SG #72's Sci-Fi report from May of 1995:
The first Barnabas eps actually began in August of 1995. Ep #210 ran for a second time on Sci-Fi as the first ep on August 24th.
It was definitely nice when on May 5th DS went back to 2 eps on Fridays. Though, as we can remember only too well, Sci-Fi would have more periods of 1 ep Fridays throughout DS' various runs on the channel.
But given that SG got the above date correct, it's very odd that it got the dates wrong when it came to the mix-up of Eps #45 & 49. Rather than Ep #45, Ep #49 was wrongly aired on April 27th - and Ep #49 aired again in its correct spot on May 2nd.
It's very interesting that when Sci-Fi ran
CLIFFHANGER PLAYHOUSE they included interviews with Michael T. Weiss and M. M. Shelly Moore. Moore is particularly interesting because when it comes to past DS related interviews, Sci-Fi always showed material that was taken from the MPI VHS tapes, but not only wasn't the DS Resurrected VHS out yet, she doesn't even appear on it. MTW, on the other hand, has several interview segments on that tape.
And in case you don't remember, or maybe even never knew, M. M. Shelly Moore was one of the Executive Story Editors on the '91 Series as well as the co-writer for Eps #8, 10 & 12.
Are any of us surprised that the SG promotion with Sci-Fi was delayed? No? I didn't think so...
SG also got the date right for when Ep #1219 ran on Sci-Fi, February 24th, which makes the errors when it comes to Ep #45 & 49 all the odder...
The USA Network was considered "trashy"? I doubt Ben Cross would have been happy to see it described that way because he did several made-for-TV movies for them...
And it's quite interesting how Sci-Fi really started to expand to more sections of the country in 1995...