It only took a couple of days for 20th Century Fox TV to find a prospective home for its sci-fi series Terra Nova, cancelled by Fox Network on Monday. Deadline Hollywood reports that Netflix is in preliminary talks with the producing studio to rescue the show from the abyss of cancellation.
Provided the production cost is not too high, the deal would arguably make sense for the video streaming giant, considering that Terra Nova's respectable ratings looked much better when DVR viewings (Nielsen's live+7) were factored in. Although high DVR viewings wouldn't necessarily be a deciding factor for Netflix, in a skewed logic, those figures might be used to stress that the show lends itself to delayed/on-demand viewing, which is at the core of Netflix's business model.
