ATTN:JMS re:holding back final 4 eps till fall

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From: jvkap at aol.com (JVKap)
Date: 29 Mar 1997 13:32:50 -0500
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Dear Joe-
I saw a post yesterday that mentioned that WB is holding back (again!) the
final 4 eps of season 4 till October. Now, am I reading too much into
this, or doesn't it seem that it would be very silly to do this if there
was no 5th season to follow them? Why bother with sweeps if you can't use
those ratings to set advertising rates, since the show would cease to
exist? Or do the sweeps ratings give WB or TBS some additional advantages
regarding ad sales for the rerun of the series? Anyway, I'm looking at it
as a good sign. Are you?

Thanks for at least 4 years of the most consistently wonderful television
program ever. Looking forward to seeing you at I-CON!

-John Kaprielian

"Risk...risk IS our business...that's what this starship is all
about...that's why we're aboard her..."         

Hmm. Maybe someone should tell the NEW crew...




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From: Shin Chyang Yu <scy2g at watt.seas.virginia.edu>
Date: 30 Mar 1997 02:38:18 -0500
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In article <19970327133101.IAA06871 at ladder01.news.aol.com>,
JVKap <jvkap at aol.com> wrote:
>Dear Joe-
>I saw a post yesterday that mentioned that WB is holding back (again!) the
>final 4 eps of season 4 till October. Now, am I reading too much into
>this, or doesn't it seem that it would be very silly to do this if there
>was no 5th season to follow them? Why bother with sweeps if you can't use
>those ratings to set advertising rates, since the show would cease to
>exist? 

I think they hold back episodes of Kung-Fu, even though it was
not renewed.  And they probably bother with sweep because they
don't know what to do otherwise :)

		John Yu





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From: denebeim at deepthot.cary.nc.us (Jay Denebeim)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 20:30:21 -0500
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In article <E7uEKL.9Mo at murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
Shin Chyang Yu  <scy2g at watt.seas.virginia.edu> wrote:

>I think they hold back episodes of Kung-Fu, even though it was
>not renewed.  And they probably bother with sweep because they
>don't know what to do otherwise :)

They held back a ton of them.  Like 10 or so (half a season's worth).
Sorta like what they were doing until a few weeks ago with B5,
Hmmmm...

Jay
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From: George Johnsen <ndeiprod at earthlink.net>
Date: 31 Mar 1997 14:37:41 -0500
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Kids-

The WB MO has always been to hold some eps until the following season. 
The only thing that has happened here is that the post production
schedule has been moved up to allow a bigger block of new episodes in a
continuous string.  Sine the ratings for B5 always grow through a period
of new eps, imagine what will happen this time!

Geez, folks, you always blast us during reruns- why is it that giving a
bunch of new eps in a bunch is a trigger for much worry and speculation?

There has been NO official or unofficial decision on S-5 at this time. 
This occurance is independent of that decision.  That is not to say that
there hasn't been discussions...........

George Johnsen
CoProducer (and meeting boy), B5



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