Posted:
11:58:13 on February 06 2002
By: Alexander Chase
Dept: General Genre/SciFi
SyfyPortal reports today, in an article picked up by the Sci Fi Wire and contrary to reports last week, Star Trek and Buffy network UPN is not considering picking up the new Battlestar Galactica series for the upcoming season; this according to an unnamed source.
"They showed some interest in it in the past, but there hasn't been anything new brought to them that they are willing to fund. One of the things that networks have to be careful of is being typecast, so to speak, into being some type of network. While UPN has a lot of sci-fi and sci-fi-related programs, if they picked up a series that seems a lot like 'Enterprise,' some viewers might see the network only as a sci-fi outlet and nothing more.
The source goes on to say, "There really isn't room in the network's fall schedule. They have a lot of good programs they're already considering, and with Leslie (Moonves) heading things up here, I seriously doubt you are going to see him lock the network into a specific genre. I think the suits have learned from their mistakes with targeting all their network programs to a specific audience with what happened to CBS a few years ago. They aren't going to make that mistake again."
To read the original report, check out this page.
