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   >> catpandaddy wrote:   
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   >> > So where does Firefly fit in on this spectrum here? It wasn't stopped   
   >> > for creative reasons, but also wasn't a poor quality show, so we need a   
   >> > third category there.   
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   >> I honestly dont know. Firstly, I don't even begin to pretend to   
   >> understand US TV decision making. I'm sure, however, it shoots its self   
   >> in the foot by being so quick to dump shows. In the UK there is more   
   >> willingness to let a show build an audience and find its feet.   
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   >> I wouldn't mind betting that many British shows people regard as classic   
   >> would not have made it that far in the US.   
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   >Most British shows wouldn't last one episode in America ... most Americans   
   >simply "do not get it".   
      
   Yeah.  I watched L&O:UK and the first two episodes would have been the   
   last two in the US.  Seems the British like this thing called   
   "character development."   
      
   Consider the number of British shows that have been "reimagined" in   
   the US.  The Office pops immediately to mind.  And Top Gear has been,   
   from what I've seen so far, an episode by episode clone.  Without The   
   Stig.  And the multi millions of dollars of cars in a single episode.\   
      
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   >> I would guess, that had Firefly been British, it would have survived. It   
   >> would have had less episodes and been lower budget, but it would have   
   >> had time to establish. I would add that I would not say that's an   
   >> automatic thing for any failed "good" US show. I think Firefly was   
   >> pretty unique. It was a show like Babylon 5, in that it is a scifi set   
   >> show that can draw non scifi fans.   
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   >I've never seen Firefly, but Babblealong 5 was abysmally boring. I don't   
   >many, if any, "no scifi fans" were interested in watching it ... most scifi   
   >fans I know weren't even interested in watching it (in fact a couple of   
   >people I know watched it solely to see the Amiga-driven special effects   
   >because they orked or were interested in that area).   
      
   B5 had a strong story arc with development of the arc even in episodes   
   without seeming direct attachment to the arc.  Some people might think   
   of this as "Babblealong", but not others.  Apparently enough people   
   liked it to keep it going longer than the network had expected it to   
   survive.  Now the "movies" were horrid, but that's because the show's   
   concept didn't lend itself to a 2 hour movie.   
      
   Oh, DS9 was another one in this same structure.  Many folks consider   
   it to be the best of the ST movies.  And Voyager and Enterprise to be   
   so bad that America's Funniest Home Videos is a better ST show.   
      
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