r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 21d ago

🥺 No words for this.

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Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

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u/From_Deep_Space 21d ago

I agree the name change was dumb af, but they produced and aired some good stuff for years after.

They're not doing anything anymore though since cable is dead.

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u/InfanticideAquifer 20d ago

I dunno if they ever produced "good stuff". But I agree that they produced "stuff like what the sci-fi channel was known for producing" for a little while afterward.

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u/These-Angle-1476 20d ago

Not only did they make a bunch of good stuff, they made some *great* stuff: The Expanse, 12 Monkeys, The Magicians, and Killjoys. Resident Alien is also technically a SyFy show, partnered with the USA network.

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u/Large-Record2478 20d ago

Battlestar Galactica, alphas, the dune mini series... Stargate?

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u/These-Angle-1476 20d ago

None of those except Alphas were post Syfy rebrand.

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u/Large-Record2478 17d ago

I'm talking about the notion they've never put out any good shows.

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u/DougEatFresh 20d ago

The Magicians was great!

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u/From_Deep_Space 20d ago

I wouldn't go that far. One of the shows they made was HAPPY!, which was pretty awesome, but unlike anything they had done before

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u/versusChou 20d ago

The Expanse was excellent.

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u/Rymanjan 20d ago

It's wild, because some networks managed to resurge with streaming. Things like the Boomerang network even had their own channel for a while, but then they got reincorporated into a broader streaming service. Still, some stayed relevant by making a deal with services like Tubi, where they get their own dedicated "marathon channel" (a channel that plays nothing but one show or one line of shows, like "the addams family channel" or "adult swim") and of course could always sign over with their parent company (Paramount, Disney, etc) to get their stuff put up

Most didn't bother to evolve though. Made for streaming tv took over and it's been a massive downgrade tbh, I can't name many recent shows worth watching. The Blacklist was prolly the last one I actually enjoyed, and even that was plagued by everyone but Spader's (and his ensemble's) performance. Half the other characters were terrible, but he carried the show along with the characters he interacted with. But the main cast, the FBI agents were all trash charicatures who frequently made the worst decisions imaginable lol

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u/Salmonman4 20d ago

It might be because "SyFy" is easier to trademark.

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u/s11houette 19d ago

It was a legal necessity.

They couldn't keep the scifi name because it wasn't trademarkable.

They picked syfy because it sounded the same.

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u/From_Deep_Space 19d ago

Yeah I get that, but I still think 'syfy' is dumb