SyFy to do a better job with gays

[operafan]

As a very disappointed "Battlestar Galactica" fan who saw its only gay character on the Webisode, it was heartening to read that the channel is going to do better by gays in future programming. They recently received an "F" from GLAAD:

"On Stargate Universe, one of the main female characters, we discover, is a lesbian and has a wife at home. It's a pretty important facet of who that character is," he says. ER alum Ming-Na plays intergalactic diplomat Camille Wray, while 24's Reiko Aylesworth recurs as her wife.


Similarly the Galactica prequel spin-off Caprica has at least two main characters depicted as being in gay relationships. "[One] is a 'goodfella'-type, and we discover in a nonchalant way that he is gay, with a husband," Stern says
http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/408807_tvgif28.html
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[gsdx]

Now if only they'll change their name back to SciFi, and not the ridiculous "trendy" crap they have now.

Yeah. I never got that. Is it because the younger people were pronouncing it 'SeeFee'? Or maybe 'SihFih'?

 

[operafan]

Yeah. I never got that. Is it because the younger people were pronouncing it 'SeeFee'? Or maybe 'SihFih'?

Didn't they change it because they couldn't trademark sci-fi? It still looks stupid whatever the reason.

 

[Ares]

Bring back the Xena reruns.

 

[NedNickerson]

According to this article:

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/sci_fi_channel_aims_to_shed_ge.php

the name change was done in an effort to shed what someone perceived to be a geeky image.

"The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,” said TV historian Tim Brooks, who helped launch Sci Fi Channel when he worked at USA Network.

“It gives us a unique word and it gives us the opportunities to imbue it with the values and the perception that we want it to have,” said Dave Howe, president of the Sci Fi Channel.

Personally, I think it makes them sound illiterate.

 

[RationalLunacy]

the name change was done in an effort to shed what someone perceived to be a geeky image.

Then why didn't they change their name to "The 700 Club"?

 

[gsdx]

Bring back the Xena reruns.

Is that pronounced 'ZEE-nah' or 'ex-EE-nah'?

 

[GL]

According to this article:

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/sci_fi_channel_aims_to_shed_ge.php

the name change was done in an effort to shed what someone perceived to be a geeky image.

"The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,” said TV historian Tim Brooks, who helped launch Sci Fi Channel when he worked at USA Network.

“It gives us a unique word and it gives us the opportunities to imbue it with the values and the perception that we want it to have,” said Dave Howe, president of the Sci Fi Channel.

Personally, I think it makes them sound illiterate.

if it were not for us dysfunctional and antisocial geeks they never would have had a core audience.

stupid fuckers.