From: Tina Eddy To: feedback@scifi.com CC: blog@scifi.com Subject: Stargate SG-1 Cancellation Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:20:05 -0700 On Friday, August 18th, Stargate SG-1's 200th episode aired. "Bonnie Hammer is known for toughness and taking smart risks..."; so opens an article in the business section of the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, August 20, 2006, and by the 23rd of August I hear of the cancellation of Stargate SG-1 at the end of this season. I can only conclude that Meg James of the "Times" got her story wrong. If USA and SCIFI "account for nearly a third of NBC Universal's $3 billion in profit in 2005", it seems to me that now is not the time to be cancelling what I consider to be one of the smartest shows on television.( Robert C. Cooper I hope you end up with a copy of this on your desk.) In a period when demographics is everything, what do you think the intelligent, college educated, aging,(40-55), monied, mortgaged,with teenagers of their own crowd is watching on TV, if they are watching TV at all? Certainly NOT Reality TV; I really have too much on my own plate to watch someone else's drama. My personal demographic is 45-55, 3 teenagers, average household income $100,000-125,000, college educated. Infer what you will. I have been a fan of Stargate SG-1 since its inception and plan to own all of the DVD's as they are released. I was a fan of Firefly and was disappointed at SCIFI's failure to pick up Joss Wheadon's revival after the theatrical release of Serenity. I also enjoy Monk on USA, Battlestar Galactica on SCIFI, and Two and a Half Men on CBS. That's IT. If Ms. Hammer feels that cancelling Stargate SG-1 is a good move, and the execs at NBC Universal agree with her, then I predict that NBC Universal's profits for 2006-2007 will sharply decline and that Ms. Hammer will be looking for a new job.