I forgot to respond to you earlier about this. I'm one of those who generally favors the "hard" science fiction style, but I do like Warehouse 13, simply because it's fun. It has actors and characters with real chemistry and charisma, witty dialogue, amusingly off-the-wall story lines, and best of all, is determinedly "unpretentious" and doesn't take itself too seriously.
Perhaps what Stargate:Universe needs is some guest visits from Mrs. Frederick... /grin
I’m not sure what is going to perk up SGU. They’ve set the story so far from Earth, nothing is going to instill the sense of danger and urgency that SG1 did. The most they can do is imperile the same small group of ragged survivors week after week.
Maybe they need to introduce an alien that stalks them around the ship, laying eggs in their chests and picks them off one by one