[UA] UA Patronage (and an OT Angel sidenote)

[Susan Dohnim]

Hmmm.

So, Greg, how much $$ would you require for something like the TNI book or 
some other supplement? I'm not rich, but hell, I can see paying $5 or $10 
up-front for a guarantee of quality supplements coming down the pike. 
Wondering how many similar sponsors you'd need.

Odd synchronicity working here -- on the way in to work today I was mulling 
the sad fact that Angel has been cancelled. It was pulling in almost 4 
million viewers a week, but that apparently just isn't enough. Thing is, I 
would be more than happy to pay a buck or two a week to see the show, and I 
have to believe that a lot of other people would as well. Assume for a 
moment that there are four million viewers, and that one of every ten is a 
huge fan -- willing to pay (gasp) a whole dollar a show.

Got me to thinking that if this bunch of diehard Joss Whedon fans got 
together and pledged a buck a show each, well -- we'd raise $400,000 per 
episode. I'm not sure how much each ep costs to produce, including stars' 
salaries, but it can't be much more than that -- this isn't Friends or 
Cheers we're talking about here. Even if it's a mil/episode (which seems 
very, very high), we'd be paying for half of it.

Too bad there's no way to work pay-per-view for television series.


Devil Bunny Needs a Ham. And he's pretty sure that knocking you off the 
building will help him get one.

Perhaps he is right. Perhaps he is not.

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