"Forwards, not backward! Backward, not forwards! And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"

Well the Scifi channel cancelled Stargate.

Stargate is not a good TV show, but it was once a good TV show. Logically this could mean that cancellation is the right move, but since this is the scifi channel we’re talking about and the ratings are still okay, the question becomes, what exactly is the scifi channel’s plan for itself?

They produce 500 god awful movies a week and will run almost any piece of crap, but for MST3K, Farscape, and Stargate, each produced steady but not spectacular ratings and each was been cancelled with the basic explanation of "Well ratings are okay but not improving."

Not improving? You’re the scifi channel! Having something that briefly peaks then has steady ratings for 10 years is the best you can do!

It’s already a niche channel, but it’s definitely never going to grow into whatever they think it will if everytime they have a dependable success, they cancel it for not growing more and more successful. It’s just demented network executive logic (in fact, Bonnie Hammer the network execuive seems to have made a career of this). "We’ve gotta grow baby! Grow! Grow Grow!"

They have maybe one successful new series every two years (several of which have been shows bought from other networks and not home-grown), then they inevitably sabotage their own shows in the hopes of breaking into the big time. They’re like that pathetic schemer who has plenty of little successes, but is always going after that next big score. What’s their next big venture? Showing ECW wrestling matches.

Look, if they want to be Spike TV so bad, why don’t you just change their name and get it done with?