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From: "Andrew Wendel" <blind_pyro at iname.com>
Date: 11 Dec 1999 08:56:09 -0700
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<bev1will at ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message news:3852043e.0 at ecn.ab.ca...
> Andrew Wendel (blind_pyro at iname.com) wrote:
>
> : Ryan Bloom <rbloom at erols.com> wrote in message
> : news:3847c35f.1008281 at news.erols.com...
> : > On 2 Dec 1999 23:28:00 -0700, "DANIEL  MORRIS" <PUTERDAN at prodigy.net>
> : > wrote:
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> : > That's the UK's Sci-fi Babylon 5 site, not the United States'
> : >
> : > Unfortunately, B5 is still gonna be on TNT for a while :-)
>
> : Why?  TNT broke contract by not finishing the season.  Why does it have to
stay
> : on their network?
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> Production of *Crusade* was stopped mid-season, not B5. Babylon 5 was
> completed, and TNT has the rerun rights until 2001. They have the right to
> broadcast it till then.
>
> Bev

Yes, but stopping Crusade was a breach of contract with WB.  Why doesn't WB yank
B5?  The shows might be different, but the owner and broadcaster are the same.

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 11 Dec 1999 18:52:53 -0700
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>Yes, but stopping Crusade was a breach of contract with WB.  Why doesn't WB
>yank
>B5?  The shows might be different, but the owner and broadcaster are the
>same.

You can't apply one situation against another; their license on B5 is solid and
by contract until the end of 2001 or thereabouts.  To pull B5 would breach WB's
contract with TNT, and they would be liable.  

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com




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