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more about #graph robertwan: Technically, you should (I'm pretty sure) have the independent variable (time) on the x-axis, not on the y-axis. Or, if you prefer, shouldn't the dep... more » off-kilter: Great chart! [applause, applause] But now its got me thinking - since so much of sci-fi is allegorical, what sort of chart could one make to track TH... more » SJ_Edwards: That post-2000 decline (and the relative rates of decline) is fascinating (and horrifying). I'm assuming that it parallels the decline in the TV indus... more » phlavor: Great chart! It makes me wonder what driving force pushed Science Fiction around the millennium. Hope for a better future? The geek inheriting the Ear... more » Micah: As the show clearly points out on a number of occasions, Data was an android, not a robot. more » Roklimber: Poor Annalee... I stopped counting how many times she wrote "We included it, but didn't show it in the chart because the chart only has a sample of th... more » Mellowtunes: No Deep Space Nine? That would boost the 90's Space scale even more...though they really didn't travel much... more » tetracycloide: i'm a little thrown by the side chart. why are some of the dots at the beginning of the show and some of them at the end? more » Trystero: I had no idea that the original Battlestar Galactica had such a short TV run. Nor did I ever think of Dark Shadows as a spy show (mostly as a function... more » Grey_Area: But what about...? No love for...? But what about...? No love for...? But what about...? No love for...? But what about...? No love for...? Read the... more » SJ_Edwards: We NEED this chart, in the worst way. But....... It needs to be rotated 90 degrees (time runs left to right in my universe and always will!), it ne... more » Gonza: I find your lack of "Supernatural" disturbing...Unless I'm too blind to see anything more » dans0n: Where the heck is Red Dwarf? I mean seriously, If you can call "Bewitched" and "3rd Rock from the Sun" (WTF?) Sci-Fi comedies, then...... more » bobjase: Stargate Atlantis? Deep space nine? Voyager? What is the point of a list like this if it excludes 80% of the shows? more » AusJeb: In addition to the development of CGI, the other thing that happened in the 90s was the growth of the syndication market for shows like Xena, Earth Fi... more » kolacek: This brings something up which has been on my mind a lot since the Star Trek re-boot and the anniversary of the Moon landing. As a kid, the thing I l... more » reaper2k: I totally get that showing 300 shows on the chart would be confusing and daunting. But it would look AWESOME as a poster on my wall. :) more » AEchinoderm: "But the graph's most striking feature is the boom all the themes apparently experienced in the 1990s, and which now seems to be on the decline. It se... more » mdweaver7485: Or Space Above and Beyond or Earth Final Conflict or The Invasion? more » mdweaver7485: No Seaquest? more » -
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At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek
When have TV aliens been more popular than magic? Do shows featuring time travel fare better than those about space exploration? We chart the popularity of television's most common themes, and see how scifi television has changed since 1970.
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