Re:Mini-series rumour
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[quote=”LexxLurker”]My only concern is the lack of a network. However it could prove to be quite a good thing. If SpikeTV or TNT were to pick up the miniseries and it’s ratings were high enough it could mean a continuation. Dunno if the Farscape fans or cast want that though, but definitely a possibility if they go to another network.[/quote]
Just making a four hour miniseries and hoping someone picks it up is scary. No one in the states may choose to pick it up, but networks (the ones that partially funded the original farscape) in other countries will. This means that other coutnries will air the series first, allowing all the US fans to download it rather then watch it. So when it does air over here, its ratigns may be lower then if it were aired in the states first. And no offense to non-US nationals, but we have the larger television market, and its our ratings that count, unfortunatly. 😕
As far as continuing it, this miniseries claims to be an epic climax to the series, but how many times have we heard that line? They could probably continue the series, but it may not live up to its previous quality.
After what happened to B5: Crusade, I’m a little nervous abut any science fiction show being picked up by TNT. However, one of the contention points with Henson vs Scifi, is that Scifi wanted more creative control over the scripts, (as well as a lower budget). So Henson may not play along if TNT gets overbearing.