Comments on: Friday Ratings: NBC Wins With Jackson & Fawcett, Fox’s Virtuality Is Virtually Unwatched

By: Television Review – Virtuality « Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:15:31 +0000

[...] reinforce that thought, the movie barely registered in the Nielsens pulling only a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 1.8 million viewers (and for those of you [...]

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Virtuality’s Ratings Flatline in Friday Night Dead Space - Screen Rant — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:24 +0000

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By: Careless

Careless — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:28:53 +0000

Virtuality was not good. A show that made a point about getting the science right, then got it wrong. A show that was about a reality show that would be boring as hell to watch. A show with maybe one memorable character that was supposed to be character driven.

Just a mess.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:31:56 +0000

I thought Virtuality had a lot of potential. Certainly more original then Mental, which is a House re-tread, and more watchable than the first episodes of Dollhouse.

A waste but it was probably too intelligent for Fox.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:02:41 +0000

This entire thread proves why networks shouldn’t be bothered burning off unsold pilots anymore — particularly ones with high geek appeal.

Instead of being happy they’re getting to see the thing at all, it’s “Waaaah! They didn’t promote it!” Yeah, no shit. It’s an unsold pilot. What were you expecting? A national convention? I doubt you’ll be seeing the pilots for “Cop House,” “Boldly Going Nowhere,” “Two Dollar Beer,” “Eva Adams,” “Maggie Hill” or “Masterwork” on the air anytime soon, but I guess geeks don’t care about any of them. And what is FOX’s fascination with people in wheelchairs all of a sudden? Is that going to be the theme of FOX Fridays from now on? Because I’m not sure shows have high crip appeal.

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Virtuality Virtually Unwatched | InfoAddict — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:31:31 +0000

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By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:22 +0000

I thought Virtuality had potential. I was quite annoyed that it wasn’t a series when I went to record the next episode. Hopefully a cable station will pick it up. I wonder how much the death specials took away from the ratings.

By: richard less

richard less — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:04:54 +0000

Not a big Ronald D. Moore fan, so I’m not cryin’ over this result. Cable is where its at today.

By: Entertainment Link-Off: I <3 Science Fiction! « The Lowdown Blog

Entertainment Link-Off: I <3 Science Fiction! « The Lowdown Blog — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:00:56 +0000

[...] FOX’s defuct TV-pilot turned TV-movie “Virtuality” aired on Friday. While there was a small glimmer of hope that it can be turned into a series if enough eyeballs tuned in, it seems like that dream will remain a fantasy. (TV by the Numbers) [...]

By: AniMatsuri

AniMatsuri — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:41:07 +0000

Virt is confusing because the ending pretty much cancels out everything you saw before making you wonder if anything you saw was real. Critics and some Sci-Fi fans love that kind of stuff. General public not so much.

By: Some guy named John

Some guy named John — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:10:41 +0000

I didn’t even know it was on Friday night. So as far as advertising for the show it wasn’t done properly. Second, two big time celebrity deaths occurred and would grab anyones attention over a show with some basically unknown cast set in the Sci-fi genre on a Friday night. Fox should have known better and this should have aired on a Sunday or Monday night.

I watched it on Hulu, where it was labeled a movie. I thought it seemed original but short sighted. I don’t think it could make a a few seasons even if it was picked up.

This should have stayed on a Universal network like SciFi, where the ratings it made would be called decent. I feel bad that Peter Berg was associated with this.

Little thing I noticed was the Captain was named Pike, which I guess was a nod to Star Trek’s original captain in its own TV pilot.

By: Lanie Grace

Lanie Grace — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:07:34 +0000

I love it!

Brian D Said
“Virtuality turned into a two hour movie when Dollhouse got renewed”

Dollhouse is a machine! First it killed TSCC and now Virtuality before it was born.

