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   From: Slitheen23@dropallthisgooglemail.com   
      
   Obveeus wrote:   
   > "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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   If it had low ratings, it wouldn't have got past the first season.   
   You're wrong. Also, don't make the mistake of comparing apples and   
   oranges. A sci-fi show, especially a ground-breaking one, would not get   
   the ratings a show the whole family could enjoy would. So, for a show   
   that was *so* different to what people were used to, those ratings were   
   excellent. THAT is why it was renewed the second time. They went down   
   from there through meddling execs, as a number of people have already   
   told you.   
      
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