# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/101 "2002-12-12T21:17:19Z")
There may be hope. I found [this message over on the Firefly boards](http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=foxfirefly&msg=3191.1) suggesting that USA Today made an error in announcing Firefly’s cancellation. Daniel Crossing fingers ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/102 "2002-12-13T15:37:56Z")
Nope, no hope. Tim Minear has confirmed the cancellation. Fox has told them they will not be ordering any more episodes. Full details at [http://timminear.net/](http://timminear.net/) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/103 "2002-12-13T15:49:00Z")
Damn their eyes! I guess there’s a slim chance that another network will pick it up. I’ll cross my fingers. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/104 "2002-12-13T16:02:51Z")
Is it just me, or is it completely wrong that they are keeping John Doe and dropping FF? ---
**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 13, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/105 "2002-12-13T16:13:28Z")
As someone else pointed out, they aren’t creating art, they’re making money. They probably have some criteria it doesn’t meet to even have money spent on advertising. Let’s all make positive waves about the Sci Fi channel. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/106 "2002-12-13T16:18:02Z")
Yeah, **thinksnow** , the inexplicable clasping of John D’oh to Fox’s slimy corporate bosom has been noted. Poor Firefly. [I started a Pit thread when I heard.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150071) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/107 "2002-12-13T16:53:29Z")
**Mehitabel** , thanks for the Pit thread, though I didn’t post in it. Didn’t feel I had anything to say other than “Me too” or “Poor us”. What a shame. (BTW, love your username… I almost was going to use “archy” myself, but decided it’d get interpreted as my own name) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/108 "2002-12-13T17:08:19Z")
You’re welcome, **Algernon**. Here’s some flowers. I’ve asked my baby bro for Archyology I and II for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936/109 "2002-12-14T02:44:01Z")
If you want to help keep the show on the air, wander over to [www.fireflysupport.com](http://www.fireflysupport.com) and download the PDF of the postcard they’ve made, fill it out, and send it to UPN. The Firefly bunch are trying to sell the series to them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-firefly-tonight-12-6/140936.md?page=5)