Fox might be coming around?

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CLRNTPLR

Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:12 PM

Apparently The Family Guy is going into production again and will be showing in 2005 on Fox. Fox decided that they would let the show run again after huge DVD sales. It had been cancelled because Fox didn't understand it. Sound like another show we know? Maybe this is the first step towards new Firefly shows. I mean we even have a movie coming out. How much more free publicity does Fox want for a show. Grr Arrgh

Oh, here is the article if anyone is interested.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/insider/040809c.asp

Who's flying this thing....Oh right, that would be me.

MRPACO

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:18 AM

Well, I know there are plenty of Firefly fans around, but does anyone know how well the DVDs are selling...particularly compared to Family Guy?

NIGHTTRAIN

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:29 AM

i remember a statistic for the firefly dvd. it was maybe a month or two ago i read that they had sold over 200,000 firefly dvd's. I don't know how many family guy has sold.

"You gone got yourself lookin' mighty hideous" ~Jayne

MRPACO

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:31 AM

Hmm...well, that sure seems like a good sales figure for a show that didn't even broadcast a whole season, doesn't it?

DECKROID

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:40 AM

Um... while I applaud the Family Guy coming back, I dont know if I would WANT Firefly to return to go se FOX(spit!)

If you have watched the bonus material you know by now how the cast and crew dance around calling go se FOX(spit!) bad names and how much it appears it was a headache to work for. I would rather Firefly come back to a network that WONT interfer with the creative control and would be "Robustly Enthusiastic" to have such a show instead of "I dont get it" and "Why are there horses in the credits?".

Go se FOX(spit!) hates to spend money, so they would rather put on a reality TV show with drug addicted ex-hollywood stars on an island with hidden bags of crack on it. Cost? Crack is dirt cheap and the has-beens work for free. Cost is null.

I call her "Vera"

CLRNTPLR

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:09 AM

Unfortunately, right now the broadcast rights lie in Fox's dirty little hands, so while I do not like Fox and can honestly say that I no longer watch the channel because there is nothing on there to waste my time on, I have to have hope and faith that Fox will see Firefly as a possible money maker. That said, I hope that they see selling the rights as something they would want to do to make that money. Hopefully any network that would spend that kind of money would do Firefly right but as of yet, I've not heard of any network not screwing at least one show in its lineup. Their business is about money and ratings, not making their viewership happy by letting them make up their own minds without having it shoved down their throat.
My rant for the evening.

Clrntplr

Who's flying this thing....Oh right, that would be me.

JAYNEZTOWN

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:54 AM

suspicion
I'll believe fox has changed when I see it

EVILTOBZ

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:40 AM

the thing is, universal have paid a bundle of cash to the rights to make the film versions. you can bet that their contracts will stop fox from making more episodes to the tv series for a fair old while, so for the series to come back to weekly doses on the small screen there would have to be a ton of legal negotiations and presumably more cash. then theres also issues with creative direction, that universal would want the series to stay in line with their films, so fox would have to waive their rights to interfere with the direction things go, and we all know that fox execs like fiddling with joss' work cos its too good for them.

and that 200,000 units sold is an old figure. it was an old figure when it was being thrown around a fair few months back, so now its positively ancient, so hopefully we've shifted a bunch more copies since then.

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BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:32 PM

I am happy for the Family Guy and it creators for getting the show back on the air. It never did much for me personally, but it was a good show. Glad to see them climb out of the pit Fox tossed them into because they didn't know a good thing when they had it.

The last figure we got from an official source was 200,000 DVD sets sold. Of course that figure was back in May or June I think. I am certain we are past the 300,000 mark by now. I am not certain what the Family Guy's DVD sales were like, but that show was around for 2 or 3 seasons; Firefly was around for 11 episodes.

As far as Firefly on TV......I would not expect to see it anytime soon. With the contract Fox has, which Nathan & Jewel have confirmed to a point, Firefly can not return to television for a set # of years, though the exact # of years is still unknown.

I agree w/ others that if the BDM is wildly successful, and merchandise sales are good, there may be hope for the show. We all know that Hollywood and their execs are motivated by money & the potential for ratings, if they think for one minute that Firefly/Serenity can provide either or both who knows what might happen. Contracts are made to be renegotiated or broken. With Universal in his corner, if the BDM is successful, Joss could easily get the TV rights to Firefly back.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

REGINLEIF

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JaynezTown:
suspicion
I'll believe fox has changed when I see it

Yup. We don't want them stabbin' us in the back again. Plus, they deserve to see how the movie is a great success (*ahm*not thanks to them*ahm*) and get none of the credits for what could be their success.

You can't take the sky from me.

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