Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2 From: WBD.TYM%OFFICE-2@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: "V" Message-ID: <2176@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 12:51:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2176 Posted: Wed Jun 15 12:51:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 04:48:03 EDT Lines: 15 >From the mouth of syndicated television critic (Gary Deeb) comes: "V," the extremely popular SF miniseries that scored big for NBC last month, will be a major feature of the Peacock Network's 1983-84 prime-time program schedule. This column has learned exclusively that NBC plans to telecast no less than 4 two-hour sequels to "V" starting late in the fall. The follow-ups will be aired in November, December, January and February -- with the original 4 hour "V" presentation probably to be repeated just before the sequels hit the air. As previously reported, the high production costs -- more than twice that of the average program -- prevented NBC from adapting "V" into a weekly one-hour series for fall. But institution of the 4 monthly sequels seems a good bet to recapture most of the audience that gravitated toward the original.