or anything! I absolutely love this show and everyone who has been involved in creating it, they have done an amazing job!!!

    thanks for letting me speak my mind!!

    XM
    PS (Skynext Podcast rocks!)

  • Roninbernie

    I’ve lost interest in the angst of this show. And I say no to ‘robot sex’.

  • Arathorn

    I doubt any of he FOX suits will read this, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why T:TSCC may not be getting the “numbers” that you would like to keep it going. No it isn’t the content. No it isn’t the quality. The show rocks in my opinion. Sure it took a little bit to get used to at first but now that I’m into it, I’m hooked. I love the show.

    You’re biggest problem in my humble opinion, is it’s timeslot. I mean come on, Monday night during primetime. What else is on during the fall season at the exact same time that a lot of males 18 to whatever watch? 3 words. Monday Night Football. T:TSCC has some hefty competition in MNF. So it’s a no brainer. Move the show to a different day, and put something that truely IS sagging in it’s place on Monday nights. Just my two cents. For what it will matter.

  • JohnSabala

    Fox, you cancell Terminator, I guaranteed we fans will take this to the press and expose every fan to come out and rally up and tell everyone nobody should watch FOX Channel E-V-E-R. You need to fire someone in your agency for even recomending cancelling, i’m hooked and so as fans around the world.

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  • Peter

    Please, no love story between John and Cameron. First, John knows that she’s a toaster so why would he do that and second, what’s there to fall in love with? She has no personality. I really liked the episode that dealt more with the “real” Cameron’s history. They did a great job of tying in her past with the present and gave us more to her story. So far, that’s been the best episode of Season 2. But seriously, if they begin developing an inter-robotic relationship between John and Cameron I’m deleting my TIVO season pass.

  • TSH

    I LOVE T:SCC with every part of my body, including my pee-pee.

    Seriously though, it rocks my socks. Enough that even though I’ve already wasted a lot of bandwidth downloading them all, now that it’s up on Australian iTunes I’m going to show my support by voting with my wallet.

    As for John / Cameron romance – I think an actual relationship would never happen, but there will always be tension there. Which is great. Did you see how uncomfortable he got when she lay down next to him? That’s not something you feel if you’re lying next to a Macbook or a Tranformers toy. One argument is that he still fears her flipping out – I’d say it’s more than that.

    This is also consistent with the emotional connections between John, Sarah and the Terminators that have been in their lives.

    I’m have to admit that I’m curious as to how anatomically correct Skynet made the “Cameron”-model Terminator. Male genetaila are entirely external, so that would have been easy to tack on. But females have far more complicated plumbing and it’s all internal…

    *sigh* anyway, I guess what I want to say is that I truly hope this does not get cancelled as it’s currently my favourite TV show.

  • TSH

    OH! and:

    VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET!!

    Writing on a forum or message board doesn’t do anything. There’s only one language that corporations understand.

  • Dreggor Gade

    I think the drop in interest in Terminator: SCC is the change in political atmosphere. Under Bush, there was a feeling of despair and an end of days mentality constantly hanging over American audiences. When the people elected President Obama, it was under the banner of hope. Even though the economy has gone down the toilet and the country is all but shambles, the mentality of the country and its people is not apocalyptic. America’s collective psyche no longer lends itself to the mentality of Judgement Day, not like it did under the “endless war” years of the Bush era.

  • Fred

    Hell, I’d bang that toaster in a heartbeat.

    Sorry, just had to express what every guy (qualifier: with any testosterone) who watches that show is thinking.

  • Spoon

    “Dreggor Gade says:
    February 21, 2009 at 3:01 am
    I think the drop in interest in Terminator: SCC is the change in political atmosphere. Under Bush, there was a feeling of despair and an end of days mentality constantly hanging over American audiences. When the people elected President Obama, it was under the banner of hope. Even though the economy has gone down the toilet and the country is all but shambles, the mentality of the country and its people is not apocalyptic. America’s collective psyche no longer lends itself to the mentality of Judgement Day, not like it did under the “endless war” years of the Bush era.”

    Really….are you serious? That was the lamest psycho babble I’ve heard in a while. I guess in this fantasy of yours, Bush blew up the towers, we went to war for oil and they lied about the weapons of mass destruction because as we all know; it was ridiculous to think that Saddam had them. Saddam just kicked out the inspectors and dealt with years of crippling sanctions because he was a glutton for punishment. He wasn’t protecting the tons of yellow cake uranium we found, or the countless intellectuals he kept in his harem of mad scientists to rebuild his programs when the coast was clear. And he wasn’t protecting his delivery devices and funneling oil to the sainted Europeans for cash (thus cheating the oil for food program for personal gain and buying their vote on the security council)….not at all.

    Well at least now you have Mister Hope and Change to lead you out of the darkness that was Bush and into more of the internationalist agreements that allow these people to get away with murder in the first place.

    P.S. You might find this strange to believe, but some of us might think Obama’s naïve way of thinking is a greater danger to us than a proactive approach. I’m starting to feel a strange feeling of “despair and an end of days mentality.”

    P.P.S. TSCC is great. You suck though.

  • Big D

    I am a huge terminator fan and cannot believe that they will allow stupid A shows on TV but consider cancelling this. Come the f on! The show is freakin sweet and awesome. The story is as a previous writer suggested a movie in itself every single episode. They are stupid to even think for a millisecond of stopping this show. It is by far better trhan stupid ass prison break. geeze !

