I never got into DA when it aired, though I did try one or two episodes (beginning of Heat and then when i tried again I hit Meow - not exactly the best moments). I did watch Firefly, though. I remember when it first aired I figured I would give it a try because I was waiting for John Doe to start. But the first episode they played was a train heist episode and I was so so lost that I gave up on it. I did end up watching it again like in a week or two because I was bored and then got hooked. But I remember the schedule for Firefly was so erratic. They would play an ep and then not play one for like a month. I never knew when the show was on. And since I was dealing or had dealt with the same problem with Futurama, I was ticked. I knew that Firefly didn't have much of a shot.

And then at the end there my worst fear happened. They canned the show right and THEN played the pilot finally. It sucked.

Didn't Farscape get renewed and then over the hiatus it got canned? I never watched the show when it aired, but I've heard it was let go right when SciFi picked up Stargate. It also ended on a cliffhanger, only they were ab;e to wrap the stpry up in a miniseries whereas DA didn't have that opportunity.