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Shiny!
Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2005

Sci Fi has picked up Firefly reruns.

Could this mean more new episodes? Here's what someone who commented at Slashdot had to say about that very idea.

"Actually, when Fox picks up a television program the contract that they make everyone sign says that Fox owns the broadcast rights to the series for ten years. This is Fox's idea of controlling what is shown on TV. If a show doesn't pan out the way Fox thinks it should, they can it, and no one else can pick it up. There was no stipulation about feature films in the broadcast contract, that's why Joss decided to take the story to the big screen.

If the Sci-Fi channel is showing the series, they would have had to buy out the broadcast contract from Fox. Assuming that the show pulls in some decent ratings, I wouldn't be surprised to see Joss writing a new season and production starting as early as this fall depending on availability of the cast."

More than likely, this is just a chance to promote the movie, but one can dream, right?

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