~Lanie~

PS For you hardcore LG haters, the above is said sarcastically

By: JustTunedIn

JustTunedIn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:27:10 +0000

I just finished watching virtuosity and quite liked it. I did feel a lot like 2001 (which I also liked). I agree with those who say people will have very opposing views on it (as we can read here). Too bad it didn’t turn into a series. I think it would have made a nice little mini series.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:06:14 +0000

cant wait for new Flashpoint July 17th

By: Ender Wiggin

Ender Wiggin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:21:54 +0000

Well, I was also bored by it, and I love sci-fi (BSG, Firefly, TSCC, STNG, STV, DS9, STE), the biggest problem for me was the characters in Virtuality were not memorable or interesting, I neither liked them or hated them, I just didn’t care about them… compared to Caprica, this pilot was weak. But like Dollhouse, which also started weak for me, and I only watched out of respect for Joss, I would probably continue watching this show even though I especially disliked the reality TV show angle…

By: Brian D

Brian D — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:02:20 +0000

Virtuality was a pilot turned into a 2 hr movie supposedly when Fox renewed Dollhouse. Regardless I just finished watching it and it’s flipping horrible. I honestly thought this would be decent based on reading a little about it. They spent way too much time focusing on insignificant parts that were pointless. I expect more out of Peter Berg and Ron Moore then this crap definitely a F rating that would have been yanked from TV had this been the start of a show.

By: JustTunedIn

JustTunedIn — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:53:18 +0000

@ Budo: There certainly is that market. Plenty of Sci Fi shows have been succesfull in the past. And Currently as well (Fringe is doing OK). I think the many years of Star Trek meant that it had been popular enough.

It’s just that right now there isn’t something to measure up to it; although in general demos seem to be down across the board.

By: Mumbo

Mumbo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:33:35 +0000

Even Privileged, Everybody Hates Chris, and The Game reruns look kind of competitive in the demos compared to Virtuality.

Yikes.

By: Budo

Budo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:34:02 +0000

It’s funny – there’s no middle ground: people either loved it or got bored and flipped the channel. I’d love to believe there’s a market for sci-fi that strays off the familiar territory of summer blockbuster films, but it’s obvious there isn’t. Ah, the curse of being less likely to be popular, yet requiring a lot more money to make…

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:07:14 +0000

I’m really surprised by the numbers. I was randomly flipping channels and came across Virtuality. I didn’t find it dense at all. Once they got past introducing the characters, I was hooked and glued throughout the whole show and the ending was mind-bending astonishing! It’s too bad that this cool and smart scifi will not find a series because of the low numbers.

By: GryphonStalker

GryphonStalker — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:45:07 +0000

“The Virtuality pilot was one of the best pilots I’ve ever seen. I also haven’t watched FOX on a Friday night in probably over a year but did last night.”

I concur, I thought it was brilliant. It’s not their fault that two well known Celebrities passed away on the same day and the channels have been going crazy with specials and tributes. I found it a great distraction from all the hoopla.

By: Sycore

Sycore — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:39:45 +0000

It sucked Cylon balls. Boring as hell. Only good thing was that me and my friends took a shot ever time they said GO/NO GO, so we were hammered by the awful ending. Get use to those Friday numbers FOX, they are the new reality for the death of broadcast TV. Time to die off like newspapers and magazines.

By: Budo

Budo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:27:27 +0000

I liked Virtuality a lot. I can also see why it would never work with the audiences. Not enough Horatio Cane putting glasses on and spewing one-liners every week. It’s a shame it came at this point in time which is pretty much the worst for serialized sci-fi ever.

By: redeem147

redeem147 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:02:20 +0000

Such a shame. Virtuality was one of the best SF shows I’ve seen. I really want more.

But I won’t get it. I only knew it was on because I saw an article in the newspaper about it.

By: John T. Folden

John T. Folden — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:48:16 +0000

The number of people that find Virtuality “confusing” is just mind boggling to me. I can understand if someone was bored by it, especially during the first 45 minutes or so, but confusing? I don’t get that. It had un-answered questions, as any good pilot should.

One of the FOX suits called it “dense” and I thought he was insulting his audience… maybe not.