From: Ryan Pavlik (abiryan_at_ryand.net)
Date: Mon Apr 26 2004 - 21:24:25 EDT
E. A. Zen wrote:
>
> Direct word from ME from Sandollar from 20th Cent. from FOX states 
> that  long running series, "AbiWord Weekly News" has been cancelled 
> due to  low veiwership in the past four weeks, when the series was on 
> hiatus.
>
> WB suggested it would be interested in picking up 'AWN', as online 
> fans  call it; however, due to the serial nature of the programme, and 
> that  it has already run for three years, they're only looking at 
> holding for  another five because, "Shows that have epic arcs, even if 
> most of it  occurs in just a few episodes, tend not to work out well 
> past five  years....  Historically, moving shows with complex 
> storylines to  another network result in a major viewership loss; 
> something we've  witnessed before 'Buffy' [the Vampire Slayer] and 
> 'Roswell'."
>
> UPN stated that picking up series from other networks was nolonger on  
> their agenda.
>
> ShowTime, however, said, "We love giving all sorts of crap a go for a  
> bit, but we've been cutting back since 'Stargate' (SG-1]."
>
>
> ----
>
>
> Actually, I'm announcing a tit for tat campaign; readers are expected  
> to hire a truck for $385 a day that says, "We'll read the AWN on  
> paper...or at another site...and, we've already read it on 
> paper...."   Or, if that's not affordable, I'll start doing one 
> "current" one and  one "older" one until is'all caught up.  This 
> begins as of next week.
>
>
> -Eric
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?? 
Are you resigning?  Are you giving up on the missed ones?  Are you doing 
what it says in the last 2 sentences?  I'm so confused...
I read the AWN, and enjoy it muchly!  You don't even have to make up the 
missed ones to satisfy me!
??
Ryan
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