Everyone say goodbye to TNT
Craig B. Meyer
The sci fi channel picked up the B5 series and plans to air it M-F at 7pm.
Use the above link to tell TNT goodbye and what they can do with there
Saturday only at 7am slot for B5.
Tim Von Schaaf
"Craig B. Meyer" wrote:
Done and Done.....
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t..
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: http://tnt.turner.com/asktnt/email_feedback.html
: The sci fi channel picked up the B5 series and plans to air it M-F at 7pm.
: Use the above link to tell TNT goodbye and what they can do with there
: Saturday only at 7am slot for B5.
Only good thing was filling in the time before the Three Stooges on AMC.
Or, as a Producer/Writer once said to a TV magazine critic...
"BITE ME!!!"
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Kypolitics
to new episodes of Crusade? Hint, Hint, hint
Susan Phillips
>http://tnt.turner.com/asktnt/email_feedback.html
>
>
>The sci fi channel picked up the B5 series and plans to air it M-F at 7pm.
>Use the above link to tell TNT goodbye and what they can do with there
>Saturday only at 7am slot for B5.
I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel) is
running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they giving
up their rights to it at all?
Sue
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Jms at B5
>running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they giving
>up their rights to it at all?
>
Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to SFC
in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
Scorched earth, anyone?
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
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>Apparently, they're going to run the show from May >until the rights go to
>SFC
>in late September...M-F at...6 a.m
well, by my quick math(counting the days on the calender ;-), this would give
the whole show ALMOST 1 more full run on TNT, m-f may-sept 22(the last weekday
before the sept 25 pickup date for SFC), i count 105 days...but the last 2 or 3
episodes will carry over from the "weekly" schedule to the new "daily" one, so
they should get to episode 102 or 103...i have no idea WHY i just made this
post, but, there it is.
---Chris AOL/AIM--pelzo63
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i'm so glad i have a dish and SFC now! yay!
C/1Lt. Joe Biles
were PM that's be VERY scorched-earth. And besides which, I'd get to
see the series through one more time before I have to call up my cable
provider and pay a few extra bucks a month for the package that Skiffy
comes in.
On 4 Apr 2000 18:17:24 -0600, jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
>>I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel) is
>>running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they giving
>>up their rights to it at all?
>>
>
>Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to SFC
Shaz
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel)
is
> >running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they
giving
> >up their rights to it at all?
> >
>
> Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to
SFC
> in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
>
> Scorched earth, anyone?
>
> jms
<grunt>
While I have not suffered at the hands of TNT's treatment of B5 (as a
dedicated night owl, C4's showings somewhere between 1 and 3 am Sunday
nights aren't too bad for me) I cannot say I will exactly weep to see the
show go to Sci Fi. TNT's choice of time slot has helped to kill B5 (IMHO).
If only Sci Fi had picked it up earlier and C4 would show it at 10 o/clock
we wouldn't be saying goodbye to the B5 magazine in two month's time.
Nevertheless, to my stunned amazement, when C4 screwed up and showed the
rest of cricket from South Africa (45 minutes worth of England losing as
usual) instead of starting Passing Through Gethsemane at the scheduled time,
a whole slew of posts turned up complaining about it on the C4 noticeboard
from people I'd never seen there before. Despite the lousy time and by the
miracle of the story alone, B5 had picked up new viewers who were utterly
incensed when they turned on their VCR's and found (as we put it on the UK
newsgroup) Passing Through Johannesburg instead! And, to my equal
astonishment, C4 were plagued with so many calls, emails, faxes and the rest
that they showed the episode yet again (despite, so far as I can tell,
having exhausted their original rights to show it and thereby incurring a
not inconsiderable bill), giving us a fascinating double feature of Passing
Through Gethsemane followed by Messages from Earth!
All of which proves, to me at least, that this show has a remarkable ability
to survive despite terrible time slots, minimal to zero advertising (how on
earth those new viewers found the show was beyond me. If you look at the
newspapers it's one of those tiny entries right at the very bottom with an R
beside it (for repeat) and rarely, if ever, gets a write up) and some quite
dreadful and pointless editing for violence or swearing. It's a tribute to
the magic of the show (created or channelled, I'm not sure which, by Joe in
his writing and the actors and everyone else involved in their
contributions) that it has this knack.
Shaz
Tim Von Schaaf
Kypolitics wrote:
> The question I have, does this include Crusade and could we be lookgin forward
> to new episodes of Crusade? Hint, Hint, hint
Things could be starting to look up. A tiny ray of of hope from where there was
only hopelessness? I' m cautiously optimistic. We will see.
t..
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Shaz wrote:
> All of which proves, to me at least, that this show has a remarkable ability
> to survive despite terrible time slots, minimal to zero advertising (how on
> earth those new viewers found the show was beyond me.
According to the B5 Magazine #17 (pg. 10), it became a hit in the night-club
community. They watch it while winding down from a night out. Who'd have
thought...
