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Subject: Re: TNT Still Fiddles ...
Date: 22 Jun 2001 08:25:57 GMT
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>>It's not that unusual for all networks to cancel shows they've ordered
>>before putting them on the air. It's just that you don't necessarily
>>hear about them. This is really no different than the company that kills
>>a product that's been in development before it gets to market. It
>>happens all the time. TNT is acting in a pretty standard way by killing
>>things it doesn't think will succeed. 

If it were standard behavior, I don't think the LA Times, which has been
covering the entertainment industry since there's BEEN one here, would have
dedicated an entire page of coverage to the story....

 jms

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