The stench! (I did like the future private eye series, though.)
Pursuing, no doubt, the Latyn demographyk.
In my experience, SciFi always included the Saturn logo on it’s different ventures. With that in mind, I don’t really see how the identically pronounce SyFy is any more secure than the SciFi logo. AFterall, the History Channel and Comedy Central aren’t spelling their name weirdly.
That said, I don’t doubt this is more a marketing move than a signal of a real switch in content. Otherwise, I think they’d go the TNN route and switch the name to something like SFC with a mind to change it to something wholly different down the line.
Now, speaking as a female and the mother of a couple of females, we love watching the mindless glurge on Saturdays. It’s like watching the B movies from the '50’s – we have a regular system of betting on who gets eaten next by the mutated-possessed-mythological beast. Odds are always stacked against the blonde tramp, of course. And the black guy.
I am picky about what I read and watch, I prefer not to watch and read crap, I value my time. I might even sneer at crap. But I still use sci-fi as a generic abbreviation for Science Fiction, and have no problem using it in a positive manner. I would not get annoyed at all if someone called me a sci-fi fan, unless they are making that a pejorative to anyone who likes the genre. Frankly, it’s a silly arbitrary distinction in my mind that is useless, because the term is meaningless in itself. If you’re against bad science fiction, then call it “bad science fiction”, or “dreck”, or “Beast of the Week”, or some descriptive term that explains why it is bad. “Sci fi” to me is just another way to say “SF”, “Science Fiction”, or that stuff I read.
Just don’t pronounce it “skiffy”.
Who are we kidding, Truth be told, we would probably all watch that channel too, if we are pegged Sci-fi Watchers.
((What? You didn’t know?:eek: Look at my name and google it.))
Or, you know, “SciFi Channel” would be trademarkable. Either the full name of the network or the distinctive logo would be very preferable to psyphy.
My friend calls it “Sky fi”.
The good news about this to me is, after this Friday, quite frankly, the entire network could simply fall to pieces as far as I care.
I kind of miss that show they had called Sci-Fi Buzz.
As a male, I feel exactly the same way. I love those flicks because they’re plain, unpretentious fun, even when they’re badly done. And when they’re mediocre-ly done, they’re a riot: King Snake, Curse of the Komodo, Raptor Island, Anacondas … easygoing fun for taking a break on Saturday.
In other words, 90% of science fiction is sci-fi. Sounds about right, especially today.
There oughtta be a law…
That’s a fishy kind of remark. Though I’ll bet you could parlay it into caviar! 
Actually, if I’ve got this right, only about 36% of science fiction is sci fi.
So, does E-Sabbath want to take credit for today’s Penny Arcade?
… uhm.
It’s not likely, but it’s not impossible.
Stephen Colbert takes on " Syfy ":
Perhaps now we can end this debate between Lynn (by any chance, was it once Linn? :D) and Justin_Bailey (whom we all know rebranded away from “Nintendo”). I offer this compromise:
SF, Sci-fi, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, etc., now refers to all the stories in that genre, regardless of quality.
The stories of the low quality that Lynn referred to as Sci-Fi will now be referred to as SyFy.
We should work to rebrand Syfy for them. Let’s see if they like their new name, now! Agreed?
I once mentioned the Sci-Fi Channel in a panel discussion at an SF convention. Ben Bova remarked (from memory), “You could fit all the creativity and intelligence at the Sci-Fi Channel into a gnat’s navel and still have room for an agent’s heart.” And this was before they put on their own pro wrestling.