MediaSavant
11-05-2002, 09:36 AM
"Broadcasting and Cable" is a trade magazine for people who work in the TV and advertising industries. I get a subscription.
This week's (11/4 issue) "BC Eye" has an item on the "Save Farscape" effort. It goes like this:
>SCI FI'S DECISION SMELLS
Distraught Farscape fans are finding it takes more than flowers to woo Sci Fi Channel execs.
Since SciFi's September decision to end the original series, Farscape devotees have sent dozens of roses to SciFi president Bonnie Hammer, her assistant, and any network exec they could find. Universal Television chief Michael Jackson and even DreamWorks--which is co-producing SciFi's upcoming mini-series Taken--have been showered with flowers.
The floral blitz hasn't changed SciFi's plans to cancel Farscape after its fourth season, which begins in January.
Fans might want to start sending flowers to other cable nets or TV stations. After four seasons, there will be 88 Farscape episodes, enough for a syndicated run.
This week's (11/4 issue) "BC Eye" has an item on the "Save Farscape" effort. It goes like this:
>SCI FI'S DECISION SMELLS
Distraught Farscape fans are finding it takes more than flowers to woo Sci Fi Channel execs.
Since SciFi's September decision to end the original series, Farscape devotees have sent dozens of roses to SciFi president Bonnie Hammer, her assistant, and any network exec they could find. Universal Television chief Michael Jackson and even DreamWorks--which is co-producing SciFi's upcoming mini-series Taken--have been showered with flowers.
The floral blitz hasn't changed SciFi's plans to cancel Farscape after its fourth season, which begins in January.
Fans might want to start sending flowers to other cable nets or TV stations. After four seasons, there will be 88 Farscape episodes, enough for a syndicated run.