SciFi Channel Could Pull Plug On 'Dresden Files'

The network was supposed to decide last week whether or not to give "The Dresden Files" a second season, and as time wears on, things are looking a little bleak for the show.

"SciFi mostly responds to their own internal marketing studies, several of which they've already done on the show," executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told fans on author Jim Butcher's official Web site. "Their research hasn't said what we've been hoping for, unfortunately."

While other show's on SciFi Channel's lineup already have received green lights or not, "Dresden Files" has remained in limbo while the network decides whether its ratings -- some of them following "Battlestar Galactica" on Sunday nights -- are enough to justify a second season. As late as last month, however, Wolfe said he remained optimistic in either a SciFi Channel renewal, or some sort of life for the series after cancellation.

"Right now I'm very much hoping SciFi renews the show," Wolfe said. "If they chose not to, I suspect Lionsgate [the show's production company] would at least look into other options, but that's really their thing, not mine. Bottom line for me is that I love the show, and I think SciFi is a great home."

"The Dresden Files" premiered last January on the network and stars Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz and Terrence Mann. The series premiere earned a 1.37 household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, giving it 1.73 million viewers, considered by many analysts a "weak debut" for a new series. At the time, however, it was doing just a bit less than "Battlestar Galactica," which had 1.8 million viewers the same time and a 1.39 household rating.

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