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From: Aisling Willow Grey <aisling at fjordstone.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:10:41 +0000 (UTC)
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>>On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:00:14 -0400, NZ wrote
(in article <n1_zc.305$E64.248 at newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net>):

> John W. Kennedy wrote:
>> Over on one of the British B5 groups, they've been speculating that
>> you're about to take over "Enterprise", but unless you've suddenly
>> started using the word "series" in the British TV sense (i.e., what US
>> TV calls a "season [of a series]"), that's out.
> 
> Enterprise has already been taken over by Manny Cotto. And why would jms 
> go and work for Star Trek??<<

Manny Coto is, I believe, show runner; not EP.

As for "why," only JMS can answer that.  But he _did_ imply at the Hawthorne 
con (on May 8 of this year) that he'd be willing to do exactly that.  Here's 
the verbatim exchange, as transcribed by Jan:

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Question:  Since the property's pretty much directionless right now, if
Paramount called you up and said "We wany you as producer in charge of Star
Trek." would you you take it on?

JMS:  You're not gonna believe this...I can't comment on that.  (lots of
laughter) This may mean nothing whatsoever. It's all in the hands of god and 
my agent.

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Aisling

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:43:33 +0000 (UTC)
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>> John W. Kennedy wrote:
>>> Over on one of the British B5 groups, they've been speculating that
>>> you're about to take over "Enterprise", but unless you've suddenly
>>> started using the word "series" in the British TV sense (i.e., what US
>>> TV calls a "season [of a series]"), that's out.
>> 
>> Enterprise has already been taken over by Manny Cotto. And why would jms 
>> go and work for Star Trek??<<
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>Manny Coto is, I believe, show runner; not EP.

No, just to clarify, though I got a call last year about coming onto
Enterprise, offering an EP position, and declined, the series I mentioned has
nothing to do with any current series, it's a new show.  As for Manny, he's a
good writer, and left to his own devices, I think he could be a big help over
there without the other powers that be impeding the process.

Amusingly enough, on the Trek front, Bryce Zabel (the creator of Dark Skies)
and I got together and wrote a treatment earlier this year that specified how
to save ST and develop a series that would restore the series in a big way.  I
actually think it could be a hell of a show.  Whether that ever goes anywhere
with Paramount, who knows?

 jms

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