Confetti Check A-OK.

I take the point; Poor schedule planning was
the death knell for the series after only 1 series. I feel that this may
happen with
the CGI version of Captain Scarlet as well.

I remember watching it after school with all the other after school programs
that kids watch. So I think the US dubbed it as children too. But in a sense
it was a kid's show in that the subject of green men from outer space wasn't
really an adult topic for TV at the time. Star Trek was run in the same time
period although usually an hour later. Now, Man From UNCLE is an example ofa
show that was run in the more adult time slot--for the American audiences
that is....

Mary

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From: legg bryan [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 4:28 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Confetti Check A-OK.


Kevin,
UFO was meant to be Gerry and Sylvia's first project using
live actors. The Power that Be thought the show would be like Thunderbirds
but with real people in the starring roles. When they saw the show they
realised it was in the wrong time slot but the damage had been done. When
the US got the property they had no idea what time slot to put it one because
it was so not a children's show. That is one of the reasons the show was
canceled after one season. I saw it for the first time at 3am. I had
insomnia even as a child. I did not see it again for almost 30yrs but I
still had some memories of the show. Now I own the whole show and I watch it
whenever I want plus I meet new people like yourself.  


Kevin Lazenby <[hidden email]> wrote:

I don`t wholly agree with the comment that
UFO was a children's programme. I think that Anderson was trying to get
away from making
such programs such as Joe 90 et al, and make
a program aimed more at adults, with adult themes - hence UFO.




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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:23:47 -0700
"Veres, Mary" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I remember watching it after school with all the other after school
> programs that kids watch. So I think the US dubbed it as children too.
> But in a sense it was a kid's show in that the subject of green men
> from outer space wasn't really an adult topic for TV at the time.
> Star Trek was run in the same time period although usually an hour
> later. Now, Man From UNCLE is an example of a show that was run in the
> more adult time slot--for the American audiences that is....

I'm pretty sure that UFO was intended as an adult programme. But it
really became a kids' programme nonetheless - I know that many of
us here on the list are around my age, and became addicted to it
between the ages of 8 - 12 or so. Ditto The Man From Uncle - all
my friends at junior school watched it, don't know how popular it was
with adults.