Re: FOX's "Terminator" preparing for season 2

jayembee wrote:
> shawn <nanoflower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
> 
>> A Watcher <stocksami@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> It would be really stupid to cancel it with the movie coming out
>>> next year. Fox has done lot's of stupid things before, though.
>> Not really, since most of these business units run as individual
>> companies. So the movie might do great business for the movie
>> side of the house but none of that revenue will show up in the
>> television side of the company.
> 
> Especially in this case, as they would be from two completely
> different companies. TSSC is aired by FOX, but is produced by
> Warner Bros, as the movie will be. FOX has no stake at all in
> the movie, other than that a successful movie may generate a
> larger audience for the TV show.
> 
> The only effect the movie would have on their decision to renew
> the series or not would be for the FOX execs to factor in
> whether it would be worth carrying the show for another entire
> year just for the possibility that the movie may generate a
> larger audience for the show in a hypothetical third season.
> 
> -- jayembee

Warner could give Fox a better than normal deal on TSCC in order to 
promote the movie.