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I'm surprised and optimistic. This has been out of syndication for a while so I hope word of mouth and fan base support is strong enough to keep it going past one season.
So much TV...
So little money!
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Corey3rd
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at least it's only a 3 season show versus 20 seasons of Gunsmoke split up.
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Many have offered their guesses on the CBS/P split-season marketing strategy, but my guess is, perhaps due to their pre-release data, they release these s/s sets for shows that their research indicates the s/s shows are in a higher-risk sales tier compared, say, to Mannix which is seeing full-season releases.
Just my guess and I'm not saying that I agree with it but it's all a business and it's understandable that they might use this mkting plan.
That said, count me out for trying to understand a pattern or predict these s/s vs full-season releases. At first, it seemed to appear that it was a black/white show pattern, meaning that the older B/W shows were released in s/s sets vs the color-era shows. But that rule doesn't hold up with some of the color shows also seeing s/s releases.
Vega$, for me, falls into my "maybe" buy list due to the s/s release. I liked the show but it's not one of my all-time favorites. Unfortunately, when they s/s these shows, it puts some of the potential sales #'s in jeopardy. I'm in that category, realizing that the possible sales # losses may affect whether we see S1V2 released.
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i think the first split season was Lost In Space season 2. I as I remember that far back, it was due to the complaints Fox got on the cost of the complete season 1 and in their wisdom, they decided to split Season 2 into two volumes and charge several buck higher than half the cost of Season 1, but sill enough below the Season 1 cost to convince some people it was a bargain. At the present I am buying only split seasons of Dynasty and I will get Vegas, but nothing else attracts my attention. I could be wrong, but it seems that CBS/Paramount, VCI and Fox are the only two studios releasing series in split seasons amd thank goodness it is only the one hour shows and not the sitcoms.
I am not in favor of this way to release seasons, but if the right show comes along I will succumb.
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Damn. But I'll still be getting it, it's just plain silly not to.
