From: ROCxolan@t-online.de   
      
   David Milligan wrote:   
   > "Florian Blaschke" wrote:   
   >> David Milligan wrote:   
   [Charmed neglected by the network]   
   >> Reminds me a lot of X:WP, which was never as "hip" and well promoted,   
   >> either. Perhaps the reason is that Buffy has that "teenage soap" appeal,   
   >> while X:WP and Charmed are clearly "genre shows", which we know TV execs   
   >> don't care for because they consider them "stuff for SF nerds only".   
   >             You'd think that with the following both XWP and Charmed had   
   > TPTB would have realized they had  cash cows on their hands and would have   
   > promoted the shows better.   
   >         Of course, maybe from my little corner of the world, the popularity   
   > of the shows seemed more than it actually was.   
      
   At one point, X:WP rivalled, even surpassed the popularity of Baywatch.   
   Do you really think it wasn't that popular?   
      
   The point about X:WP, however, is that it was a syndicated TV show, not   
   a network show. Apart from its purportedly but in reality not so limited   
   appeal, the execs eventually hated its cult status among lesbians too.   
      
   From what I heard, Legend of the Seeker is suffering a very similar fate   
   ... too much lesbian (and BDSM) innuendo in the form of the Mord'Sith,   
   and Kahlan appealing to the demographic a little too much, too.   
      
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   Florian   
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