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|    David E. Powell to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated    |
|    Re: Show Babylon 5 on TV    |
|    11 Oct 13 19:46:22    |
      On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 4:37:46 PM UTC-4, Andrew Swallow wrote:       > On September 2, 2013 JMS wrote on his Facebook channel       >        > [quote]       >        > To the online backinh and forthing...some hard facts. Because Babylon 5        >        > isn't on the air in the US anywhere, it's impossible for the show to add        >        > new viewers except one at a time, friend to friend, or if you've heard        >        > about it enough to want to shell out the money for the DVDs. Casual        >        > viewers can't stumble across it while channel surfing. (As we all know,        >        > after Trek was canceled for poor ratings, it found its audience in        >        > syndication.) So in answer to the photo below, either WB has to be        >        > convinced to release the show somewhere, or a network like Syfy or        >        > Chiller or another along those lines has to be prompted to pick it up.        >        > If not, quite honestly, and without any way to add new viewers, the show        >        > will eventually slide into obscurity. This ain't something I can do, or        >        > even directly participate in. It's up to the fans now.       >        > [/quote]       >        >        >        > On Twitter people are using #FreeBabylon5       >        >        >        > Andrew Swallow              Will do. It would seem a natural for SyFy or and would be competitor.       --- SBBSecho 2.24-Win32        * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:340/400)    |
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