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Skriven 2006-06-24 12:46:00 av Robert E Starr JR (3188.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: OT--New Paul Haggis s
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:43:05 +0000 (UTC),
"chris.s.patterson@gmail.com" <chris.s.patterson@gmail.com> wrote:

>Chris Patterson wrote:
>> In article <Xns97EB58E81A54Amethuselahaltgeekorg@216.196.97.131>,
>>  Methuselah Jones <methuselah@altgeek.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Ian
>> > Galbraith of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated make plain:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:27:55 +0000 (UTC), Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> It is alleged that Paul Harper claimed:
>> > >
>> > > [snip]
>> > >
>> > >>> Threshold, Invasion, Crusade - better off dead.
>> > >
>> > >>> Surface and Firefly should never have been killed off.
>> > >
>> > >> Threshold, Crusade and Firefly deserved to stay.  Good riddance to
>> > >> Surface, Invasion and Wonderfalls.
>> > >
>> > > Nope Firefly and Wonderfalls are 2 of the 3 best series never to have
>> > > gone even 1 full season, the 3rd being EZ Streets, another Paul Haggis
>> > > show.
>> >
>> > Let's not forget Brimstone, Max Headroom, Cupid, Freaks and Geeks; all
>> > shows too intelligent for their suits to get it.
>> >
>> > There should be a studio/production company staffed and managed only by
>> > intelligent people. Part of the interview process would be to have them
>> > sit down and watch all these great, cancelled shows. At the end, if
>> > they're going, "Huh?" they get the boot.
>>
>> I've had the idea for a cable network called "Second Chance TV" that
>> buys up the rights for the best cancelled series (certainly all of the
>> above would qualify), airs them in prime time, and allows viewers to
>> vote on which one most deserves a "second chance". The winner (maybe one
>> picked every quarter) would get a shot at revival. Maybe it would have
>> to be a premium channel, but wouldn't that be cool?
>
>Replying via Google because I lost this thread in my newsreader.
>Anyway, I just saw this article on Engadget, and I'm curious what Joe
>thinks about the proposal:
>
><http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/23/the-clicker-people-are-watching-nobodys-watching/>

>
>Basically, the article proposes that the networks should post their new
>pilots on the web and let viewers pick the winners. I'd like to know
>why that *doesn't* make sense?
>


It does make sense from a viewers perspective. From a network's
perspective I'm not so sure. They lose the big advertising revenue
they get from airing the shows over the air. They also risk a show
that they believe in getting bad word of mouth and having people tune
out before the show even starts. On the other hand they do gain a shot
at good word of mouth if the viewers like the shows, and they can gain
some advertising revenue from the online eps.

I think it's a great idea and I wish all of the pilots got out into
the wild.  There was one pilot from a year or so ago that starred
Michelle Forbes, "Global Frequency." It got great reviews from most of
the people that saw it. That's a show that might have done well if the
network had officially put that show out for public viewing.
                                      
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