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 Posted on 12/9/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
> Did you know that the executives at Paramount didn't want to do
> that? How do you not take them in a head lock down the hall and
> hold their heads in the toliet and flush it a few times? Do they
> not *know* how to market the shows or what?

Here's the stupid thing about the syndication worry: it's
nonexistent. The stations invariably grab shows in production order
unless something is specifified to the contrary on the inventory
sheets. Every so often, some of the animated shows I worked on years
ago will show up...and they're *still* being played in correct order,
and I doubt very much the station is trying to do so, it's just a
matter of going in numerical order off the charts. This is a concern
that goes back to very early syndication that doesn't hold anymore.

jms