[WMCoolmon]

 

[Mefustae]

Whoo!

[Ace]

BSG would have been much better if it didn't have such a massive emphasis on naked number 6.

Admiral Cain, we have a Cylon agent!

[NGTM-1R]

Quite right. We need more emphasis on naked Boomer.

He's right.

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[EtherShock]

Sweet! Hopefully this will propell the Nielsen ratings (or whatever that measurement of how many people are watching a show is called) through the roof, securing many more seasons of BSG goodness.

Correct Sandwich! The ratings for television here in the States are known as the Nielsens. However, they are inherently flawed. They still primarily rely on diaries to calculate ratings. While they also have the "Nielsen Box," it too is greatly flawed, basically because people don't use it properly. Most people can't even read the ratings properly. What doesn't matter is the actual rating, but the share of that rating, because a rating simply states how many households have their TV on at that daypart. I hope this makes things clearer now. Class dismissed. ^_^

I'd be curious as to how other countries measure TV audiences.

[Dough with Fish]

Like, each and every one of you, I am just frakking amazed and glad that this show is getting the kind of attention from critics.

I can honestly say that there is no other series out there that has hit me like Galactica has. Each and every single episode, from the kick-ass mini series, to that insane mid-season 2 cliffhangar, has take grip of me by the throat and has not let go. There is no other show that has done this to me. Yeah, Firefly, DS9, TNG, B5, FarScape, SG1 all of them great sci-fi. But Galactica.... Galactica is heads and tails above the rest. There has yet to be an episode that I didn't care for. I own both the boxsets on DVD, and have each and every episode downloaded onto my laptop and computer, and I crave more. I am addict, through and through. This, folks, is TV at its finest.

[Ace]

Meh, Galactica is good (say an 85% while TNG at its best is around 80% and B5 is say 90%) but I still think that despite the occasional cheesiness of B5 and the fact that someone taking a dump has to give an epic, moving, speech about the virtues of dumping it's a better show.

Galactica definately has the potential to surpass it though. Little things like the Caprica bits, (great in the miniseries, but when in the show it reeked of low budget and "wow this looks like it was Stargate last week") civilian clothing looking exactly like Earth clothing, nag me. I'm also not a fan of the scifi trend of "stealing headlines" for plots and thinking that it's some sort of uber social commentary. A solid self-consistent plot and characters can do a much better job. (ala the Adama-Rosalind skeptic/"believer" schism as opposed to Mr. Thorne Guantanmoing Boomer)

[Nix]

hey hey, prison break, that's not too bad of a show, even if it has a limited story that can be told.   But My GOD, Project Runway?  Gack! Wonderful, Heidi, you get to parade around letting everyone know you have a baby seal inside of you. 

[Flipside]

I always wondered that myself, particuarly in the Uk where, until recently, it was non-digital, so there was no real way of telling how many TV's were on or recieving a particular signal at any point in time. Either theres technology involved that I don't understand (which is entirely possible) or they were making it up as they went along.

[Setekh]

I'm also not a fan of the scifi trend of "stealing headlines" for plots and thinking that it's some sort of uber social commentary. A solid self-consistent plot and characters can do a much better job. (ala the Adama-Rosalind skeptic/"believer" schism as opposed to Mr. Thorne Guantanmoing Boomer)

Amen to that. Also, Guantanamoing = best verb out of a noun, ever.