I’m Just Wild About Harry…
…but the Sci-Fi Channel apparently isn’t. Sci-Fi announced…well…it kind of announced…that “The Dresden Files” won’t be coming back for a second season.
Yep, that’s right. The home of Mansquito won’t be bringing back the series based on an incredibly popular run of novels with every bit as much crossover appeal as anything Anne Rice ever wrote.
Slick move, guys.
More – even a Baldwin! – after the jump.
I have to say I’m peeved with the network of late. They let the Dresden Files show just kind of dangle out there for months without saying whether it would be renewed or not. Eventually, the star of the show, Paul Blackthorne, took another acting gig which pretty much forced Sci-Fi’s hand. The non-renewal just dribbled out at the end of that news story.
It was a very poor way to treat the show’s fans. You could probably claim that since the show didn’t have great ratings (you know, despite that powerhouse time slot of Fridays at either 9 or 10 PM) but I have to believe it got better ratings than the schlock movies that the network runs on a weekly basis. I’m beginning to wonder if Sci-Fi isn’t a front organization for the Washed-Up Actors Retirement Home since in the past weeks I’ve seen then advertise movies “starring” Rob Lowe and Lou Gossett, Jr. Oh, yes, and a giant snake.
Yes, you read that correctly, a giant snake. The slogan end with “…whatever you do, don’t let it out”. Out of where? It’s a freaking MEGA SNAKE. What am I supposed to keep it in, Central Park? The Grand Canyon? What?
And what was that I mentioned about a Baldwin? Oh yes, Stephen Baldwin who, to his credit, works as hard as anyone in Hollywood. But he seems to be the network’s go-to guy when they need a rip off of an actually popular movie or the latest “How do we blow up the Earth today?” flick.
And, please, don’t get me started about Sci-Fi’s apparent fascination with people in tights. It’s just more programming that doesn’t belong on a channel allegedly devoted to science fiction. Am I wrong in thinking that nothing screams sci-fi less than professional wrestlers and a reality TV show that actually diminishes the chance that creative people will be writing comic books? Shame on you Stan Lee.
Double shame on you Sci-Fi channel for treating your viewers so badly. The Dresden TV show deserved at least a real announcement instead of the slow slinking away it got. And we deserve more than network reruns, professional wrestling, and craptacular movies.
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