  • Marshall

    Canelling this show would be the biggest mistake fox has made in a long time. its a great show that just keeps getting better.

  • http://www.myspace.com/229mike Mike Nadolski

    GOD DAMN IT FOX! FOR THE ONE TIME A FEATURE FILMED QUALITY TV SHOW HAS RATINGS FALL CUZ OF COMMON SENSE DVR’s, HULU, OR LIFE ETC, A YOUNG SHOW ON FRIDAYS WIT DVRS KICKIN IN HIGH GEAR CUZ YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE LIVES. MAYBE NETWORKS AND STUDIOS SHOULD FIND A NEW WAY TO PROFIT FOR THE TWENTYTH FIRST CENTURY!!! FIND A WAY TO BUILD A MODEL THAT WORKS AND ADVERSTISE IT THAT CAN KEEP GOOD SHOWS (LIKE THIS ONE)ON AIR!!! SO SH!T LIKE THIS DON’T NEED TO HAPPEN TO QUALITY PROGRAMS!!!

    WELL THIS NEWS JUST TOOK A BIG SHAT ON MY DAY!!!.

    AND DAMN U FOX, I THINK FOX NEEDS TO GET FIXED. GET RID OF THE STUPID EXECUTIVES OF FOX THAT DON’T KNO HOW TO MANAGE A SHOW THAT GETS SATURN AWARDS FOR ORIGINALITY!!! RETARDS!!!

  • warmonger

    cancel this and it means war.

    give the serie a change , and pick it up for a new thirt seasson .

    otherwise i wil send a t800 to kill all at fox.

  • Truth’s Assassin

    TSCC is a great show…and don’t forget FOX that most geeks watch this show on their computer (over and over). Born to Run is my screen saver.

    Prison Break sucks! Common, how many seasons does it take to breakout of prison? Andy Du Fresne (Shawshank) did it in less than 20 years and that movie was only a couple of hours long.

  • Tired of Reality

    I like Terminator. Yes some episodes can be slow, but all the critics always say that today’s shows do not develop their characters and rely on CGI to make up ground. Here, TSCC is ALL about character development and still they don’t like it. Can’t win at all. But I’m so tired of every network trying their stupid reality shows. I mean, how many times can you see Paula drunk on Idol? Survivor, is that REALLY still around? Oh don’t forget the Bachelor doozy. BORINGGGGGGG. But just my 2 cents.

  • Egroeg

    Fox Exec: “I know how to get that 18-30 year old demographic to watch our show! We’ll air it on FRIDAY NIGHT at 8PM! Surely, as the young hip kids they are, they will be staying home glued to the TV instead of going out to hang with friends or go to bars. I mean, who in the hell does that? Especially on a Friday night!”

    Good job Fox. Seriously, are the execs there brain damaged or something?

  • Sal

    I love this show, I would be very disappointed if this show was cancelled. I have this cued in The Hulu site. I wonder do they take into consideration the viewers that watch this show online and may not be counted in the rating system, especially the younger demographic viewing group.

  • MIke

    Dreggor Gade says:
    February 21, 2009 at 3:01 am

    I think the drop in interest in Terminator: SCC is the change in political atmosphere. Under Bush, there was a feeling of despair and an end of days mentality constantly hanging over American audiences. When the people elected President Obama, it was under the banner of hope. Even though the economy has gone down the toilet and the country is all but shambles, the mentality of the country and its people is not apocalyptic. America’s collective psyche no longer lends itself to the mentality of Judgement Day, not like it did under the “endless war” years of the Bush era.

    LOL! With this idiot’s logic this show should be number 1 with Obama doomsday Obama now destroying the country. And to the person that compared misspelling to being an Alaskan offical such as Palin. I guess you voted for Obama who thinks the US has 57 or 58 states.

  • http://www.tischkman.com Tischk

    It’s a very good show. It would be a damn shame if they cancel it now. It just started to get more interesting when the John Henry character appeared. And the way Season 2 ended; so many question marks. I really want to see the continuation.

  • http://n/a Dawn

    This pisses me off if it’s true. It seems as though every new show that comes out that I like gets cancelled after a couple of seasons. Makes me want to think twice about watching any more new shows that come out. In fact, I won’t be watching anymore news shows. Why bother.

  • Jeff

    I will boycott the new movie if they cancel TSCC.

  • http://www.daemonstv.com Holley

    I absolutly love this show i watch it EVERY monday. I am addicted to that show..yes i tivo it but hey i watch it so what does that matter if they are even seriously thinking about canceling this show.. i will die it just kinda ended on a bad note and i would actually like it if john and cameron fell in love. i mean yeah shes a robot but i think it would be cute and sarah better not die because john wont have anybody else because cameron is starting to malfuntion and his uncle died its stressing me out but anyways PLEASE dont cancel TSCC i LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!

  • joe

    WHY IS THE HELL DID THEY PULL THE PLUG ON THIS SEIRES? THE ASSHOLES AT THE FOX TV STATION BETTER TAKE THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASSES AND BRING THE SERIES BACK BEFORE ALL OF THE FANS BOYCOTT THE NEW MOVIE

  • monk

    i think that the canceling of the sarah conner chronicles is foolish and short sighted. the least we,the loyal viewers,need,is the completion of the story line to correspond with the movies.

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