From: utzoo!decvax!cca!mclure@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: The Motion Picture on free TV - (nf) Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2802 Posted: Fri Aug 20 15:45:13 1982 Received: Sat Aug 21 06:04:52 1982 #R:ihuxl:-25900:sri-unix:10900002:000:325 sri-unix!mclure Aug 20 14:26:00 1982 The television networks ruthlessly butcher theater-movies regardless of their rating. Even the lowliest G movie will get severely cut to fit a particular time-slot. I don't hold out any hope for STTMP. Of course, it has been on HBO, STAR, etc. and other pay-TV channels for months. (I thought the movie was awful.) Stuart