Hi, Mike, I too know little of how the TV industry works, but I think that on average, most series only produce about 10 new episodes per year. They start around November, show around 5 episodes, then show re-runs around the Holiday Season. The balance of around 5 new episodes are shown in January or February, and that's it.
When the "stars" of some series are getting paid around $1 million per episode, the only way they can make money on these things is to show re-runs, I guess. Disclaimer: These are completely uninformed opinions based on casual observation. I'm probably wrong. cheers, frank Mike Johnston wrote: > Okay, this is entirely, 100% off topic. > > I don't know much about TV, but this past year I've been watching some of > those "police dramas" like "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order," and "CSI." > > Can anybody explain to me why the recent episodes have all been repeats? I > seem to remember from my distant childhood that new programs came out in the > fall and early winter, and reruns were for the late winter and spring. Have > things changed since then? It seems like the repeats have been on for well > over a month now. Is there even such a thing as a "TV season" any more? > > I'm ignorant about TV programming.... > > --Mike -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
