Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Cancellation
From: edrury@3cpu.UUCP (Ed Drury)
Date: 1991-02-23, 16:45
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: edrury@.UUCP (Ed Drury)

In article <1991Feb19.204650.16733@riacs.edu> howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells) writes:
> >Are ABC execs as stupid as they appear to be? All this talk about low
> >ratings and how no one is staying home on Saturday night to watch Twin
> >Peaks... I don't know about any of you but I *never* watch TP on
> >Saturday night. I *always* watch it on Sunday afternoon or evening. This
> >is the miracle of videotape. Hasn't anybody at ABC heard of this
> >phenomena? Isn't it time the archaic ratings system was scrapped once
> >and for all? Face it, no one watches shows like TP in real time. Who
> >wants to watch a bunch of commercials?
> >

 Obviously TV execs are more stupid than anyone could imagine. In my 
letter to BoB (I mean Robert) I mentioned that even though on Saturdays
ALL my friends came over and watched with cherry pie and coffee, but that
each and every household represented video taped the show on their own
vcrs and watched it several times durring the week. I also mentioned that
I received the Sound Track CD for my last Birthday present and played it
whenever I felt I needed to relax during my business week. 

 My purpose in adding these details was to try and get the point established
that Twin Peaks sold a lot of merchandise (CD's, Blank Tape, Cassette Tapes,
DAMN good Coffee, Cherry pie, and doughnuts). I wanted to let them know in
my own small way that taking off TP would only further the current economic
down trend. That , yes, this anti American act would severely compromise the
efforts of free men everywhere in the world! :-)

> >Hell, I knew TP was doomed the minute they put in on the Saturday night
> >schedule. They always do this to shows they want to dump but haven't the
> >proper excuse for doing so.
 
 It does seem that there is a serious evil in the oak desks of ABC's
programming department. They must have people who really work covertly
for NBC and CBS in high places. 


> >
> >--
> >John Howells
> >howells@earth.arc.nasa.gov 
> >howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov


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