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POSTED BY: JuTin
UPDATED: Thursday, February 16, 2012 20:08
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I have to admit, watching House is my only dirty little secret when it comes to F*X.
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quote Traveler: "Remember the first Star Trek was cancelled in the middle of its third season and soon after they had Trekies."
Star Trek, (1966-1969), NBC
Wikipedia: "After three seasons, NBC canceled the show, and the last original episode aired on June 3, 1969. However, the petition near
the end of the second season to save the show signed by many CalTech students and its multiple Hugo nominations would indicate that
despite low Nielsen ratings, it was highly popular with science fiction fans and engineering students. The series later became popular in
reruns and found a cult following."
I don't recall if I read it, someone told me; dunno if it is even true. (It was 40 years ago, after all.) But the story I heard about the Star Trek
cancellation made perfectly good sense. GM, Buick was the show's sponsor. Fans didn't have a lot of money and bought no Buicks. I've always
wondered why Buick would have sponsored a sci-fy show to begin with.
"All I suggest is a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest" ~Paul Simon
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Are you digging in the archives?? You'll get lost that way...
SO VERY MANY THREADS!!!
They reach out and tangle you and before you know it-it's four thirty in the morning and you have a permanent keyboard impression on your forehead... and yer not likely to get responses from a lot of the old threads...
yee've been warned 
Proceed at yer own insanity...
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I know that. It's just that ...
Comparing the Star Trek & the Firefly cancellations ... like comparing apples to artichokes.
But you're right. 
"All I suggest is a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest" ~Paul Simon
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I'm sure to those that were there then and ten years ago, the feeling was still something like being in a grief program, disbelief anger denial sadness bargaining acceptance... anger again...some more anger... I keep getting stuck on that one myself.
I only wish we got half what they got though...
I wasn't on board with the current incarnation of Trek for a long while. Wouldn't even watch the movie, but when I did I kinda got it- why they did what they did. It sure ain't the 60's anymore, that's fer sure... and Chris Pine isn't as charismatic as Shatner then, but they did well at giving him a set... This next one will have a long way to go, but everyone knows every other Trek movie sucks, sooo.... we'll see...
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I used to hate F*X with a passion.
Then I realized that by being canceled when it was Firefly was left in a pristine state of endless possibility. The bad was actually --- good.
I still hate F*X though.
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I don't hate FOX but I'm not in love with it, "BONES" is my fav show and I love "Animation Domination". I seem to be watching more on cable these days so I have no great love for any of the other free networks.
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King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa
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