[TriLUG] OT! Farscape Cancelled...

[John Franklin]

On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 02:54:18PM -0400, William Ward wrote:
> Mukaikubo writes "The Sci-Fi Channel has decided to cancel their second 
> largest show, Farscape. Because networks respond better to phone calls 
> and snail-mail letters than a mass e-mail campaign and there is contact 
> info on a fan-run Message Board. Time is of the essence, as the Network 
> wants to tear down props at the end of next week. Help save one of the 
> best science fiction shows on TV today!" Other articles can be found 
> here and the chat log is online too.

Unless they've already filmed season five, this is very suspect.  TV
producers when faced with a failing fourth season will almost always
film a fifth season anyway so they can syndicate it.  You need a minimum
of five seasons to sell a show for syndication.  Sci-Fi execs would have
to have the business sense of 21 year-old dot-com CEOs to do this.

jf
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