Goodbye SciFi....Hello SurgeTV??

[Guest Segurant]

Effective November 1, 2006, the SCI FI Channel will change their name to SurgeTV, to reflect the changing demographic thrust of the successful long-running cable channel. In addition, deals are currently working out to bring back ECW for a three-times a week run in prime time, as well as reruns (Pre-WWE) of professional wrestling events.

 

(PRWEB) August 24, 2006 -- Effective November 1, 2006, the SCI FI Channel will change their name to SurgeTV, to reflect the changing demographic thrust of the successful long-running cable channel. In addition, deals are currently working out to bring back ECW for a three-times a week run in prime time, as well as reruns (Pre-WWE) of professional wrestling events.

 

SurgeTV hopes to tap into the newfound audience of science fiction wrestling fans, by promoting cross-over programming, including Eureka's Colin Ferguson's guest appearance in the ECW ring, and Season 2 of Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Superhero to include ring matches between competitors. Saucier, racier stories will be aired after the midnight hour, and in a change for the popular channel, may include R-rated material.

 

While much of the original programming the SCI FI Channel has produced will remain on air through the next year, SurgeTV expects sweeping changes to the network, shifting away from the so-called "nerd" demographic. This means that SurgeTV will try to appeal to it's growing number of "extreme" viewers by removing all of it's current re-run programming and replacing it with a new "brand" - Xtreme Surge At Night. Effective November 1, 2006, SurgeTV will begin broadcasting reruns of Hogan Knows Best and original WWE programming. Filling out the early morning hours will be the ground-breaking American (English language channel) debut of Lucha Libre sporting events.

 

SurgeTV will continue publishing Sci Fi magazine, which will remain uneffected by the format changes taking place on air.

 

SurgeTV is a television network where extreme action can be found. SurgeTV fuels the adrenaline of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic wrestling programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 85 million homes, SurgeTV is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.

[AissaJacarn]

All I have to say is I'm glad I live in Canada, where "Sci-Fi" channel is just a myth anyway. Our sci-fi network is purely syndicated anyway (which is why we're a year behind in Stargate episodes, among other shows).

 

At least we won't risk flipping to Space and seeing wrestling...

[The Outsider]

This press release is very much looking to be a hoax.

[Pookie]

If not a hoax, my reaction can be summed up in one word -- YUCK!

[The Outsider]

Apparantly the site (PRweb) where the press release was posted originally allows anyone to post a press release, and they took it down pretty shortly after it was put up.

 

More importantly though, if you look at the language used in the press release it just screams HOAX. Like Sci-Fi is going to refer to its viewers as 'nerds'?

 

Besides which, the world already has Spike TV. ;)

[Roka]

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[SinisterDeath]

I serioulsy F***in hope this is a hoax.

[Cadsuane]

The thread is two years old. SciFi is still here. Sounds hoaxy to me.  ;)

[SinisterDeath]

The thread is two years old. SciFi is still here. Sounds hoaxy to me.  ;)

 

I dunno, they cancelled SG1, cut Eureka in half. Might be more true than we want to believe it is... :P

[Silver]

Eureka kicks ass.