For those of you who might have missed the announcement yesterday, Syfy canceled Stargate Universe. Fan favorite writer John Scalzi was the creative consultant on the latest of the Stargate shows. I enjoyed the original movie (and only own the DVD because it came in a set of free movies when I bought my first DVD player), but had not kept up with any of the sequels or spin offs until SGU came out. Since I had enjoyed Scalzi’s writing, I tried the show. I watched the first three episodes and realized that I wasn’t really interested in it. It’s not that it was bad, it just wasn’t something I was interested in watching.

I have heard good things about SG-1 and Atlantis, so I hope that Syfy tries another Stargate show (if for no reason other than to keep science fiction on TV). But I worry that Syfy’s original programming isn’t getting the audience it needs and that Syfy might stop producing original science fiction programming. That would be a worrying development.