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Subject: Re: JMS: Re: Babylon 5 Universe Novels?
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:07:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

Jan wrote:
>
> Hopefully if any of this contradicts what JMS has seen on his statements, he'll
> let us know.  At any rate, this concludes the 'more than anybody *ever* wanted
> to know about Accounting' portion of tonight's entertainment. ;-)
>

Your analysis is essentially correct.  WB can take 30% of all B5 income
right off the top as "overhead," and subject the remaining 70% to their
net formula, which is constructed such that if a set on a small movie
burns down in Botswana, they can bill the costs against B5...so that
the series will never, ever show a profit.

I ain't the first in this position, and sadly, I won't be the last.

jms