{original post had no questions}

Thanks...if we don't keep trying to get better, what's the
point?

jms

{original post unavailable}

Thanks, it's been a real struggle, and we've had to overcome a
lot to get to this point.

jms

{original post unavailable}

Thanks.

jms

{original post had no questions}

And the thing is..."In the Beginning" cost us a tick under $3
million bucks, which is almost nil in terms of budgets for TV movies.
It looks like it's a $12 million feature film.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thanks...it's a very moving and emotional movie in a lot of
places, which was the goal. If it doesn't touch you, there ain't much
point to doing it.

jms

{original post had no questions}

We got the ratings, and I can't release them yet, that has to
come from TNT, but suffice to say they're dancing in the aisles over at
TNT. Again, I can't give specifics yet, but they had a very specific
rating in mind that they felt was the best we would probaby get, which
we beat handily, and they felt that the pilot, being a rerun, wouldn't
do that well...and it ended up doing as well as the maximum they'd
hoped the prequel would get.

They're stunned.

jms

Brian Prothero <76711.663@compuserve.com> asks:
> Any chance on rebroadcasting the re-edited pilot given the
> suprisingly high ratings? Also, will the re-edited version of "The
> Gathering" ever be released on video (VHS, DVD or Laserdisc)?

I think the rebroadcast will happen in a couple of months on TG;
the rest is in the works but nothing's happening in the short run.

jms

Tom Knudsen <72347.1626@compuserve.com> asks:
> Can you say if you broke and cable network records?

No, didn't break records, but we didn't have to and didn't
expect to.

We just had to succeed.

We did.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Turns out we virtually tripled our regular audience, and *built*
each quarter hour, which means folks were jumping in all through, and
those who came, stayed.

jms

{original post had no questions}

There were a number of big fans of the show in TNT programming
who kept bugging management to pick up the show, do the movies...and
whose necks were on the line if it didn't work...who are now dancing in
the aisles.

jms