Complex sentence: After this first screening Channel 9 took the unprecedented step of inviting viewers to write in if they wanted to see more; the result was one of the largest viewer responses in the station's history, with thousands of letters sent in requesting more episodes.
Split into simpler sentences: After this first screening Channel 9 took the unprecedented step of inviting viewers to write in if they wanted to see more. The result was one of the largest viewer responses in the station's history, with thousands of letters sent in requesting more episodes.