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echo: babylon5
to: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
from: Jeffrey Kaplan
date: 2010-05-05 14:13:10
subject: Re: SyFy killing sci-fi

Previously on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated, Blair Leatherwood
said:

> I'd love to see a channel that really stuck to its guns (energy or 
> otherwise) and really *tried* to explore the sf genre.  No horror, no 
> paranormal, just plain ol' ordinary science fiction.  It would, 
> admittedly, be a very small audience but--as you state--stable (as 
> stable as we can be knowing that we're all a little unhinged).

Unfortunately, "stable" isn't enough when the numbers aren't high
enough to support the ad revenue needed to keep the station running.
And if they're not high enough to support that, you can be sure that
not enough people would be willing to actually PAY for it to be added
to their cable lineup.

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