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''Sometimes, viewers are so afraid that shows will be [[Screwed by the Network]] that they refuse to watch it, even if it sounds appealing to them.'' |
{{quote|''Sometimes, viewers are so afraid that shows will be [[Screwed by the Network]] that they refuse to watch it, even if it sounds appealing to them.''}} |
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The [[Firefly]] Effect refers to viewers being afraid of committing to a new series because they don't believe the series will last long enough to make up for the investment of time and emotions. "The network is just going to cancel this, so I'm not giving it my heart." If enough viewers think this way towards a particular TV series, it may become a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]—people don't watch because they think the show will be canceled, and then the show is cancelled ''because'' no one is watching it. |
The [[Firefly]] Effect refers to viewers being afraid of committing to a new series because they don't believe the series will last long enough to make up for the investment of time and emotions. "The network is just going to cancel this, so I'm not giving it my heart." If enough viewers think this way towards a particular TV series, it may become a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]—people don't watch because they think the show will be canceled, and then the show is cancelled ''because'' no one is watching it. |
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Incidentally, many of these shows (including [[Trope Namers]] ''[[Firefly]]'') were on [[FOX]]—basically because Fox was likely to give the sort of show that gets this effect an initial run, but tended to be too Nielsen-sensitive to be patient. Fox has recently been experimenting to test the nature of this effect, as evidenced by ''[[Fringe]]'' (which seems to have escaped this trope, beginning its fifth season in the fall of 2012) and ''[[Dollhouse]]'' (if the [[Firefly Effect]] can apply to a show that has run for more than one season, then ''[[Dollhouse]]'' is it). |
Incidentally, many of these shows (including [[Trope Namers]] ''[[Firefly]]'') were on [[FOX]]—basically because Fox was likely to give the sort of show that gets this effect an initial run, but tended to be too Nielsen-sensitive to be patient. Fox has recently been experimenting to test the nature of this effect, as evidenced by ''[[Fringe]]'' (which seems to have escaped this trope, beginning its fifth season in the fall of 2012) and ''[[Dollhouse]]'' (if the [[Firefly Effect]] can apply to a show that has run for more than one season, then ''[[Dollhouse]]'' is it). |
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