Matt Tracker
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|  #1 Posted on 24.8.06 0941.33 | Instant Rating: 6.26 | According to Click Here (PRWEB.com):
(PRWEB) August 24, 2006 -- Effective November 1, 2006, the SCI FI Channel will change their name to SurgeTV, to reflect the changing demographic thrust of the successful long-running cable channel. In addition, deals are currently working out to bring back ECW for a three-times a week run in prime time, as well as reruns (Pre-WWE) of professional wrestling events.
SurgeTV hopes to tap into the newfound audience of science fiction wrestling fans, by promoting cross-over programming, including Eureka's Colin Ferguson's guest appearance in the ECW ring, and Season 2 of Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Superhero to include ring matches between competitors. Saucier, racier stories will be aired after the midnight hour, and in a change for the popular channel, may include R-rated material.
While much of the original programming the SCI FI Channel has produced will remain on air through the next year, SurgeTV expects sweeping changes to the network, shifting away from the so-called "nerd" demographic. This means that SurgeTV will try to appeal to it's growing number of "extreme" viewers by removing all of it's current re-run programming and replacing it with a new "brand" - Xtreme Surge At Night. Effective November 1, 2006, SurgeTV will begin broadcasting reruns of Hogan Knows Best and original WWE programming. Filling out the early morning hours will be the ground-breaking American (English language channel) debut of Lucha Libre sporting events.
SurgeTV will continue publishing Sci Fi magazine, which will remain uneffected by the format changes taking place on air.
SurgeTV is a television network where extreme action can be found. SurgeTV fuels the adrenaline of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic wrestling programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 85 million homes, SurgeTV is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
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This is a little surprising.
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| #2 Posted on 24.8.06 0958.01 | Instant Rating: 7.42 | Can't anyone post anything on PRWEB? I'm going to wait for a more official announcement. Something's fishy here.
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| #3 Posted on 24.8.06 1000.48 | Instant Rating: 4.00 | Hmm...sounds a little like Spike TV part II. My favorite part of that was the mention of the growing base of science fiction wrestling fans. Talk about a niche market!
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| #4 Posted on 24.8.06 1016.35 | Instant Rating: 1.23 | Breaking News!
wow... the success of ECW has gone to their heads.
idk about this, I mean... I never watched Sci Fi; but Im sure they had their demographic, and now... hrm, lets see where this goes I guess.
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| #5 Posted on 24.8.06 1028.15 | Instant Rating: 6.57 | | Looks like a hoax... | Matt Tracker
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| #6 Posted on 24.8.06 1030.44 | Instant Rating: 6.26 | Sorry for the fake item, guys. Can the mods banish this thread?
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| #7 Posted on 24.8.06 1052.01 | Instant Rating: 6.70 | Originally posted by SchippeWreck
Can't anyone post anything on PRWEB? I'm going to wait for a more official announcement. Something's fishy here.
Especially doesn't sound like a official PR - there are incorrectly used words ("which will remain uneffected" - that's unaffected - a PR guy wouldn't miss that), I don't think, incorrect punctuation ("removing all of it's current" - that is possesive, so it is its) and uses "popular" about a zillion times and long-running a lot. The channel isn't that popular or that long-running.
Yeah, I smell a rat too.
(oh.. - reads last post.. Duhhhhhh)
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