[B5JMS] ATTN JMS: (<--yes, yet another) re: cancellation of O5 and future

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From: SamusekTDS <samusek at attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 09:39:37 -0500
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In the reports about Odyssey 5's cancellation it said that Showtime 
wants to dump it's SF shows, but can't do that to Jeremiah because of 
some MGM deal...

A) any truth to this? How secure are you guys?

B) Are you going to be able to tell the FULL story with Jeremiah? Go the 
distance? etc...?

After Crusade, Rangers, Farscape, Firefly, Odyssey 5 - you can 
understand why one would be a little on edge about getting involved in 
the story of intelligent SF TV these days. B5 still stands alone as the 
only one to actually finish its story, and even that got slightly 
muddled near the end there due to industry craziness.

Help! I'm losing my grip on unreality!! :-)
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Sam.


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 13 Jan 2003 04:34:26 GMT
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>In the reports about Odyssey 5's cancellation it said that Showtime 
>wants to dump it's SF shows, but can't do that to Jeremiah because of 
>some MGM deal...
>
>A) any truth to this? How secure are you guys?

I'd heard the reverse, that Sony had attached a number of conditions to the
show that made it fiscally unviable for Showtime to pick it up.  At least
that's the word on the street among show runner types.

>B) Are you going to be able to tell the FULL story with Jeremiah? Go the 
>distance? etc...?

Every series is season-by-season.

 jms

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