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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 33338" data-attributes="member: 363">I don't see why it's a bad analogy. B5 wasn't on TNT until near the end of its run, having dodged cancellation 3 or 4 times prior, and Crusade, which, as you say, was highly rated&nbsp; for cable, just didn't attract the kind and numbers of viewers it needed to survive. It had close to a network show's budget and a fraction of its audience. Certainly TNT can take the blame for some of its failure, but not all of it; it would have been interesting to see if Crusade would have been found by an audience had it lasted longer. As for selling out...as a friend of mine says, &quot;I can't sell out because I never sold in.&quot; Andromeda was never devised as an art project or a masterwork. It was created, simply, to make money as a TV show. There isn't anything wrong with that. I will say again, though, that the loss of a major member of the creative team may well spell trouble. We'll see.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 33338, member: 363"] I don't see why it's a bad analogy. B5 wasn't on TNT until near the end of its run, having dodged cancellation 3 or 4 times prior, and Crusade, which, as you say, was highly rated for [i]cable[/i], just didn't attract the kind and numbers of viewers it needed to survive. It had close to a network show's budget and a fraction of its audience. Certainly TNT can take the blame for some of its failure, but not all of it; it would have been interesting to see if Crusade would have been found by an audience had it lasted longer. As for selling out...as a friend of mine says, "I can't sell out because I never sold in." Andromeda was never devised as an art project or a masterwork. It was created, simply, to make money as a TV show. There isn't anything wrong with that. I will say again, though, that the loss of a major member of the creative team may well spell trouble. We'll see. [/QUOTE]

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