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Current Talk '08 I / Re: An interesting irony (re: DS' cancellation in 1971)
« on: May 16, 2008, 12:17:44 AM »
TPTB at the networks think of programs as instantly disposable commodities these days - and they can be disposed of for the ficklest of reasons. Considering how the current practice is that almost every program that doesn't perform to expectations right out of the gate is canceled sooner rather than later, just think of how many classic programs that didn't click right away would have never survived to become the classics that they were allowed to become if TPTB of today had been in charge. Patience is no longer a word in most networks' vocabularies.