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   "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
   news:hf0c9u$gv4$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   > "Mac Breck"  wrote in message   
   > news:3eudnfApUNNmtI7WnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   > > Keith wrote:   
   > >> All:   
   > >>  Star Trek did OK in it's first year Thursdays at 8:30pm and was   
   > >> moved to Fridays at 8:30pm for it's second season.  There, it bombed   
   > >> and was saved by a huge letter writing campaign. For it's third   
   > >> season, it was put on Fridays at 10pm and that sunk it even further.   
   > >   
   > > So, when Fridays at 8:30PM gets numbers sufficient to allow TPTB to kill   
   > > a show, and the fans speak out to rescue it, go deeper on Fridays to get   
   > > the justification for the kill.  Check.   
   >   
   > No 'justification' was needed.  The original Star Trek had low TV ratings   
   > and was cancelled for having those low ratings.  People trying to claim   
   that   
   > the original series was a ratings success are simply wrong.   
      
   The "ratings" system is a load of worthless pig poo, and was even more   
   useless back then. It's simply ratings companies and studio management   
   conning money and the public using faulty manipulated statistics.   
      
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