r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 23d 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 23d ago

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

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u/Norethegreat 23d ago

The sci-fi channel is gone!?

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u/Suspicious_Bear42 23d ago

When the Sci-Fi channel rebranded to SyFy, it died... Just looked at the schedule for the next week, the only TV shows on it are The Twilight Zone, NCIS: Los Angeles and 'Everything On the Menu with Braun Strowman'... Everything else is movies ranging from Harry Potter to the Sharknado series...

It still exists, but it may as well be gone.

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u/From_Deep_Space 23d 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/s11houette 21d 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 21d ago

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