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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8502092" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>Firework (and similar groups, often distributed by Tribune Entertainment) did a lot of tv shows that seemed to be trying to capitalize on the potential boom in hit syndicated shows that Baywatch/Highlander/Hercules/Xena could have engendered. They were often (in the U.S.) shown late at night on Friday/Saturday/Sunday and were marketed to the young adult male demographic. I think they also did a lot of work capitalizing on tax credits or similar that Canada and New Zealand gave for filming there. I remember videotaping a block of TV that included Gene Roddenberry's <em>Andromeda</em>, <em>Beastmaster: the Series</em>, <em>Mutant X</em>, <em>Total Recall 2070</em>, and <em>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's the Lost World</em> (followed by Stargate SG-1 reruns) specifically to watch while sobering up after a night out (or in, I had a problem).</p><p></p><p>Honestly speaking, most of the shows were... just fine. Other than sometimes lower production values, there was nothing <em>in particular</em> that made these shows mostly forgotten footnotes while other turn of the century episodic action/fantasy/sci-fi shows like Stargate, Xena, Buffy, Charmed ended up as cultural touchstones. I think they just tried to capitalize on a boom that didn't materialize*.</p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px">*Plus for Firework specifically I think there was a big legal battle over Mutant X, because Marvel sold them the rights and they thought they could use a bunch of stuff, but turns out it was only that stuff that Marvel hadn't sold to <s>Sony</s> Fox, which wasn't much, and it was a whole big hullabaloo and I have no idea who if anyone is the good or bad guys in the story, but I suspect it was a distraction that a small tv producer really couldn't survive.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 8502092, member: 6799660"] Firework (and similar groups, often distributed by Tribune Entertainment) did a lot of tv shows that seemed to be trying to capitalize on the potential boom in hit syndicated shows that Baywatch/Highlander/Hercules/Xena could have engendered. They were often (in the U.S.) shown late at night on Friday/Saturday/Sunday and were marketed to the young adult male demographic. I think they also did a lot of work capitalizing on tax credits or similar that Canada and New Zealand gave for filming there. I remember videotaping a block of TV that included Gene Roddenberry's [I]Andromeda[/I], [I]Beastmaster: the Series[/I], [I]Mutant X[/I], [I]Total Recall 2070[/I], and [I]Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's the Lost World[/I] (followed by Stargate SG-1 reruns) specifically to watch while sobering up after a night out (or in, I had a problem). Honestly speaking, most of the shows were... just fine. Other than sometimes lower production values, there was nothing [I]in particular[/I] that made these shows mostly forgotten footnotes while other turn of the century episodic action/fantasy/sci-fi shows like Stargate, Xena, Buffy, Charmed ended up as cultural touchstones. I think they just tried to capitalize on a boom that didn't materialize*. [I][SIZE=1]*Plus for Firework specifically I think there was a big legal battle over Mutant X, because Marvel sold them the rights and they thought they could use a bunch of stuff, but turns out it was only that stuff that Marvel hadn't sold to [S]Sony[/S] Fox, which wasn't much, and it was a whole big hullabaloo and I have no idea who if anyone is the good or bad guys in the story, but I suspect it was a distraction that a small tv producer really couldn't survive.[/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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