Actually, knowing the culture over at Ziggurat, they probably all had a good laugh when the casting was announced. The firings would have started when they found out she was popular. :)

"Have you seen this? It's the Radio Times 'Greatest Professors of All Time' poll. She's tenth. Tenth out of one hundred, and she's only been in four episodes so far. Now let me see, who was it that reported we'd 'grossly overestimated' her 'broad-market appeal' and that she'd only make it as a 'niche product'?"

"Pff. Professor Enigma is a cult show. It's the very definition of a niche product. This proves me right."

"Sanderson, have you looked at the viewing figures lately? Since she took over, its niche is like the entire 14-35 demo in the Crown Commonwealth and the Republic of Zeta Cygni. That's a pretty big fucking niche. You're fired."

--G.
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