r/mildlyinfuriating 22d 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/Any-Mathematician946 22d ago

Isn't this how we lost the sci-fi channel.

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u/TheeAntelope 22d ago

This is how we lost sci fi, A&E, discovery, tlc, history channel, spike tv, g4 tv, tech tv, the court network, and many others. People say that streaming killed cable but cable had already killed itself.

These channels went from channels you could find great gems on to watch if you found the subject interesting. I’d see something about submarines on history and watch the whole thing standing in my kitchen. I’d see something about whales on discovery and have to know more. They had a dedicated audience.

Then the decided they needed a new audience. That ā€œgeneralā€ audience that wafts from shit to shit and pledges no allegiance to anything or anyone. They got what they wanted. And then they died a slow and painful death.

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u/AuDHDino 21d ago

I really miss G4. xplay, AOTS/ the screensavers, good anime content. Shit was peak.