For a change, it's not me 
Peter Davids - author of several Star Trek novels, comic books and Babylon 5 scripts - has a little rant about FOX's treatment of science fiction shows. Read his 10/07 entry called FireFox.Then there's "Futurama," a show pre-empted so routinely that there's enough unshown episodes stockpiled for an entire season...most of which will likely be pre-empted if history is any judge.
What good is trying (in regards to SciFi during prime time) when there is no commitment to back it up later on?
Thanks to PEEL moderator Kryten for pointing to this article.