Having taken steps to further help promote the show, there's a
lot more happening. If you're in Portland tonight watch "Good Evening"
tonight at 7:30 p.m. on KGW and in Seattle on "Evening" on KING-TV for
a piece on "Point of No Return." Also, tomorrow's Showbiz Minute on
CNN will do stuff on this episode as well.

EXTRA will be running clips this weekend, and the AP has a
story on it, as well as the New York Times Syndicate Inside-Trek
column. The episode has been picked as a highlight in the Philadelphia
press, the LA Times, and in major newspapers in Dallas, Houston,
Chicago, San Francisco, New York and elsewhere.

Slowly, we're getting noticed.

jms

Mara K. Malovany <102750.1414@compuserve.com> asks:
> I know the show needs PR to help expand the audience and improve
> ratings & time-slots, and I do enjoy reading the occasional
> interview, but is there any way for you to control the media once
> they do take notice? But, if/when the media turns the spotlight on
> B5, are we going to end up with the situation Trek faces, where
> lazy reporters think that giving away the ending is the same as
> writing an article? Do you think you will be able to continue
> doing so?

If presidents, ministers and generals can't control the media,
we have little chance of doing so. So we just have to try to keep
things close to the vest on our own (which is why the title for 322 is
classified for now).

jms

Joe Salemi [ZD Net] <72631.23@compuserve.com> asks:
> Are you waiting for us to see an upcoming episode before
> releasing the season-ender title, or are you going to try to keep
> it secret up to air-time?

For as long as I can.

jms

Daniel K. Stump <104201.1460@compuserve.com> asks:
> In the dream sequence where Kosh and Ivonova reach Sheridan's
> mind: Was Ivonova in his mind or was it all Kosh? If it was
> Ivonova, then how did Gerbaldi get there or was he Kosh, as the
> latter appeared as someone else in G'kar 's mind? And who was that
> fourth person in dream? Are you going to leave the contradiction
> about Sinclair being the last Captain of B5, as stated on the
> Premiere, as is or are you going to work it out so that that
> isn't a contradiction at all? Also in the premiere, wasn't
> Delenn's attack on G'kar out of character?

It was Kosh doing it all; and the narrative in the pilot never
named Sinclair specifically.

jms

Cherns Major <75026.3723@compuserve.com> asks:
> This discussion (about a spoiler for Point of No Return) brings a
> question to my mind: where do TVGuide and other publications get
> their little capsule descriptions, anyway? I don't presume that
> TVGuide has a screening room where they watch all programs that
> will be aired in a month or so, just to come up with little
> five-line descriptions; wouldn't there be some sort of system in
> which the station provides these descriptions along with their
> schedules? And, assuming that stations themselves don't have
> description-writing screening panels (or even advance access, in
> many cases, I imagine), wouldn't these descriptions come from the
> program source itself? Which brings up another question: are
> episode titles usually provided for shows that have them, and why
> aren't these listed? Or am I 'way off track in all this supposing?

Synopses come from one of two places: 1) a two-page synopsis
from the studio/network, or 2) scripts provided to TV Guide by same.

jms

Cherns Major <75026.3723@compuserve.com> asks:
> Can you say, "Blessed are the cheesemakers"?

No, actually, it's neither annoying nor irritating to have all
my posts archived. For starters, it keeps me honest; I don't think
I've ever been caught out in a major contradiction. It shows the
progression of events, and chronicles how a show is made for
educational purposes.

(Since some are opting out of being reposted, I'm going to try
to make my replies here more reflective, so they can be followed even
without any supporting messages.)

jms