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according to this article: Saturday night is dead Broadcasters cannot justify putting any shows on Saturday night.

 

I read this and wondered. If they want to take a chance why don't they broadcast Dr. Who. I'm really beginning to think that the TV execs in America just have no idea what people want to see and the hit shows have been just luck on their part.

 

Personally I think there is enough of a cult following for Dr. Who that itwould at least score higher than the reruns they show now.

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They believe most people go out on a Saturday night so why put anything good on TV. Most people that I know that go out do so on Saturday night so maybe they're correct. I dislike american broadcasters for other reasons...

 

like...

 

...putting that little station identification icon in the lower right corner of the screen that NEVER EVER goes away.

 

...for adding MORE and MORE commericals over the years.

 

...for suddenly cutting away so I can hear that SOB BUSH prattle on and on and on.

 

Ad nauseam.

 

c4 B)

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Well I cant comment on the US TV on saturdays but here in the UK saturdays nights are normally classed as prime time. I think DR Who averaged between 5 and 7 million viewers, while that does not sound like alot but when you consider the population of the UK is about 60 million it did pretty well. Showing it in early evenning also helped.

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I've been thinking. Since the networks will never change their ways, the only hope for Who in the US is cable. So which cable stations would work best for Who? SciFi turned it down and so did HBO so who's left? (pun intended) ABC Family might be a good fit; afterall it is supposed to be family oriented. Or maybe the Hallmark channel? What do y'all think?

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Whatever happened to BBC America? Is this not their type of subject matter?

 

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I'm one of 4 million lucky Americans that *DOES* have the ability to watch classic Dr. Who every Saturday nite. Iowa Public Television has been showing Dr Who for nearly 25 years now. It started as a single episode at 10:00 or 10:30pm back in the early 80's (when Tom Baker was still playing the doctor).

 

Now it's been moved to Saturdays, two episodes at 11:30pm. They have been using this format thru the Jon Pertwee all the way up to the current Colin Baker. Dunno what is going to happen after Sylvester McCoy's adventures are broadcast tho. The costs involved acquiring this series is enormus for a public station. If it wasn't statewide I don't think we'd have it.

 

I"m working as hard as I can to acquire the last bits of the classic series. Peter Davison and hard to find Hartnell and Troughton at this point.

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The BBC won't sell it to BBC America as they want to get more money out of it. I have bad news about your classic who as well. The BBC is not renewing the contracts of the PBS stations that show Who. So when Iowa's contract runs out you won't get to see who anymore either.

 

Sorry, to be the bearer of bad news.

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News from Outost Gallifrey:

 

"In a reversal from an earlier announcement that the Region 1 DVDs of series one of the new Doctor Who series would be available only in Canada, BBC Video announced today to the news service of the Sci-Fi Channel, Sci-Fi Wire, that on February 14, 2006, the series would also be made available in the US on DVD. This is in direct contrast to earlier reports that the series would only be available on DVD after a broadcaster had transmitted the series in America. Outpost Gallifrey has learned that, with the failure of the BBC to find a broadcaster in the US, this prior requirement was bypassed and the decision was made to release the series on DVD after all.

 

The North American release, in both Canada and the US, will be the exact same items as were on the UK discs, as BBC Video no longer allows the US/Canada releases to differ from their UK counterparts. As stated in the Sci-Fi Wire article, the DVD set will carry a suggested retail price of $99.98."

 

Guess we don't need a US Broadcaster now.

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Guess we don't need a US Broadcaster now.

I bet it sells like hotcakes.

 

With a MSRP of $99.98? With a good Amazon discount you're talking $69.99. Sorry, but I don't see any hotcakes here. Perhaps a few crepes for the niche crepe eaters, but hotcakes are for the mainstream, penny-pinching public who think $39.99 just ok for series boxsets.

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The first 13 Hartnell episodes will be priced at 49.99, here in the states, and since the episode length is doubled the price is doubled. Besides Star Trek sells 20 episodes for 129.99 and people buy them enough that the price hasn't come down.

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