Toasters: Sometimes Things Don't Go As Planned

It was just under a month ago that I was mentioning the return of the second half of the first season of Caprica, which is basically Battlestar Galactica's prequel (and bastard child). Despite the fact that I somewhat enjoy the series, it was pretty clear from the beginning that it would be an uphill battle for this show.

Despite some superb casting and an intriguing start, the series soon took a spin, far beyond the types experienced in season 4 of it's predecessor.

A lot of BSG fans were left with a sour taste in their mouths following the finale of the series, compared to people who watched Lost, for example, BSG's ending left a lot of viewers split. This reason alone caused a lot of people to not even give the series a chance.

Caprica also has an immense focus on the Drama aspect of the series, and much less on the sci-fi, which put off a lot of viewers of Battlestar. Plot twists and 'quoi de fuck?' moments pop up in nearly every episode of Caprica, and that as well was a bit much for a lot of viewers.

One sad toaster.

Add together enough negatives this early into the 'return' of a series and you end up with what I've been slowly expecting for the past couple weeks. Except the announcement came a lot sooner and a lot more directly.

Syfy announced today that because of ratings (and other reasons) that they would be pulling Caprica off the air, effective immediately.

In a nut shell, there's still five episodes remaining to be aired in the second half of the first season. But SyFy has decided they won't be airing these episodes until 2011, which already has viewers of the series sort of perplexed.

I mean I can understand canceling the series, but pulling it from that time slot and not airing the final episodes for another 6+ months? Anyone who's watched BSG knows how long waits can be between seasons (or second halves of seasons), but why put off the dying episodes of a series for so long? Seems slightly pointless to me.

R.I.P. Caprica.