Syfy's Best and Worst Shows Since 2009:Tim Surette on TV.com

In honor of the 6th anniversay of SciFi Channel became Syfy

10. (tie) Warehouse 13: July 7, 2009 – May 19, 2004 and Helix: January 10, 2014 – April 10, 2015
9. Total Blackout: April 25, 2012 – July 9, 2013
8. Dark Matter: June 12, 2015 – present
7. Caprica: January 22, 2010 – November 30, 2010
6. Being Human: January 17, 2011 – April 7, 2014
5. Face Off: January 26, 2011 – present
4. Eureka: July 18, 2006 – July 16, 2012
3. Continuum: May 27, 2012 – present
2. 12 Monkeys: January 16, 2015 – present
1. Alphas: July 11, 2011 – October 22, 2012

The 5 worst shows Syfy has aired
5. Every ghost hunting show
4. Opposite Worlds: January 21, 2014 – February 26, 2014
3. Marcel's Quantum Kitchen: March 22, 2011 – April 26, 2011
2. Olympus: April 2, 2015 – present
1. Fangasm : September 24, 2013 – October 22, 2013


I have to pretty much agree with Tim's picks, although I doubt he had to stretch very hard. I go on jags with SyFy shows. I watched the entire first season of Helix, and I can't seem to want to watch the second season. I liked Caprica as it was very innovative, but it dragged a little.

In general, i think SyFy shows tend to drag a little. It's almost as if they are stretching a concept too far to create media time to run advertisements.

But I think he really screwed up by not including Haven: 9 July 2010 - present

Incidentally SyFy is now more valuable to Comcast than NBC. NBC has much higher revenue, but much lower profits.

Wow, not only have I not seen any on those 10 shows I have not heard of any of them. Sounds like they need to spend some money on advertising.

IMO nothing can beat The Lost Room from 2006. Absolutely fantastic. I'd love to see that in a 10-episode arc like is so prevalent on network TV these days. Caprica was a good second place. I gave up on Dark Matter after 2 episodes. Gave up Warehouse 13 after the first season. The rest....meh.

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Wow, not only have I not seen any on those 10 shows I have not heard of any of them. Sounds like they need to spend some money on advertising.

Cable shows don't initially attract a lot of viewers. Warehouse 13 pulled in 3.5 million on their first few episodes, and Joanne Kelley was very popular. Cable shows are aired over and over and pull in many viewers in the long haul.

I stopped watching it a few years ago, when they went to all-dubbed programming. Besides all I ever found worthy of my interest was Stargate Universe, and that was soooooooooooooo bad, it would have had to improve in order to be considered terrible.

I did see a couple of their original movies. I'd call them B-movies, but that would do B-movies a grave disservice.

Wunderlich Securities analyst Matthew Harrigan wrote a famous valuation of Comcast in 2010 in which NBC network was valued at negative $600 million. The total company is likely worth slightly more than $32.5 billion

Harrigan's valued the cable networks, at
$11.7 billion for USA Network,
$6.3 billion for Syfy,
$3.9 billion for CNBC,
$2.8 billion for MSNBC and
$2.6 billion for Bravo.

The company owned TV stations are distinct from the network. The value of NBC Universal's overall broadcast division stands at $3.5 billion though, according to the analyst partly due to Telemundo.

The network is healthier than it was in 2010, partly because they have no more superstar acting salaries outside of James Spader and Mariska Hargitay ($500K per episode).