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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   Michael Johnson wrote:   
   > But if you are trying to go from TV series to film series with   
   > something like B5.. i think 3 or 2 fer 1 is about the only way it'll   
   > work in the 'profitable' sense. The nice part about Babylon 5 though   
   > is most of it tended to be very story-oriented as opposed to effects   
   > driven... i mean.. sheesh.. iirc their budget per episode was around   
   > 1.6 million(probably less) which is $30-35 million when they were   
   > doing 22 hours of TV.   
      
   Actually, I understand it was less than $1 million.   
      
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