Talk:Seddie/@comment-3180503-20140520061300/@comment-14284535-20140522004139

The non-regularity of specials is just mind-numbingly stupid. For someone who professes affection for sci-fi series, how does Dan Schneider not know some of the background for his favourite series? One of the conditions for buying "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in syndication was that the station had to broadcast it regularly - same time on the same day each week for first run. Then, when it was purchased for syndication, they could not vary its days, frequency, and times. (You also were forbiddeng from purchasing other science-fiction series, but that's immaterial.)

Why? Because an irregular broadcast schedule loses casual viewers. You need some kind of regularity or all but the most hardcore fans will lose track of it. Moreover, you don't want long gaps between broadcast episodes at that time. And that does not even count the drop in perceived quality. No wonder the ratings started going down.