Low Ratings For ‘Virtuality’ Seal Its Fate
Sienna Guillory as Rika Goddard in 'Virtuality'
This will probably be the last article I’ll need to write on Virtuality.
The two-hour premiere of Ron Moore’s sci-fi pilot drew only 1.8 million viewers to rank it as the lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network on Friday night.
With Virtuality completely dependent on high ratings to turn around Fox’s decision not to green-light the series, it would seem to be a given that any glimmer of hope there may have been for a series is now gone.
To my mind that is sad as the series had enormous potential and was received well by the majority of industry reviewers.
Source: THR Feed
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June 28th, 2009 at 3:32 am
That is unfortunate. I just watched Virtuality online and it’s good. It took a little while to get going but by the end I wanted more.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:39 am
The pilot was quite good and had a lot of potential.
Fox, being Fox, killed it by putting it in a graveyard timeslot in the summer with no publicity. The only reason I heard about it was from reading a review on Salon.com.
No wonder network TV is dying — it’s run by stupid bean counters in suits with no imagination.
And I’m not even a sci-fi fan.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Everyone seems to see the cancelling as a foregone conclusion but I guess it’s better than getting our hopes up. I don’t know why Fox bothers spending the cash on nieche shows if they are not prepared to back them and give them a chance to grow.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
To be honest I would rather have my hopes up. Recently I heard there was a slim possibility the series could be picked up by another network, although I don’t know much about what has transpired there. Either way, the ratings it received will need a severe bolster by DVR numbers for a series to be remotely considered.
Of course it’s never over to a certain sized lady sings…we can always hope until we hear something official to the contrary.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
That certain sized lady may not have sung yet, but the music for the song has already started (pity the song sucks).
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 am
Face it folks, the Fat Lady has sung, and Virtuality is DOA.
The dismal ratings numbers have sealed Virtuality’s fate.
Add to that the possibility of a lawsuit from Joe Haldeman, it’s unlikely any other Studio or Network will do anything with it, other than to avoid it like a toxic spill