SG-A Ratings update...

[Jax]

Here are the ratings for season 5 and so far overall more good news than bad...

Yes, to date, Season Five has been outperforming Season Four," Mallozzi said.

Search & Rescue (5x01) scored an overnight rating of 1.3

Search & Rescue increased to 1.7 after the Live + 7 Days rating, indicating just how large a percentage of the show's audience record and watch it later.

Far as I know SCI FI are taking the +7 days ratings more seriously than in previous years but an earlier slot of 8 or 9pm would see a higher Live rating.

The Seed (5x02) scored an overnight rating of 1.1

Live+ 7 days are expected to rise it to at least 1.5

According to executive producer Joseph Mallozzi, the following episode Broken Ties (5x03) bounced back to a 1.2 rating.

I would assume a 1.5 or 1.6 for Broken Ties 7 Days +

Mallozzi said this is all very heartening but, again, I caution fans from assuming a decision on the show's sixth season will be solely ratings-based."

I wonder what he means ? and if thats a good thing or bad ?

 

[Hermiod]

I guess he means that they may make a creative decision to end the show in order to make way for Universe, or they and Sci-Fi may disagree on the series' budget for the next season.

Or, it might very well be that the standard TV contract from the start of a series is five years. They could face losing any combination of Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett (I doubt it) and Rachel Luttrell.

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

 

[DWF]

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

 

[Hermiod]

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

Joe Flanigan, Robert Picardo and Jason Momoa are American. A number of the supporting cast are American too - Mitch Pileggi, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Connor Trinneer etc.

That's not to mention many of their more prominent guest actors.

 

[DWF]

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

Joe Flanigan, Robert Picardo and Jason Momoa are American. A number of the supporting cast are American too - Mitch Pileggi, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Connor Trinneer etc.

That's not to mention many of their more prominent guest actors.

Pileggi, Beach and Stiers hasn't been on the show since last season and Tinneer was only in one ep. this year, if there's a strike it'll effect the next season of th show and they have plenty of time for casting Canadians in guest starring roles. And in event a possible strike would effect the new series as well so it's a two street in the regard.

 

[Hermiod]

^Assuming that they stick with the current cast, they would still lose half. Given how popular last season's episode with mainly just Teyla and Keller in it was, do you think it's a good idea ?

 

[DWF]

^Assuming that they stick with the current cast, they would still lose half. Given how popular last season's episode with mainly just Teyla and Keller in it was, do you think it's a good idea ?

Missing was no more or less popular than half of the season so it's a bad example. And I didn't say it was a good idea, just that a possible strike won't effect the show all that much.

http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/s4/ratings.shtml

 

[Hermiod]

^I'm not talking about ratings, I'm talking about reception.

 

[DWF]

^I'm not talking about ratings, I'm talking about reception.

And if you checked that chart you'll see the ratings from people who responded to the poll for the eps. at Gateworld. So my answer is the same it's a bad example since more than the half recieved a bad response not only here but there as well although I think people here were kinder to the last season then over there.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

The loss of Flanigan would sink the show. Right now, Trinneer and Picardo are the only genuinely talented actors in the cast, so they can't afford to lose them either. Plus I'd have to stop watching SG:A simply for it being a scab show.

But a SAG strike is unlikely.

 

[DWF]

Plus they've got the spectre of a SAG strike on the horizon.

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

The loss of Flanigan would sink the show. Right now, Trinneer and Picardo are the only genuinely talented actors in the cast, so they can't afford to lose them either. Plus I'd have to stop watching SG:A simply for it being a scab show.

But a SAG strike is unlikely.

Yeah they filmed around RDA's appearances they can film around Joe Flanigan as well, the Stargate filming schedule has always been flexable. And I think David Hewett is a bit more important to the show than Flanigan.

 

[cylkoth]

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

Joe Flanigan, Robert Picardo and Jason Momoa are American. A number of the supporting cast are American too - Mitch Pileggi, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Connor Trinneer etc.

