40 Years Ago: Buck Rogers Goes Out Fighting
40 Years Ago: Buck Rogers Goes Out Fighting The “difficult second season” issue faced by science-fiction shows in particular is usually caused by the same two issues. The network receives a better (i.e., more profitable) response from the initial run than it expected, but, knowing nothing about the genre, it fails to understand why. For the second season, it tries to refocus the show toward a mainstream audience, losing the sci-fi fans in the process. But the budget is often cut as a way of hedging its bet. The case of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century isn’t the same but the effect was...
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