From: dagmarbuse@arcor.de   
      
   LightspeedZhane wrote:   
      
   > So the finale of Dino Thunder is due to air either tonight or tomorrow and   
   > so comes the quickest airing of a new series.   
      
   Thunder Struck Pt. 1 just finished; #2 will be on tomorrow night.   
      
   We also got the quickest rerun of a new series -- only a week after   
   launch, reruns started around lunchtime and is only 9 or so eps behind.   
   >   
   > However due to the fact that the new show for January (Team Monkey something   
   > or other) is only airing on weekends, could this be a new trend for Jetix UK   
   > (Full launch 01/01/05) and could we see SPD airing a week or two behind the   
   > US, or on the same date?   
   >   
   Unlikely. IIRC, one of the middle seasons of the X-Files used to be   
   aired in the same week on Sky One as it was in the US; when the US   
   preempted a new episode for whatever reason, Sky had to go into reruns   
   because they were legally not allowed to show it before its original US   
   airdate. (May have had something to do with licensing fees, too ...)   
   Andromeda aired in the US on Fridays, Sky got it on Monday/Tuesday the   
   following week; that's about the best-case scenario IMO.   
      
   Anyway, I kind of doubt that rules are THAT different for children's   
   programming. What's more, the current policy of FK UK is to show any new   
   series on a DAILY basis instead of one episode a week; I fully expect   
   Jetix to continue in that vein. And if I'm right, there's NO WAY the UK   
   will get new PR episodes before a good portion of the new series has   
   already aired in the US.   
      
   Dagmar   
      
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