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Current Talk '24 I / Re: WB ORDERS FILMING OF NEW DS PILOT
« on: June 01, 2004, 10:00:41 PM »
A show's actual budget is only half of its financial equation. As I said, it's expense versus return. And it's a bigger picture issue than only one show. The WB obviously felt the schedule they've picked will potentially bring in bigger ratings and thus generate higher revenue for them versus the expense they'll put out to produce it than a schedule that might have included DS. A shocking concept for us to accept - and they might be dead wrong (I suspect most of us think so) - but that's the hand we were dealt...
As for DS being produced in-house, that might not have even been a factor. Both The Mountain and Jack and Bobby are WBTV productions - as are the mid-season pickups Global Frequency and Rocky Point. (The only WB dramatic pilot that was produced by an "outside" studio was LIS, which was done by FOX.)
As for DS being produced in-house, that might not have even been a factor. Both The Mountain and Jack and Bobby are WBTV productions - as are the mid-season pickups Global Frequency and Rocky Point. (The only WB dramatic pilot that was produced by an "outside" studio was LIS, which was done by FOX.)