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Terminator moving to Friday's in February 2009

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    djariya

    [1]Nov 6, 2008
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    http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081106fox01

    Fridays, beginning Feb. 13:

    8:00-9:00 PM TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (Time Period Premiere)

    9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (Series Premiere)

    I assume this is when episode 14-22 will air.

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    Wayne32121

    [2]Nov 6, 2008
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    great, isnt friday night where TV shows go to die?
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    djariya

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    Hey it's better than Monday nights. This show was getting slaughtered week after week.

    I know it's slim, but if it somehow manages to get 5-6M viewers on Friday nights, then I think the move will be a success.

    Hell, the highest rated show on Friday's is Ghost Whisperer with barely over 9M viewers.
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    Wayne32121

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    Im sad to see that Fox has also put Dollhouse on fridays...
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    RoverGuy

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    Firefly (another Joss Whedon show) debuted on Fridays on Fox, and look what happended to that show Lets hope T:TSCC and Dollhouse fare better.

    At least we will have something to watch on Fridays.

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    Tindaawg

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    Wayne32121 wrote:
    great, isnt friday night where TV shows go to die?

    Not necessarily , remember the good ole days of being a kid, watching a certain program on ABC called TGIF. LOL

    Well, at least it now wont be up against Monday Night Football, however the only bad thing about this show being on a Friday night, is that the high school and college crowd that watched, prolly wont now....on TV anyways. And since ratings is everything to certain companies, this cant be good. But hopefully im wrong, and more and more people are joining every week to start watching and to continue doing so.

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    nknh

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    Since Monday nights are so inconvenient for viewers and soon for the network when AI returns, moving Terminator to Friday makes perfect sense...

    This move to Friday doesn't look promising for the show, but I'm willing to be optimistic about it. We'll just have to wait to see how it goes. But with Dollhouse on board, this could actually be a good thing. Maybe. Hopefully.

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    Falcondude123

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    Well, atleast Fox is doing SOMETHING to try and improve the show.

    I think the success of this move will come down to how well Fox advertises it. If they let all the non-cult viewers know it's being moved, than the non-cult viewers will mostly watch it- however there may be a catch-up phase as people get used to the new schedule.

    If fox fails to advertise this shift effectively, I think the initial resulting drop in ratings may be too disastrous to overcome.

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    djariya

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    It's not an ideal night. But, you have to consider there is much less competition than on Monday nights which was way too crowded.

    Yeah, most teens and young adults are probably going out on Friday, but that is a small portion of this show's fan base. The live ratings might not be great (I predict 5-6M viewers), but I assume it will get great DVR numbers.

    Personally for me, I like a FOX Sci-Fi themed Friday night.
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    djariya

    [10]Nov 7, 2008
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    Also, Friday night is much better than the alternative......

    Cancellation.
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    InfamousJR

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    Well , friday night is where TV shows go to die. The exception being Ghost Whisperer.... If you look around there is a reason people are saying "banished to friday".

    Here's hoping me and everyone else is wrong though...*crosses fingers*

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    CaptainHarkness

    [12]Nov 8, 2008
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    I'm not a big fan of the move to friday but as someone said up top it is better than being cancelled. The thing I don't like about Fridays is that I can never remember to watch the shows.
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    ContinuumVortex

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    wont it be competing with supernatural then?

    i'd watch t:scc over supernatural if i had the choice mind, i like to keep an eye on shows i like to watch

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    CaptainHarkness

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    ContinuumVortex wrote:

    wont it be competing with supernatural then?

    i'd watch t:scc over supernatural if i had the choice mind, i like to keep an eye on shows i like to watch

    Supernatural is on Thursday nights. If I had to choose which one to watch if they were on at the same time it would be Supernatural. I still like SCC.
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    foxmccloud13

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    Yay! Now I have something to watch on Fridays! And I dont need to freak out over Chuck and TTSCC being on the same time on Mondays anymore.
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    CjTl2005

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    Wayne32121 wrote:
    great, isnt friday night where TV shows go to die?


    Numb3rs is on Friday nights (quite late, at that) and it seems to be doing fine.
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    Adam_Dicy

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    Wayne32121 wrote:
    great, isnt friday night where TV shows go to die?


    Yup, a lot of good shows that have appeared on Friday have died, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will be better on Tuesday after House, which would provide a good lead in for Terminator.

    Do you think this is better then it being on Friday?
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    ImpalaFan

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    I would've preferred Tuesday after "House" but I'll take it! Perhaps the only major competitor will be "Ghost Whisperer?" I've never watched "GW" but I've heard it's good. Starting in February I'll definitely be tuned in to Fox at 8:00 Fridays! Last year I was watching "Flash Gordon" on the Sci-Fi network during that time slot, but alas it got cancelled, so Fridays are wide open for me
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    tvismyescape22

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    Well, I am not happy with this, as I watch Ghost Whisperer, it looks like I'm gonna have to make a choice in February. What's gonna come on Monday in the timeslot? I liked watching it before Prison Break.
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    antdude

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    Friday nights look like scifi night because Battlestar Galactica returns on SciFi! Now, I have to watcvh T:SCC and BG!
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