What's up with Syfy?

[SayWhat?]

Siffey is digging up a bunch of old shows to fill their daytime schedule in mini-marathons. A while back it was "The Invaders", today it's "Tru Calling", tomorrow, "The Outer Limits", Monday "V" and so on.

Are they just filling the schedule, or are they testing the waters for something else?

[trainman]

They've been doing these mini-marathons every so often for years, at least since around the time I first had a TiVo (I remember running across, and recording, blocks of "Amazing Stories," "Misfits of Science," and "Buck Rogers" on Sci-Fi fairly early on -- and I got my first TiVo nine years ago).

[RobertE]

If they've already paid for the rights to air a program for X number of years, then why not? Easy cash in their pocket, and you get a chance to catch up on some old, cheesy and possible forgotten episodes. :)

[Gloria_Chavez]

Has SciFi ever aired "The Martian Chronicles"?

[tsmacro]

Siffey is digging up a bunch of old shows to fill their daytime schedule in mini-marathons. A while back it was "The Invaders", today it's "Tru Calling", tomorrow, "The Outer Limits", Monday "V" and so on.

Are they just filling the schedule, or are they testing the waters for something else?

Haven't they always done this during the day monday thru friday? :confused:

[mreposter]

It's great to see shows being pulled out of the vaults and run. There are plenty of sci fi shows that have never made it to DVD, so why not bring them back and run them?

[phrelin]

And if you're bummed about not have "Dollhouse" to watch, you can watch "Tru Calling" and get your Eliza Dushku fix.

[bicker1]

I'd prefer to just see new stuff, but it is unreasonable to hope for new stuff 24/7.

[BubblePuppy]

Showing the old tv scifi "classics" is how the channel got going.

[shedberg]

Haven't they always done this during the day monday thru friday? :confused:

Yep! I work at home and this is pretty typical.

[mreposter]

It'd be nice to see them import some scifi stuff from other english-speaking countries. The UK has a huge library of scifi and the Aussies have produced a few shows as well.

[Jtaylor1]

SyFy, what I heard is doing a kids block, again, this time partnering with THQ.

[mreposter]

Yep, SyFy expanding into kids online/broadcast programming
info at futon critic (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20100211syfy01)

New York, New York - February 11, 2010 - Syfy, the premier television and online destination for imagination based entertainment and Worldwide Biggies Inc., the digital entertainment studio headed by family entertainment veteran Albie Hecht and focused on creating online experiences and multi-platform content for the digital family, announced today the formation of a new strategic partnership in which the two companies will launch an innovative, first-of-its-kind transmedia property entitled Dr. What. Serving as a key foundation for Syfy's newly created Syfy Kids banner, Dr. What combines top quality animation and gaming with Worldwide Biggies' proprietary interactive storytelling technology to create a ground-breaking new format.

[richall01]

Now if they would have a Dark Shadows marathon 1960's version

[SayWhat?]

^^^ There ya' go. Last time I saw any of them was on Soap a few years ago.

I think they ran some "Night Gallery" episodes not too long ago.