"HUNDREDS of factors go into a show's renewal. Ratings was only one of those factors.

Morgan & Wong (exec producers/creators) have already moved on to X-FILES & MILLENNIUM this coming season.

FYI: Due to a change in direction for the summer, SPACE summer repeats have their last telecast this coming Sunday, June 30th.

Thanks for writing.

MJ

FOX Scheduling"

The decision has been made and it was not in our favor. Indications point to the possibility of Space: A&B returning as a mid-season replacement or as a series of tv movies. This is something we want to encourage.

When writing the network, please make sure your letter is polite and neatly written. Try to include some information about yourself and WHY you love the show and why you think it should be brought back for another season. If you think the show would fare better in another time slot then please suggest it.

If you are writing in as part of an organised write-in campaign, do not mention it in the letter. Your letter will be given more weight if it is perceived that it is written by an individual than it would if by a member of a group.

Word has it that the network is ignoring e-mail. If you wish to send e-mail, please do, but don't let it take the place of a letter. The network recognises the effort involved in writing a real letter, so they carry more weight. Besides, stacks of envelopes in a bag make a bigger impression than a full e-mailbox.

The best thing to do is to get all your friends to watch. In the mean time, all we have is our pens, pencils, word processors and our desire for a new season. We can do it!

To write John Matoian, President Fox Entertainment, you can send snail mail to him at:

John Matoian President, Fox Entertainment Fox Broadcasting Company P.O. Box 900 Beverly Hills, CA 90213

OR....

John Matoian President, Fox Entertainment 10201 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035

Thank you,

Deb/ShaneVansn Host, Space: A&B Forum

Transmitted: 5/25/96 6:06 PM

SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND has been cancelled.

The following text appears courtesy of the USA Today Web site -- they're the ones who first broke the news:

Fox's 'X-Files' gets Sunday spot

Fox will move The X-Files from Fridays to Sundays in the fall to make way for a new series from X-Files creator Chris Carter.

Millennium, about horrific events at the end of the 20th century, will take the Friday-at-9 p.m. ET/PT spot that the science-fiction hit X-Files has held for three seasons.

The network is adding only five new shows for the 1996-97 season while shedding Partners, Profit, Kindred: The Embraced, Strange Luck, The Crew and Space: Above and Beyond.

The low-rated cult series Sliders got a surprise renewal.

But it's also confirmed in the latest press releases by FOX, and in their latest e-mail question and answers.

DON'T DESPAIR -- there still may be hope!

What with the upcoming two new episodes airing ("And If They Lay Us To Rest on May 26th and "Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best" on June 2nd at 7:00 PM PT/ET), and with the summer reruns, it looks like that while the show has been cancelled, FOX will still be monitoring the ratings to see how the show is doing. And hell, if one of the new shows doesn't fare well, S:AAB may yet be called back into action.

So, be sure to check the Space Board. There's been a flurry of posts there (especially in the Open Forum and now the Save S:AAB! Forum) and it is *THE* place to check to see what your fellow fans are doing about the cancellation.

And in addition, please be sure to check Operation HammerFOX for the campaign to save S:AAB!!!

We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you snail-mail FOX (address below) and give them the low-down on why they should keep this wonderful show on the air. We would also recommend e-mail and phone calls but it looks like they're ignored (more info below).

Here're some interesting facts that arose from the Space Board (thanks to Beth Epstein and to "...the Dr Who completist [for what they] found out trying to get the tele-movie made"):

1. Fox throws out all postcards and pretty much ignores phone calls and email.

2. On the bright side they consider each snail mail letter to represent 10,000 viewers.

Ironically, the Canadian edition of TV Guide had this little blurb on the show, mentioning that it "...delivers the goods" and that it "...has already outdistanced the syndicated Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space Nine in ratings." According to Pamela Fry (who sent the image, thanks!), "...it is almost unheard of for our TV Guide to feature a blurb on an American show that does NOT feature a Canadian. We have somewhat of a bias here...(unfortunately...)"

Stay tuned.

On behalf of the Webmeisters, thanks everyone for your support, and for your creative criticisms on the site (heh). It's been very much appreciated.

1. We've got some great news regarding the future of SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND, direct from MJ Lavaccare, at FOX Scheduling:

SPACE returns to the FOX schedule beginning SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1996 in its regular timeslot Sun 7pm (ET/PT). We kick off the summer run with an ORIGINAL 2-PARTER (5/26 & 6/2)!!! The rest of the summer will consist of selected repeats from the 1st Season. TENTATIVELY we have scheduled the 2-hour Pilot for Sun 6/23 & 6/30 (split into 2 one-hours).

Tell all your friends!!

FYI: Just so noone panics, we will preempt SPACE one-time-only on Father's Day 6/16 due to a previous committment.

We will decide on next season renewals in late May.

Thanks for writing.

MJ
FOX Scheduling

For snail-mail letters, you can send them to John Matoian, the president of FOX Broadcasting. The address is:

John Matoian
President, Fox Entertainment Group
Fox Broadcasting Company
PO Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

As both James Morrison and co-executive producer Glen Morgan have said during their chats here, your letters have indeed helped, so please WRITE WRITE WRITE!

3. For information on saving the show, be sure to check the pages by Rachel "Speedbump" Ward, L. "Zylyn" Schauf, The 59th Ready Reserve - Delaware Division, and Kent for additional information on saving the show.

4. And while we're at it, plugging various sites, be sure to check out Victor Peng's Internet Yellow Pages and Directory for all Web pages and sites related to S:AAB.

Also check out Pat "Wu" Moss' Mission Status - S:AAB site, Agamemmnon's Original - S:AAB Multimedia Site, and Raechel and Trent's Live Appearances page for photos from last October's Sci-Fi Universe Reader's Choice Universe Awards as well as March's Los Angeles Science Fiction and Comic Book Convention.

5. Thanks again everyone for helping to support this great show!