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   From: dragonlady60@q.com   
      
   "Tim Bruening"  wrote in message   
   news:4B125ED5.FCE49303@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...   
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   > Dragon Lady wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
   >> news:hbpjjh$kqo$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
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   >> > "Dragon Lady"  wrote:   
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   >> >> "Obveeus"  wrote:   
   >> >>> Certainly, 'the masses' saw Star Trek TOS as a piece of hoakie   
   >> >>> garbage   
   >> >>> and rejected it when it first aired, even moreso than Enterprise when   
   >> >>> it   
   >> >>> first aired.   
   >> >   
   >> >> Careful, your ignorance is showing.   
   >> >   
   >> > Star Trek was a ratings failure, so yes, it was soundly rejected by   
   >> > 'the   
   >> > masses' when it first aired.   
   >> >   
   >> Actually, Star Trek was popular enough to get reinstated for a third   
   >> season   
   >> because they got so many complaints when it was cancelled.  However, TPTB   
   >> were determined to cancel it, so they scheduled it for a time when most   
   >> of   
   >> the audience could not be up to watch it.   
   >   
   > So why didn't the fans then write letters demanding a better time slot for   
   > Star   
   > Trek?   
   >   
   Dude, do you know how old this message is?   
      
   I can't answer that question.  But I remember it coming back for a third   
   season because of the letter writing campaign, and being scheduled at 9:00   
   PM - a time when most of it's watchers were being sent to bed so they could   
   go the school the next day.   
      
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