OK, this one is pretty harsh, but I've been pissed at the sci-fi, erm, I mean "syfy" channel for a while. They used to support cool programs like the Dune miniseries, the Dresden files, and Eureka. I used to be able to count on them to rebroadcast shows like the Outer Limits, and B- movies from the 70s and 80s.

Not anymore. At 9 or 10 they switch over to wresting, and I switched the channel. Every time they had something I wanted to watch, the canceled it. Now, other channels like lifetime and HBO have picked up the vampire theme (granted, the lifetime one kinda sucks) and FOX even tried New Amsterdam (which I liked, but then was predictably canceled. Life was canceled by NBC too, but that's another story).

Going from scifi to syfy is just, dumb. Here's the angry email I sent out.


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Syfy is not a hip, edgy, or new rebranding of your channel name. Instead it’s weird, sound’s like your trying to appeal to preteens, and can’t spell.

This attempt at rebranding is sad, pathetic, and obviously aimed and alienating your core demographic, but you were already doing that by replacing content with WWF shows.

Why doesn’t your marketing team change the name to SYFY RAW and just broadcast wresting, monster truck rallies, COPS, and get this trek to loserville over with.

[my name]

Tags: angry letter of the day, syfy