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First "Crusade" videos released 6th March 2000
Sadly, Crusade has been cancelled in the US before any
episodes were transmitted, which in my view amply demonstrates the fact that
there is no intelligent life in the executive offices of TV stations. 13
episodes were completed before cancellation, and they will be shown on TNT
before disappearing into the limbo of cancelled shows.
Despite my pessimism earlier, Crusade was picked up in the UK. It was shown on Sky One on Sundays from 4th July 1999, at 8.00 p.m.
*** CRUSADE TO BE RELEASED ON VIDEO ****
At last, the Crusade videos are being released. The schedule is:
| 06.03.2000 | 1.01 War Zone / The Long Road | S017685 | |
| 06.03.2000 | 1.02 The Well of Forever / Ruling From the Tomb | S017686 | |
| 10.04.2000 | 1.03 The Path of Sorrows / Patterns of the Soul | ||
| 08.05.2000 | 1.04 | ||
| 05.06.2000 | 1.05 | ||
| 10.07.2000 | 1.06 | ||
| 07.08.2000 | 1.07 |
Warner Home Video are releasing cards with each video where you can collect tokens included in the packaging of videos 1.01 to 1.06. When you have six tokens on the card, you can fill in your details and send it to WHV before 31st October 2000, and they will send you a copy of tape 1.07 free!
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Here is the posting from Joe Straczynski announcing the show's demise:
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups:
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Subject: from jms re: Crusade
Date:
26 Feb 1999 14:07:43 -0700
Bottom line:
The reason we've been waiting so long for news is that the SciFi Channel has been crunching numbers for weeks, trying to make the deal work with WB, and doing their level best. The programming folks there loved the show (and special thanks has to go to Programming Head Tom Vitale at SFC who worked hardest to make this work).
The problem is simply this: the money to fund a series is a BIG chunk of change. SFC had already allocated its budget for the year as of January 1st, and there simply wasn't enough left in this year's budget to pull it off. Also, the emphasis now is on spending money on shows where one owns a piece of it, and Crusade is owned entirely by WB.
At the end of they day, they just couldn't make the dollars work, though they tried their damndest, and are only to be thanked.
I'm told that if the ratings are good on the 13 which TNT will still air, all the eps made so far will be shown, there may be a second season, but we'll see.
Meanwhile, I'm taking the day off. There have been seven offers for overall deals and multiple network pilot deals with both networks per se and studios on my desk for about a year now, ever since B5 ended, which I've been putting off to do Crusade. Now I'll pick one of those deals and make it. So the next thing from me you see will almost certainly be on one of the major networks. I'm going back into the deep water again....
Meanwhile, my thanks to all those who emailed and wrote and called and supported. It's a good show, as will be seen when the shows are aired, and I'd rather lose a show I believed in than keep one I didn't believe in.
jms (jmsatb5@aol.com)
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The 13 episodes which were completed before cancellation, and which will be transmitted on TNT from 9th June 1999 are:--
Warzone
Each Night I Dream of Home
The Memory of War
Visitors from Down the Street
The Well of Forever
Patterns of the
Soul
The Needs of Earth
Racing the Night
The Long Road
Path
of Sorrows
Ruling from the Tomb
The Rules of the Game
Appearances and Other Deceits
An explanation of the UK video classification certificates can be found here.
Now you know what's available, click here to find out where you can buy them.
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