# New 'Firefly' Tonight, 12/6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936 "2002-12-06T15:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/1 "2002-12-06T15:42:03Z")
New eipsode of _Firefly_, “War Stories,” tonight on FOX at 8 pm EST, 7 pm CST. Just wanted to let people know, since FOX is in rerun season, the show is so iffy, people have asked about when it’s on, and I figure SOMEONE should advertise it, if not the network. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/2 "2002-12-06T15:49:33Z")
Cool. I’ll send to word out to my posse. And the rest of you should too! Someones bound to have a Nielson box… ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/3 "2002-12-06T16:15:04Z")
Woo Hoo-- thanks for the reminder! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/4 "2002-12-06T16:36:47Z")
Incidentally, next week’s is new as well, and on the 20th they seem to be showing the 2-hour pilot. You can find the schedule here: [http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes.htm](http://www.fox.com/firefly/episodes.htm) where you can also verify that they have been showing them out of order and one episode is MIA. Way to go, FOX! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/5 "2002-12-06T16:37:22Z")
It’s on tonight in Canada too. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/6 "2002-12-06T16:41:12Z")
Hooray! Planning to pop some popcorn and have a roaring good time. Query: Why has Fox not mentioned this, or advertized it ever, at all? Or is it just that they’re advertizing it when I’m not home, or something? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/7 "2002-12-06T16:55:09Z")
Which episode is MIA? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/8 "2002-12-06T17:24:26Z")
Oh yeah **Kn** (doesn’t pay all that much attention) **ckers** , the advertise the heck out of it. FOX starts their big campaign about 30 seconds before the show comes on, then there’s the blitz right in the middle of the episode and a final big promotion right before “John Doe” comes on. The same plan that worked so well with “The Tick”. Don’t you know anything? -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/9 "2002-12-06T17:40:47Z")
Now that we are all here… Where did you first hear about Firefly? I think it was a sci-fi web site in my case. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/10 "2002-12-06T17:50:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rue DeDay \* > \*\*Oh yeah **Kn** (doesn’t pay all that much attention) **ckers** , the advertise the heck out of it. FOX starts their big campaign about 30 seconds before the show comes on, then there’s the blitz right in the middle of the episode and a final big promotion right before “John Doe” comes on. > > The same plan that worked so well with “The Tick”. > > Don’t you know anything? > -Rue. \*\* Ah, silly me for not noticing. Well, I’m sure this method works mighty well with their more perceptive viewers. _Mighty_ well. **carni** : Shockingly enough, I first heard about it from an add on Fox, a couple of weeks before the premier. My reason for thinking it would be worth watching? They mentioned in the add that there’s a “tough guy named Jayne” (or however it was they worded it). I thought that was brilliant, and that fact alone probably made it worth watching. Turns out, I was right that it was worth watching, but there are lots more reasons besides Fun With Gender. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/11 "2002-12-06T18:01:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Which episode is MIA? \*\* On that schedule I linked, Episode 10 is nowhere to be seen. I first heard about it at Comicon (aka WizardWorld Chicago). I haven’t seen much of anything about it on FOX. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/12 "2002-12-06T18:21:49Z")
Heard about it in the Buffy threads first as they are pretty in tune with the other projects Joss is invovled in. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/13 "2002-12-06T18:31:04Z")
I first heard about Firefly from (I think) Entertainment Weekly. It had a story on Joss and the projects he was working on. Before the season started, there was an article in the TV listings suppliment that came with the Sunday paper. I saw “Joss Weadon”, “cowboys” and “shapeships” and knew I was going to watch. No matter what. Re: Jayne I thought it was funny the big tough guy was named “Jayne” seeing how there’s a sect of Buddhism called “the Jaines” who are very much un-Jayne-like. I’m sure it was just coincedence and Joss didn’t do it on purpose. Sure. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/14 "2002-12-06T18:37:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*On that schedule I linked, Episode 10 is nowhere to be seen. > \*\* “Objects in Space” 11 is new, and they ordered two. Maybe the other hasn’t been listed yet. It’s not like they show them out of order or anything…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/15 "2002-12-06T18:43:55Z")
I first heard about _Firefly_ from you guys. I don’t think I have ever seen an ad for it on TV, in magazines, or on web banners…anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/16 "2002-12-06T19:17:39Z")
The episode **Heart of Gold** was originally suppose to air on Friday, December 13 but **Objects in Space** is taking its place. I have no idea what it is about. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/17 "2002-12-06T20:12:59Z")
I heard about it in Fox ads too, before the season started. The “girl in the box” part was what intrigued me, although I have not seen one single girl in box this whole season. I’m assuming it’s something from the pilot, and I think it’s pretty obvious who she turns out to be, but still … I’ve been trying to get people to watch it but they all claim to have lives on Friday evenings. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/18 "2002-12-06T21:04:09Z")
Yes, the girl in the box is from the pilot and is who you think she is. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/19 "2002-12-06T21:17:55Z")
I first heard of it via a Fox ad prior to the first showing. Probably the _only_ advertising Fox has done for this show. (and I don’t usually use smilies, but I’m gonna use 'em here… :mad: :mad: :mad: ) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/20 "2002-12-06T23:31:38Z")
Now that **gallows fodder** mentions banner ads, I DO remember there being a Firefly ad when I checked my e-mail (Yahoo) right before the new TV season. I think it lasted about three days. It was annoying and I ignored it, even though I had already made up my mind to see the show. -Rue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936.md?page=2)