JMS on Compuserve: October 7, 1995
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* 1: Oct 7, 1995: The Green Meddler <kilgalen at tde.com>
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Subj: Major B5/ST News Section: Star Trek
To: William H. DiPaola, 76521,1751 Friday, October 06, 1995 1:56:11 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#358892
William: you may want to consider scaling back the Trekker hits just a bit; I understand the emotions, but I think
we've moved beyond that.
jms
Subj: KCOP & B5? Section: Babylon 5
To: Anthony Ho, 72440,1650 Saturday, October 07, 1995 12:36:08 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359556
The local ads are the responsibility of the local stations.
jms
Subj: Episodes Evaluation Section: Babylon 5
To: Jeannette Fornadel, 76371,3057 Saturday, October 07, 1995 12:36:12 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359557
I'd also put "Grail" in my list of least-favorite eps from year one, along with "Infection" and "War Prayer."
We're shooting the two-parter as 15 and 16, but airing them as 13 and 14, in order to accommodate the need to
have the same director do both halves. It's a matter of working around the schedule of directors when they're
available, and that's when Adam's available.
jms
Subj: VOYAGER'S BAD TREK Section: Star Trek
To: Mary Taylor, 75530,2650 Friday, October 06, 1995 8:19:24 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359294
Actually, let me correct myself on one point; just to be sure of my quote, I went back and checked the LA Times
article, and the most pertinent comment came not from Berman/Piller but from Kerry McCluggage, who is the
Chairman of the Paramount Pictures Television Group (i.e., the man who makes all the final decisions on the life and
death of the Mountain's syndicated series, and the UPN series).
McCluggage, the article states, "pointed out that Next Generation and the original Star Trek series still air in
repeats in hundreds of markets. 'If you on some level buy the concept that there's a finite number of Star Trek
viewers, who only have so much time to watch their favorite program, it's going to split the pie a little bit."
Offered in the interests of accuracy.
jms
Subj: VOYAGER'S BAD TREK Section: Star Trek
To: William H. DiPaola, 76521,1751 Saturday, October 07, 1995 12:36:07 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359555
Oh, there's no question that they need to bring up the ratings on DS9, that's a separate issue, however. They
need the ratings up because Paramount sells ads based on figures determined by ratings. They've promised certain
levels of ratings, and if the show doesn't pull those numbers, they have to give money *back*. So it's definitely in
their interests to keep the ratings up for as long as the show is on the air.
And, again, this is more the corporate POV of the situation. The potential revenue for their new network *far*
outmatches what any single syndicated show could pull in, and if the latter poses any kind of threat to the former...it
ain't a contest. Even Berman, in the same article, wonders if they may have come close to "going to the well too
often."
So we'll have to see...clearly, many of those involved with the show want it to continue, as do the fans...we'll have
to see if the corporate types feel the same way.
jms
Subj: B5 Wallpaper?? Section: Babylon 5
To: William H. DiPaola, 76521,1751 Friday, October 06, 1995 1:56:15 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#358893
In about 4 weeks there will be an official B5 screen saver from Sound Source, which has 150 images/wallpaper
sources, .avi and .wav files.
jms
Subj: Katsulas/Mahabharata? Section: Babylon 5
To: Elyse M. Grasso, 70302,3304 Friday, October 06, 1995 2:03:22 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#358899
Yikes, I haven't got a clue on that one. When I see Andreas next, I'll try to remember to ask him, assuming it
doesn't fall out of my head in the meantime, a good probability.
jms
Subj: B5 Aliens Section: Babylon 5
To: Chad Underkoffler, 102512,1310 Friday, October 06, 1995 2:12:08 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#358911
Just to clarify...Sinclair was a Catholic, taught by Jesuits; Garibaldi is basically an atheist.
jms
Subj: B5 Aliens Section: Babylon 5
To: Jeannette Fornadel, 76371,3057 Saturday, October 07, 1995 12:53:13 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359569
"...the only B5 race that I find myself occasionally getting annoyed with is the Earthers."
Good.
Because anything else is 'way too easy.
jms
Subj: Re: B5 Comic Section: Babylon 5
To: Asha DeVelder, 76703,4322 Saturday, October 07, 1995 12:53:12 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#359568
As noted elsewhere, there are going to be more B5 comics as one-shots and miniseries...Tim DeHaas is doing
one set during the Earth/Minbari War (I'm doing a lot of consulting on that one to provide canon background on who
was where, when, doing what), and I've begun a 4-issue mini tentatively entitled "The Book of the War," which
chronicles much of our new Ranger character.
jms
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