ATTN JMS TNT scheduling & contractual obligations

[Charles French]

Dear Joe,

I've recently started working in TeeVee Distribution and when we make a deal
for syndication of a show there are specifics as to when and how often it is
to be aired. Is this not the case with TNT? I ask because they've moved B5
around so much and are now only going to show one EP a week at 7am on
Saturdays. Doesn't their contract specify a time slot and number of plays?
Does WB have the right to recapture if TNT doesn't live up to the deal?
>From what I've learned in my short time in Domestic TV Distr.. those are all
pretty standard clauses (from what I've seen) of a syndication deal. Is
there anyway to force them back to M-F in Early Fringe? (that's 3p-7p for
non TV folk).

Thanks for taking the time to read this. And thanks for the greatest story
ever told.

Charles - who has refrained from gushing about how wonderful a writer you
are.

[Jms at B5]

>when we make a deal
>for syndication of a show there are specifics as to when and how often it is
>to be aired. Is this not the case with TNT?

Apparently it wasn't done, especially since this is not syndication, but cable.

jms

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[Jerome]

Jms at B5 wrote:

> >when we make a deal
> >for syndication of a show there are specifics as to when and how often it is
> >to be aired. Is this not the case with TNT?
>
> Apparently it wasn't done, especially since this is not syndication, but cable.
>
> jms

Prgamatically, what would it TAKE to somehow wrest B5 from TNT.... or at least to get them to treat such a gem of a show with more respect?