Joss Whedon respects, the show had an average of 4.7 million viewers at the time and was ranked 98th in Nielsen ratings, which led to the series' cancelation by Fox. Whedon took to Universal Pictures as a means of achieving a continuation of the story. Following "Firefly" was "Serenity", a follow-up film taking place after the events of the final episode. This developed into a franchise that led to graphic novels, books and other media. New Scientist magazine held a poll in 2005 to find "The World's Best Space Sci-Fi Ever", in which "Firefly" and "Serenity" took first and second place, respectively.
Satellite Science Fiction Satellite Science Fiction Satellite Science Fiction was an American digest-sized science fiction magazine, published from 1956 to 1959 by Renown Publishers. Though "Satellite"’s run was short lived, the magazine is notable for introducing British science fiction novels to the American reading public. In 1936, Leo Margulies hired Mort Weisinger to work with him on Standard Magazines’s newly acquired "Wonder Stories", a title that was soon after changed to "Thrilling Wonder Stories" ("TWS"). Though "TWS" published many canonical works of science fiction, the length of its content was rather limited. In 1939, "Startling Stories" was created as a companion to "TWS",