Stargate SG-1

Cybsled

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They weren't greenlit for a full length season, so they had to make do with what they got. The actor who played Alex getting #metoo'd probably played a role
 
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Season 5 was stretched and hardly a full length season either.

The asteroid A plot (main plot line) was finished by Episode 5. The remaining 5 Episodes had nothing besides B plot line.

B plot is usually reserved for 2-3 episodes of a season. Amazon made it the entire 5 remaining episodes of Season 5. Book readers didn't care of course, but TV watchers lost interest.

Might as well have just made Season 5 into 6 episodes also.

Not even getting into Syfy delivering 13 episodes of quality in 2 full seasons, with Amazon coming in at 10 then 6 episodes. "They saved Expanse" is dubious.
 
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jayrebb said:
Not even getting into Syfy delivering 13 episodes of quality in 2 full seasons, with Amazon coming in at 10 then 6 episodes. "They saved Expanse" is dubious.
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Eh, the amazon seasons were watchable, didn't set the IP on fire, and had a reasonable ending. It's a low bar, but it could have been a lot worse. I think it's mostly expectations that taking the same writers, actors and showrunners and giving them a bigger budget should have resulted in better than the first seasons, but clearly didn't.
 
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Clearly the solution is to take the Expanse team and send them on SG-1 missions in an entirely new show.

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Cybsled said:
Trying to think of other success stories

I think Subway helped save the show 'Chuck' - they were putting full blown Subway ads in the show. I remember that is how I found out Subway sells breakfast sandwiches lol

Amazon saving The Expanse after a big fan push also comes to mind after Syfy canceled it.

Although those were shows only recently canceled - this isn't so much a show but an IP that has been off the air for over a decade at this point.
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Roswell I think also. Veronica Mars had 3 seasons and a movie campaign.
 
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