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Shaz
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> Shaz wrote:
>
> > All of which proves, to me at least, that this show has a remarkable
ability
> > to survive despite terrible time slots, minimal to zero advertising (how
on
> > earth those new viewers found the show was beyond me.
>
> According to the B5 Magazine #17 (pg. 10), it became a hit in the
night-club
> community. They watch it while winding down from a night out. Who'd have
> thought...
I know, I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira on the night they did
that interview, getting my ears blasted off and trying to keep my intestines
from being ripped forcibly from me via sound waves and dumped on the dance
floor whether I liked it or not!
They interviewed me that night too, but then they did it again for the women
in B5 article last month. Not surprised. How the guy (Bassoom or however you
spell his name) managed to pick up ANYTHING on his recorder over that din is
completely beyond me.
Call me old fashioned, but I like being able to hear! Mira ended up giving
me some of the tissue she'd brought as ear plugs!
Shaz
Michael Ross
wrote:
>http://tnt.turner.com/asktnt/email_feedback.html
>
>
>The sci fi channel picked up the B5 series and plans to air it M-F at 7pm.
>Use the above link to tell TNT goodbye and what they can do with there
>Saturday only at 7am slot for B5.
With great pleasure....
V V
V V
V V
V V
V
Mike
(that was supposed to be a two-fingered salute, for the benefit of
*competent* ascii artists who are struck dumb with horror... )
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Scott Bragg
>>
>> Shaz wrote:
>>
>> > All of which proves, to me at least, that this show has a remarkable
>ability
>> > to survive despite terrible time slots, minimal to zero advertising (how
>on
>> > earth those new viewers found the show was beyond me.
>>
>> According to the B5 Magazine #17 (pg. 10), it became a hit in the
>night-club
>> community. They watch it while winding down from a night out. Who'd have
>> thought...
>
>I know, I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira on the night they did
>that interview, getting my ears blasted off and trying to keep my intestines
>from being ripped forcibly from me via sound waves and dumped on the dance
>floor whether I liked it or not!
>
>They interviewed me that night too, but then they did it again for the women
>in B5 article last month. Not surprised. How the guy (Bassoom or however you
>spell his name) managed to pick up ANYTHING on his recorder over that din is
>completely beyond me.
>
>Call me old fashioned, but I like being able to hear! Mira ended up giving
>me some of the tissue she'd brought as ear plugs!
>
>Shaz
>
This goes to prove that no matter what you do to great storytelling, the
story never dies. Put it in a primetime slot and you get all the
primetime, yuppie viewers. Put it in a 3am slot and you get the club
crowd. Put it in a mid afternoon slot and you get the students and
housewives/husbands. Bury it in a clay pot in a cave in turkey for 2,000
years and it'll still get seen.
Good storytelling never dies. It will always find sympathetic and
comprehending ears.
Scott Bragg 3D Animator / Programmer / Web Developer
sc...@electrondreams.com www.electrondreams.com
Tim Von Schaaf
>
> jms
>
To the bitter end it seems.
t..
Jon Frain
This was my quick response. I probably should have thought it out a bit more,
but I figured this gets the point across pretty well.
I just want to say that I was ecstatic
today to hear that the Sci-Fi channel will
be getting the rights to babylon 5 reruns
this fall. Blaming B5 for the disappointing
ratings of ER was pretty ridiculous.
And your networks idiotic treatment of Crusade
was pretty assenine to say the least. If you let
JMS do for Crusade what he did for Babylon 5
you'd definitely be making some money in the long run.
It's going to be really tough to have to prevent
myself from watching TV classics such as
"Kung-Fu: the legend continues", "LA Heat" and
"Dark Justice????".
Your pitifull excuse of a network lost me quite a while
ago. Today is a very good day indeed.
Sincerely,
Jon Frain
Mac Breck
something that will turn out to be good. Five times a week is better than
once per week, *and* 6AM-7AM would be easier for most working people to
tape, than say Monday to Friday at say 4PM-5PM (I always seemed to get stuck
at work, finishing something up, and had to rely on the VCR's timer, which
*luckily* didn't fail me on TNT's first run of B5!)
Mac
"Jms at B5" <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000404201451...@ng-fj1.aol.com...
> >I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel)
is
> >running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they
giving
> >up their rights to it at all?
> >
>
> Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to
SFC
> in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
>
> Scorched earth, anyone?
>
> jms
>
Lisa Coulter
"Faith manages" Delenn
In the end, there is always the sunrise....
Lisa Coulter
Paul Harper
>I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira
... if you say so yourself <v.v.v.bg!!>
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Paul Harper wrote in message <63cnes8c4pgndginl...@4ax.com>...
>On 4 Apr 2000 22:47:20 -0600, "Shaz" <hyp...@Dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira
>
>... if you say so yourself <v.v.v.bg!!>
>
Yes, Shaz, but who got you the ticket? :):):)
Ali
Shaz
"Alison Hopkins" <fn...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:8cgc1s$kki$3...@lure.pipex.net...
