Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: HF:  How to Attack!!!
From: kim@agx.usu.edu (Kim Barnard)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:23:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Utah State University (USU)

In article <1992Dec21.160722.26068@sparky.imd.sterling.com> teresak@IMD.Sterling.COM (TK) writes:
>Subject: HF:  How to Attack!!!
>From: teresak@IMD.Sterling.COM (TK)
>Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:07:22 GMT

>     Hello All!

>          Well, I tried to post the same about HOMEFRONT being
>          "shelved" last friday (12/18/92) but was having trouble
>          with my server.  Anyway, we are up and going again, and
>          am I happy to see all the responses that have showed up
>          up so far.  Has anyone mentioned contacting TV GUIDE,
>          which set up the first "SAVE OUR SHOW" that did it for our
>          show.  Maybe we could ask them to interview networks that shelve
>          Emmy Winning Shows before they ever get a chance???

>          Anyway, I'm still on an Anti-"Civil Wars" kick right now.
>          ABC has pushed this show so hard at the public, and basically 
>          stole our original night and time that set up HOMEFRONT to
>          the winner that it is!!!  Anyone else notice this???  Quite
>          frankly, any show that has to use nudity to get an audience
>          in the way Civil Wars did is off my list of even "I'm too
>          board to change channels on the tv".  This is just another
>          LA LAW rip-off, which deals with the same subject week after
>          week after week.  Very Boring, no creativity.  HOMEFRONT 
>          supposedly had the greatest number of responses with the 
>          SAVE OUR SHOW campaign.  However, I read recently that many
>          fans had trouble finding it on the network, didn't know the day
>          or times, (it switched so often), and many had thought it 
>          was cancelled after the first season.  We need to emphasize
>          to ABC, TPTB, and Lorimar productions that HOMEFRONT was never
>          given a chance!  And that for what they (HF) were given, they've
>          turned it to gold!!!  I'm still a firm believer that HOMEFRONT
>          should be moved back to it's old slot of Tuesdays, 9:00pm (CST),
>          to gather it's old followers again, and get it out of the lineup
>          of such "terribly written" shows as "Delta" and "Room for Two"  
>          (I think that's the name, the one with the star from "ALICE").

>          Anyway, I'm also requesting for any addresses that need to be
>          written to, in addition to the following:

>                       HOMEFRONT
>                       c/o Lorimar Television
>                       10202 W. Washington Blvd
>                       Culver City, CA  90232

>           I had saved this address from a previous post when the show
>           had first began.  Please post!  And Save the HOMEFRONT!!!

>           Thanks for readings some of the ramblings!   ;-)

>                                     Keep the Homefires Burning!!!

>-- 
>                                            TK
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
>All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


There was an article (AP) in my local paper last night about the decline of 
"Drama" shows.  It said with the exception of Northern Exposure most good 
dramas are in the bottom of the ratings.  It then went on to talk about 
Homefront and what a bum rap it has been given with the switch of time 
slots, nights, and the every other week format.  It quoted Lynn Marie Latham 
as saying how surprised and upset she is at the hiatus because she was told 
ABC would give them a straight shot at programming in January and February 
to help get their viewership up.  Isn't Going to Extremes on Tuesday night 
when Homefront used to be on.  According to the article it is doing even 
worse than Homefront in the ratings.  I think ABC should put Coach and 
Homefront back on on Tuesday night, that was a good format!

Has anyone written their letter yet?  If so, could you post it so I can get 
an idea of what is being written.  Thanks.

Kim
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