Re: OT: Series five

"Adam H. Kerman" <[email protected]> Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:18:56 -0000 (UTC)
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Steveski <[email protected]> wrote:

>I'm watching Bab 5 for the the 4th time and have grokked it. I'm
>starting on series 5 and wondered if anyBabs (particularly the Old Ones 
>- you know who you are  :-) ) could give their views on why Ted Turner 
>buggered it up.

Why would you tag this off topic?

The Byron plot was jms and would have been in season 4 if the show had
been renewed earlier. Claudia Christian declined to renew her contract.
None of this had anything to do with TNT.

They had a lower per-episode production budget and lost 20 or so
production days, but it was better than not getting a production order.

TNT ordered the four made-for-tv movies, so that was a positive.