User blog comment:Meganhassler/Did the Sci-Fi Channel drop the ball?/@comment-5681783-20121030130356

I saw the TV show long before I even knew there was a book series. I loved the show. The idea of a Wizard in a modern setting fighting against the supernatural while trying to keep it a secret from mortals who weren't "Clued in" was incredibly appealing to me. "The council says if you don't know about the supernatural, you don't get to." My friends and I made a kind of LARP that we played in-town with a very similar pretense, back in the 90's, well before Butcher started writing his books (Had a lot of players, as well. Changed the rules every year, to keep it interesting). When the show came out it was close to what my friends and I had already envisioned and I fell in love with it. I didn't even know about the books until last year. Now that I've read them I understand why the series failed. While I appreciate the series for what it was, based on its limitations from being presented on a network that's known for making bad movies and generally poor decisions as far as series' go, it would have been better served on a different network with a grittier feel and Butcher at the wheel, with longer story-arcs based more closely on the books. HBO or Showtime could have presented this series far better than Sci-Fi (Before the name-change). That being said, I think the show should have gone at least another season. It's very clearly a different setting and had its own story to tell and we were only just getting into it. Had it gone 4, 5, or 6 seasons, I would have been perfectly happy with it, seeing as how I didn't find the books until just recently. I know several people who I've also recently clued into the books who were in love with the show. I guess that's the thing... If you'd read the books, the show would be kind of a let-down, so to answer the question... Yes, they dropped the ball on the series. Big time.