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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> > I'll never know why television studios cancel great shows--NBC cancelled Star
> > Trek--yeah, as if that show went nowhere...
>
> Actually, from the way I hear it, NBC cancelled ST:TOS, the fans
> complained, NBC relented and produced another season, and the fans regretted it.
> Why? Two words: Spock's Brain.
Gamesters of Trikskelion (can't remember exact spelling...)
Sure third season was bad... but bad Trek is better than good anything-else
Fans did letter writing campaign for 2nd and 3rd season... and it's just not
that big a deal--I know suits go for numbers, but when Star Trek did so well in
syndication in '72, I bet there were a few red-faced execs...
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> > CBS cancelled WKRP...
>
> Too young to care when it aired, can't comment.
Ahh, your loss... "I just saw a giant pig painting the lobby!"
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> > ABC canned Sports Night
>
> I suspect this one had something to do with the fact that most of the
> target audience would rather be watching _actual_ sports coverage, and most
> of
> the secondary audience (i.e. those who don't live and breathe based on who >won
> what games last night) would skip over it as being just another sports talk
> show.
Comparing "Sports Night" to sports is like comparing "Ally McBeal" to the legal
profession - can't remmeber who said it...
Dunno if you know, but Sports Night wasn't a 'highlight sports show', it was a
half hour sitcom written and produced by Aaron Sorkin, the guy who went on to
make a relatively unknown show called 'The West Wing'... Again, no biggie, but I
think there are some ABC execs that are a little red in the face for cancelling
SN... but that's just my little hope... ;)
> > and Fox got rid of Firefly. "Hello geniuses! Anyone home???"
>
> Ah, see, there the question was not so much why they got rid of it (the
> rating sucked like a Hoover vacuum cleaner), but why the sentanced it to >death
> by putting it on Friday night. Nothing does well on Friday night, but the
> networks still seem to think that they can move a moderately successful show
> there and drag the entire audience along for the ride. Besides, we're >talking
> about the network that has screwed over Futurama for four seasons and five
> years. If it's not the Simpsons, and it doesn't involve a bit of T&A, it >stands
> a 50-50 chance of being poorly handled.
Yeah, see, times have changed. Seinfeld and Cheers both did remarkably poorly
in their first few *seasons*, not just the first few eps. Hill Street Blues as
well.. and they went on to be 'television's best' (at least, according to some)
So it's the *potential* of the series that I look at. Firefly was awesome. if
there was some 'stick-to-it-iveness', like there was for Cheers and such, (and
if Fox advertised it better--I mean, I didn't even know about it until I
stumbled across episode 5 whilst channel surfing one night, and I watch Fox
(sometimes, like the Simpsons and Cops) and yet, nothing...)
ANyway, now I have all the eps and loving it. I hope that someone releases the
series on DVD sometime.
Dave K
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| (...) Dramatic or critical potential (which Firefly had lots of) has nothing to do with axeing the show or not. Science fiction is a dangerous gamble for any large network, especially in the last ten years. They primarily attract nerd/cult (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Maybe before Babylon 5, but the only Trek that even began to compare was DS9. Everything else was Status Quo Trek. And Voyager was Status Quo Trek with at least two seasons riddled with Bad Hair-liens. (...) Yup, I knew that. As I said, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Actually, from the way I hear it, NBC cancelled ST:TOS, the fans complained, NBC relented and produced another season, and the fans regretted it. Why? Two words: Spock's Brain. (...) Too young to care when it aired, can't comment. (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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