XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: f0o@psu.edu   
      
   "Graham Kennedy"  wrote in message   
   news:1071076842.15731.0@dyke.uk.clara.net...   
   > Elvis Gump wrote:   
   > >   
   > > As to "Enterprise" I've never heard what the per-episode cost of it is.   
   I   
   > > remember there was a big deal made of the $1 million per episode that   
   TNG   
   > > supposedly cost. Not all the episodes are obviously the same and they   
   are   
   > > probably always trading budget from episode to episode to cover   
   production   
   > > overages, such as maybe "Carpenter Street" having less FX than   
   "Twilight",   
   > > but has there ever been talk about what the average episode costs?   
   > >   
   > > Even if it's up to $2 million per for Enterprise, that's 26 hours for   
   $52   
   > > million which is still cheaper than most one-off feature films.   
   >   
   > But you also need to know what their ad revenues are.   
   > Can they charge two thousand bucks a *second* for ads   
   > during Enterprise? That's what it would take to cover   
   > a $2 million production budget with 16 minutes of ads.   
   >   
   > You can offset some of that through merchandising of   
   > course, but how many people are running out to buy   
   > Enterprise novels, T-shirts, mugs, etc? How many people   
   > here will but the DVDs when they come out?   
      
      I'll probably buy the DVDs when then come out, especially if there are   
   some neat extra on them.  Also would buy a blow-up TPol doll. :-)   
      
   [Tim]   
      
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