Virtuality’s overnight numbers

TV by the Numbers has the ratings for last night’s broadcast of Virtuality. The show came in fourth-place for its timeslot with 1.80 million viewers and a 0.5/ 2 rating/share among adults 18-49. Sadly, those are Kings numbers. But, summer on a Friday night, it was half-expected. Luckily, the show has gotten great reviews and some pretty good word of mouth. Stay tuned.

V-Day

Happy Virtuality Day, everyone! Make one last push and tell your family/friends/casual acquaintances to watch tonight at 8/7c!

Photos from Virtuality premiere!

WireImage has a gallery of pictures from last night’s Virtuality screener in Los Angeles. Go ahead and add “ridiculously good looking cast” to Michael Taylor’s “10 Reasons to Watch” list.

HitFix talks to Michael Taylor

HitFix got a chance to talk to Michael Taylor at last night’s Virtuality screening. He talked a little bit about FOX’s decision to market the show as a 2-hour movie, and he even gave The Good Ship a shout out! Check out the interview here.

concept art

io9 has also posted some concept art of the Phaeton and crew habitats. It looks like if Virtuality ever went to series, it could be some of the most realistic science fiction we’ve ever seen on television. There are a few thumbnails below. Visit io9 for the full gallery.

Promo stills

We’re all craving news, so here’s a little something to whet your appetites until the 26th, which is just a scant three weeks away. Click the thumbnails for larger versions.

Stay tuned…

Some exciting things coming up.

Air date change

FOX has changed Virtuality’s airdate from July 4th to Friday, June 26th. Is it possible the show has a chance at survival? Things that make you go hmmmmm…

Cast photos!

FOX was nice enough to send these over this morning. Click the pictures for larger versions.

Things so far…

The good news: the Virtuality pilot IS airing. The bad news: the Virtuality pilot is airing July 4th, a night when no one will be home, and no one will be watching TV. On the surface, it looks like the show is dead and FOX is only looking to make back a little cash on its investment, right? Not so fast! These past couple of days, a few hints have been dropped suggesting that Virtuality’s future may be brighter than we thought. On his blog, Doug Drexler (Academy Award winner and CG supervisor on the pilot) had this to say…

…just got the word that a show we thought was dead is now on the fast track. It’s Ron Moore’s “Virtuality”. It just goes to show you how this business goes. It was dead, dead, dead… now it’s alive, alive, alive… and they want it now, now, now!

He also mentions that as of right now, FOX is mum on whether or not the show will go to series. This article, from Airlock Alpha, gives a lot of the same information, albiet a little more cheerfully. Take the time to check it out.

What do you think? I remain cautiously optimistic. For a while, I didn’t think FOX would even bother airing the pilot. Now that they’ve given it the go-ahead, maybe all the brouhaha Drexler is talking about is just for the one and only episode we’ll see. Or maybe someone at FOX has seen the light, and we’ll all get the series we’ve been hoping for.

Tell us what you think, and thanks to readers Ania and Jessica for the tip!