That's not to mention many of their more prominent guest actors.

Pileggi, Beach and Stiers hasn't been on the show since last season and Tinneer was only in one ep. this year,

Mitch was in Search and Rescue....

 

[DWF]

^^You're right my mistake.

 

[Kpnuts]

As much as I like SGA on the whole, it just doesn't excite me in the slightest.

Around this time during SG-1, the high point of the series IMO, seasons 4, 5 and 6, I was genuinly excited about every episode, and loving pretty much all of them.

Atlantis is just the same old same old week in week out. Same old Wraith storylines, same old replicator storylines, light/comedy episodes that are just plain awful.

Hardly groundbreaking stuff and I'd be surprised if SGA lasted much longer. The show needs to take a break of at least a few years as well. So Mallozi and co can get fired and they can hire some creative, talented, non-lazy writers.

 

[Harvey]

A SAG strike wouldn't effect them all that much since I think there's only two Americans in the cast.

The loss of Flanigan would sink the show. Right now, Trinneer and Picardo are the only genuinely talented actors in the cast, so they can't afford to lose them either. Plus I'd have to stop watching SG:A simply for it being a scab show.

But a SAG strike is unlikely.

Yeah they filmed around RDA's appearances they can film around Joe Flanigan as well, the Stargate filming schedule has always been flexable. And I think David Hewett is a bit more important to the show than Flanigan.

Richard Dean Anderson having less availability isn't anything close to two of the series regulars not being available due to a strike! Hell, Flannigan is the lead and Picardo is the base commander (arguably fitting the role of co-lead). I don't care how you spin it, the show would shut down with the availability of both actors in doubt.

I doubt their will be a SAG strike, but if there is, Atlantis will have to fold up shop for the duration.

 

[DWF]

The loss of Flanigan would sink the show. Right now, Trinneer and Picardo are the only genuinely talented actors in the cast, so they can't afford to lose them either. Plus I'd have to stop watching SG:A simply for it being a scab show.

But a SAG strike is unlikely.

Yeah they filmed around RDA's appearances they can film around Joe Flanigan as well, the Stargate filming schedule has always been flexable. And I think David Hewett is a bit more important to the show than Flanigan.

Richard Dean Anderson having less availability isn't anything close to two of the series regulars not being available due to a strike! Hell, Flannigan is the lead and Picardo is the base commander (arguably fitting the role of co-lead). I don't care how you spin it, the show would shut down with the availability of both actors in doubt.

I doubt their will be a SAG strike, but if there is, Atlantis will have to fold up shop for the duration.

The strike date was sometime in July and with most of the Atlantis filming done for the season I still say it wouldn't have affected the season all that much, they're filming Brain Storm now which is the 16th ep. of the season.

Would it affect next season? That would depend on alot of things but I'm still not worried about it.

 

[Harvey]

There has to be a next season before we can get riled up about SAG strikes and the like. Any idea when sci-fi might be thinking of making an announcement (if I haven't missed on already)?

 

[DWF]

There has to be a next season before we can get riled up about SAG strikes and the like. Any idea when sci-fi might be thinking of making an announcement (if I haven't missed on already)?

Sci-Fi's still debating whether or not to air the remaining eps. this fall, there's been no talk of a sixth season from them yet.

 

[Harvey]

Ah. Okay.

I was just thinking back to season ten of SG-1. Sci-Fi announced it would not be renewing the series after the sixth episode had aired (200). Of course, they could have made this decision earlier, and just waited until the 200th episode had aired to make it official. Did they also make their decision on Atlantis' renewal that year at the same time?

 

[DWF]

Ah. Okay.

I was just thinking back to season ten of SG-1. Sci-Fi announced it would not be renewing the series after the sixth episode had aired (200). Of course, they could have made this decision earlier, and just waited until the 200th episode had aired to make it official. Did they also make their decision on Atlantis' renewal that year at the same time?

We haven't reached the midway point of the season yet. That's something of a tradition with them isn't to cancel a series halfway though a season?