In article <1191310314.359893.170830@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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SFTV_troy <SFTV_troy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > SFTV_troy <SFTV_troy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you gave those shows to NBC, they'd all be canceled in 6 months
> > > time. NBC has a lousy, lousy history with sci-fi or fantasy shows.
> > >
> > > NBC killed:
> > > - star trek
> > given it's last season, it deserved to die
> > > - bionic woman (original)
> > given it's last season, it deserved to die
> > > - buck rogers
> > given it's last season, it deserved to die
> > > - seaquest
> > given it's last season, it deserved to die
>
>
> The thing is: All of these were good shows. Until NBC decided to
> "improve" them & in the process destroy them. For example seaquest
> was good in its first season (nothing outstanding, but still good),
> until NBC stepped-in and "revamped" it, thus destroying the show.
>
> Same with Buck Rogers.
> Same with Bionic Woman.
> Same with Star Trek (thus making Gene Roddenberry not show-up for
> season 3).
I don't know if it was NBC that messed up Buck and Bionic (I agree they
nosedived). In the case of Trek, NBC didn't step in and revamp it.
They reneged on their agreement with Roddenberry about it's time slot
and moved it to the Friday night death slot to kill it, forcing
Roddenberry to step back and enter little Freddy Freiberger, who
intentionally made it bad, because he thought television was supposed to
be bad.
NBC still started the chain of events, but it wasn't a revamp on their
part. Their creative interference tended to run more towards "Make
cheaper shows with higher production values" -- they wanted more planet
shows, which cost more, but they didn't want to pay more for them.
>
> > > - earth2
> > > - surface
> > >
> > > I'm going to throw Quantum Leap in there because, even though it
> > > was a popular show, NBC killed it because "we don't like sci-fi".
> > > NBC has left a bad taste in my mouth.
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