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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] <blockquote>"Studios don't take gambles. Charmed etc. would not have made it passed a pitch if 'supernatural' type shows like the X-Files didn't make it big - and THAT show wouldn't have seen the light of day if shows like The Next Generation and Twin Peaks came along to show that there is an audience for hour long dramas of a science-fiction/fantasy nature."</blockquote> The clear flaw in your logic is : if "Charmed" was only made because "The X-Files" was popular, and "The X-Files" was only made because TNG and "Twin Peaks" were popular, why were TNG and "Twin Peaks" made? Obviously, there has to be a beginning to the chain ; a "gamble" has to be taken at some point. So, if TNG had never been made, any of those other shows could have been created out of whole cloth, and any of the good ones could have kick-started the progressive multitude of sci-fi/fantasy shows. Also, while "Doctor Who" was cancelled (or, as it turns out, put on super-ultra-mega-hiatus) during the early days of TNG, it had, at that point, been on the air for 26 years and survived one previous attempt at cancellation. So I hardly think TNG can take any credit for its being popular enough to have a revival. Hell, it was already popular enough to survive the replacement of its primary actor back when the [i]original[/i] "Star Trek" was just starting. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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