TV GUIDE: Ask Matt: The Today Mess, Glee-vs-Glee Project, Royal Pains and More
Jul 2, 2012
by Matt Roush
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... Question: You addressed the scheduling of Warehouse 13 and Eureka in your June 11 column. I'm wondering what your thoughts are now that it's been confirmed that a second wave of 10 episodes of Warehouse 13 will air in April 2013. Technically, yes, they'll still air all 20 episodes within a year, but with a huge gap in the middle. And since Season 4.1 will wrap up in June 2013, I'm assuming that means no Season 5 next summer. Any thoughts on why they're doing it this way? Is it just cost cutting? "Two seasons for the price of one?" Personally, I'm disappointed, but not surprised after watching how Eureka was treated. I just find it hard to understand why Syfy keeps doing this. I know I should be grateful that we're getting any episodes at all (and I am), but going from 13-episode seasons to what is effectively 10-episode seasons is a bit of a downer. — Jodi
Matt Roush: Since its debut, which coincided with the rebranding and renaming of the network, Warehouse 13 has been Syfy's highest-rated summer show — at least that's how they've always touted it — and a signature show, so I don't know why they would want to mess with that. And who's to say that even if the second half of Warehouse's season bleeds over into next June that the next season won't premiere in late July as it does this year? I've learned to live with the cable practice of chopping up a show's season into several parts, but there should be a rhyme or reason to it. On the plus side, a 20-episode season does seem to give everyone more bang for their buck, however it's scheduled...
Warehouse 13 season four premieres Monday, July 13, 2012 at 9/8C on Syfy. Cast includes Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Genelle Williams and Allison Scagliotti.
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