As I recall, Ruth O'Hare <g>. Anyway, I think as far as I'm concerned 'very
insignificant person' would be a more apt description.
Shaz
Shaz
"Paul Harper" <pa...@harper.net> wrote in message
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> On 4 Apr 2000 22:47:20 -0600, "Shaz" <hyp...@Dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> >I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira
>
> ... if you say so yourself <v.v.v.bg!!>
>
EVERYONE who was invited was a VIP.
Even Brian and his mates.
I think that says more than enough.
Shaz
Lisa Coulter
seems infinitely preferable to local news......
Of course, for most people it is a rotten time.
Lisa Coulter
To...@fred.net
:>I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel) is
:>running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they giving
:>up their rights to it at all?
:>
: Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to SFC
: in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
: Scorched earth, anyone?
RAMMING SPEED... target, Ted Turner's Penthouse!
Michael J Wise
> Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go
> to SFC in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
>From http://tnt.turner.com/babylon5/
" Beginning Tuesday, May 30, Babylon 5 will be broadcast five days a week,
" Monday through Friday at 6 am ET/PT. The new lineup will begin with the
" first episode from season one, "Midnight on the Firing Line" , and
" continue in chronological order through the end of the series. Check our
" site for the rest of the summer for weekly contests and fantastic prize
" giveaways.
Hmmm. For *ME*, this should work out well. That's about when I get home
from work....
> Scorched earth, anyone?
Turner.Com as President Clark? (8-)
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Mac Breck
> This post on 4 Apr 2000 18:17:24 -0600 would probably sound more
commanding if Jms at B5 wasn't wearing the Yummy Sushi Pajamas:
> :>I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi
channel) is
> :>running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they
giving
> :>up their rights to it at all?
> :>
>
to SFC
> : in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
>
>
> RAMMING SPEED... target, Ted Turner's Penthouse!
He said, with a deliciously evil laugh. :-)
Mac
Pelzo63
>>From http://tnt.turner.com/babylon5/
>
>" Beginning Tuesday, May 30, Babylon 5 will be >broadcast five days a week,
>" Monday through Friday at 6 am ET/PT. The new >lineup will begin with the
>" first episode from season one, "Midnight on the >Firing Line" , and
>" continue in chronological order through the end of >the series.
through the END of the series? hmmm...quik count shows that the series, 5 days
a week, starting from may 30, would end to october 30, a full month after
Sci-Fi will start airing them. so will we get 2 episodes a day for this
month? yay!
---Chris AOL/AIM--pelzo63
http://members.aol.com/pelzo63/welcome.html
the group is so nice when there's GOOD b5 news!
Mac Breck
suit?
Mac
"Pelzo63" <pel...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Tom Holt
The message <8cj264$t...@library1.airnews.net>
from "Mac Breck" <macb...@timesnet.net> contains these words:
> So I'm guessing math wasn't their strong suit? BTW, what *was* TNT's strong
> suit?
I'm guessing it was a *very* strong suit, with long sleeves that
fasten round the back
Mac Breck
"Tom Holt" <lemmi...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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:-) Visualizing all TNT suits (including Ted) similarly attired, locked up
in a small padded white room, with PSI Cops giving then nightmares to enjoy
for the rest of their miserable lives.
'Tis a Dream I have.
Mac
Aubrey W. Adkins
>
> >I have to wonder if there's any point to this. If Skiffy (SciFi channel) is
> >running it, would TNT be running it at all, even at 7am? Or are they giving
> >up their rights to it at all?
> >
>
> Apparently, they're going to run the show from May until the rights go to SFC
> in late September...M-F at...6 a.m.
>
> Scorched earth, anyone?
>
>
> (jms...@aol.com)
> B5 Official Fan Club at:
> http://www.thestation.com
> (all message content (c) 2000 by
> synthetic worlds, ltd., permission
> to reprint specifically denied to
> SFX Magazine)
Now you know where Clark got his political training.
Aubrey
Richard Manny
Hey, hey,
Goodbye"
John Steiner
Could this be really good news as far as the fan club is concerned???
John
Jms at B5 <jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
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To...@fred.net
: :-) Visualizing all TNT suits (including Ted) similarly attired, locked up
: in a small padded white room, with PSI Cops giving then nightmares to enjoy
: for the rest of their miserable lives.
That's easy.
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Shaz wrote in message <8cgj2h$2ct$2...@lure.pipex.net>...
>
>"Alison Hopkins" <fn...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>news:8cgc1s$kki$3...@lure.pipex.net...
>>
>> Paul Harper wrote in message
><63cnes8c4pgndginl...@4ax.com>...
>> >
>> >>I was there as a VIP with Michael and Mira
>> >
>> >... if you say so yourself <v.v.v.bg!!>
>
>>
>> Ali
>
>As I recall, Ruth O'Hare <g>.
Oh, no it wasn't... <g>
Ali