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Katee Sackhoff & David Eick Explain What Went Wrong With Bionic Woman

by Margie

Katee Sackhoff SciFi Upfront Party 2008 Battlestar Galactica Bionic Woman BSG Executive Producer David Eick broke ranks with NBC Universal last week, telling the press that Bionic Woman really is over even as the network has stood by its claim that no official decision has been made about the future of the series.

“I just felt that the process was so frustrating, and the conditions under which we were making that show never really came to fruition in such a way that I felt like we could make the show well. The actress [Michelle Ryan] we found was wonderful. Some of the writing was good.

“We just didn’t ever bring it all together like we did with Battlestar,” he continued. “At a certain point, when it becomes that frustrating, I think you’re better off to say, ‘Let’s try again another time,’ and let it go.”

SciFi Wire got the scoop at last week’s SciFi Channel upfronts, where Eick was promoting Battlestar Galactica and the upcoming prequel series Caprica

The Toronto Star had some additional commentary from show star Katee Sackhoff, who plays Starbuck on BSG and also kicked butt as Jaime Sommers’ frenemy Sarah Corvus on Bionic Woman:

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“It’s no one’s fault,” Sackhoff told the paper. “The hype was so big before the show came out, and they were so scared that it would fail, that everyone had an opinion. There were too many cooks in the kitchen, and they didn’t know what they were cooking.

“I mean, I know what went wrong. Had they given me the show, I could have figured it out. I could have told them exactly what to do. But then everyone would have put their hands in, and the same thing would have happened. You can’t blame anyone. That’s just how it goes.”

It’s sad news for Eick but especially sad news for Katee, who was poised to break out into the big time last summer when it looked like Bionic Woman was going to take off.  While the actress benefited from the attention and is still very much in demand, it would have been better for everyone involved with Bionic Woman if this show had lived up to its potential.


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