Bonnie Hammer Releases Decision :)
 

Bonnie Hammer demonstrating true leadership took the bull by the horns and released her decison today. Sci Fi will make a decision on the minisereis in the next 60 days.. maybe..


http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20040109owen0109fnp3.asp

From the Post Gazette:

Of course the plan to make a decision in the next 60 days is still a little uncertain. Sci Fi Channel executives and Ms. Hammer are discussing how realistic it is to expect a decision in 60 days.

But they feel certain they will be announcing a decision on the decision to announce a decision in 60 days soon. Hopefully

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This is joke. No Sci Fi peoples or Hammers harmed

O.K. So let me get this straight.

First, according to Eick the mini series was designed to pilot a series, which he expected to put into production.

Next, they had to make a decision before December 31st to make a decision about whether or not to go to series becasue that was when the actor's contracts expired.

Then, the contracts were extended to January 31st, before which they needed to make a decision.

Now, Hammer says in this January 9th article, that a decision will be made in 60 days.

Why do they keep pushing back the decision deadline? If it was such a success, wouldn't such a decision be a no-brainer?

Anything that is potentially as expensive as this series is going to be a hard decisions for the execs. They are only worried about money.

I was hoping this was another classic Deep Trash report.

No matter which side of the mini you take,none of us would take this long to make a decision.

I wonder if she thinks more money will just materialize in the next 60 days?

I am surprised by this statement or actually non-statement. These delays aren’t good. They should know what a series will cost since have they have the figures from the pilot. They should know how much money they have unless there is some project they are still trying to cancel.

This is not good for the series since they are losing momentum and support with another 60-day delay. I also can’t imagine the actors and other professionals putting their careers on hold and missing other opportunities while Sci Fi tries to make up their mind.

Sometimes not making a decision is making a decision to fail.

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Deep Trash is probably passed out in Bonnie’s office by now. But don’t worry. He get’s time and a half on weekends.

Darth I tried to return your email but I got some sort of statement that you weren’t accepting email from me. It must be a software bug with the name slider, because I get this all the time. :)

lag time to post at SciFI
 

I tried to post a reply to jj's post on this topic there.

Anyone have a good benchmark on how long it takes a mod to "greenlight" a post?
Is it less that 60 days?

Who knows? They might never allow that post to go thru. I seem to be on their favorite list of who not to allow to post there since none of my posts ever go thru. *gggrrrrrrr:mad: Lemme at em with my lightsaber!!! :bash: :hack: :bash: :laugh:

We, being regular folk, would not take so long to make such a decision, true. However, there are a great number of pieces to the puzzle which have to be sorted through before making a commitment either way. The Skiffy budgets have been set through the 2004 season, and all of their series are set as well. IMHO the PTB are looking at the 2005 season for what projects are on the drawing boards already, what current series' will be continued, etc. to determine what kind of budget can be set aside for a BSG series. Of course they can look at the mini for a guesstimation of the costs per week, but it will take a considerable effort to pin it all down.
Of course, with Skiffy's, and more directly Bonnie Hammer's, new direction for the network away from Sci Fi and into stupidity, she is probably just stringing the fans along once more!

Well more than us or Sci Fi, Slider was right to point out, if you were an actor in this mini, would you put your career on hold for 60 days for a series that may or may not pan out?

This would be a good question for Tyrol.

I am confident that the 2004 budget has monies earmarked for development. How much is a different story.
This isn't a bolt-out-of-the-blue decision to make.There has been over a year to agonize over the specifics.The last puzzle piece was response to the aired mini.They have that data now.

Hey,the post went through!

Looks like about 90 min to make a decision on whether to allow a post or not.

It took 90 minutes for your post to go through? That's weird.


But in response to your post, money aside, will the actors put their career on hold for 60 days to stick around for a series that may or may not be a success. If you were an actor (other than the main two stars) in this mini, would you turn down job offers and not audition for new jobs over a 60 day period in hopes that this would go to series, and then in hopes that the series would be successful?

A great question for Tyrol.

My belief is-NO.

60 days will kill the chances for a series.

Even I as a fan of the idea have lost enthusiasm for the idea.

Short analysis is,they have botched the "abomination" even.

Since you seem to head up various boycott initiatives,I offer this advice. Target one advertiser at a time. Few of us are going to avoid everyone on the list,as a purely practical matter. Picking one advertiser a month,and not only boycotting,but mailing to them the reciepts for a competing brand,will get their attention one at a time. Puts the network in a "who will it be this month" mode. It also demonstrates to the offending advertiser money lost in concrete terms.

JJ - question is ... will he answer that? He might not be able to???


Kristi

That's true, he might not be able to answer it. But the worst that could happen is he'd just say he couldn't answer it. ;)

Darth - I no longer wish to boycott accept to follow through with the original boycott.

After the Larson/DeSanto announcement at Galacticon, I no longer have any desire to fight the mini, or a prospective series based on the mini. It can run for a full 10 seasons for all I care. If fans of the mini want a series from it, more power to them.

But I won't be watching, I'll be waiting for the Larson/DeSanto continuation movie. ;)

So JJ you going over there to ask him??

Kristi

That is a long thread,but he has already made some comments about not being able to wait forever.
He made comments about the "pilot" season starting in the biz,so virtually all of the cast will likely have other opportunities and obligations at end of current contract.

I think that's a job for someone genuinely interested in the mini. I just work here. ;)

JJ - you have a PM!!!

kristi

I had Deep Trash put that post up for you.

He loves playing with the computers up at Sci Fi. Even though he don’t know nothin about computers.

His favorite thing to do when he is at work is to drink beer and look at all the porn on Bonnie Hammer’s computer. When he is really plastered, he starts sending emails and memos all over the place. He thinks it's hilarious.


The problem is Deep Trash don’t remember to good what he does when ever he’s drunk.

Sometimes I worry about Deep Trash getting drunk and all these weird programming decisions Sci Fi has been making lately.

Kristi, I answered your PM.

JJ-its been done! =D

Kristi

Tell DT thanks
 

My second post went through in less than 30 min.

Good to have insiders on the payroll.

While you're at it, see why none of mine ever go thru over there??? grrrrr:mad:

Kristi

JJ- and anyone else... Tyrol answered the question over on his thread.

Kristi

Check This Out
 

FYI
A new story places Hammer's decision at 2 weeks- not 2 months.

www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/peoplestoryP0110MUSIC.htm

This seems more compatible with the extension of salaries until the end of the month.

::edit per BST's note below, fixing url (I hope!)--Jewels::

koenig,

The link didn't work for me. All that I got were "search results".

BST

btw, I've had this same problem with links. Somehow, the "[/url]" becomes embedded somewhere in the link and it causes the link not to work properly. That might be the problem here.

Just Copy It Out
 

I know this is the cumbersome way of doing things, but if you copy it by hand & then type in the address, it will get the article.
I have tried several times posting the link- without much success.

I did.

It still didn't work.


EDIT (01/10/04 2:06 pm) - Note: koenig, I just noticed why the link didn't work -- there is an extra 'y' following 'florida' (the 'toda' is missing). (I tried the link in Darth's post below and it took me right to the article.) Just wanted to let you know.