I posted this as a comment response to the following article scifiwire.com/2010/01/why-abcs-not-giving-up-on.php
Man - so many missed opportunities - but hey - in entertainment nothing is ever dead (heard about the project to redo the 80s movie Mannequin - hehe - seriously - go check it out...)
---- my comment
I have to pitch in bring back defying gravity - even though I know it was a very different sort of show (when I first started following the development over a year ago - the creator originally pitched it as a MINISERIES - meaning a 13 episode arc - anyone remember that) - but what was shoddy was how they scheduled it - not just putting it in August - but putting it on at a time when they did not have 13 slots left.
It was bought cheap to fill a specific time (they only needed so many slots filled) - what sucks royale is ABC had a PERFECT opportunity to do a transmedia cross/platform set up with Defying Gravity - ala start it on TV and then migrate to web - people tracking DG noted it did well on Hulu and ABC.com and in the other not so legal online places ;)
Not only that the creator had more of a story arc 9there is a website with an interview with him) and the DG universe is rich for transmedia sources to continue the story (from books ala doctor who, star war etc) to babylon 5 mini series and movies to so on - of course money, who owns what and all that behind the scenes we have no idea about but like to complain as we see in front of the screen results, probably makes it hard... but i am pushing for bringing Defying Gravity back - but as a different viewing experience...
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