Andromeda And Mutant X Cancelled

dmehus writes "Science fiction fans may be dismayed to learn that "Mutant X" and "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda" have been cancelled, despite the fact "Andromeda" had been cleared for a final season beginning in the fall. That prospect seems highly unlikely as the show's producer, Fireworks Entertainment, is shutting its doors for good and owner CanWest Global Communications (which also owns canada.com, the National Post, Global Television, and a bunch of other media assets) announced it will take a $159 million writedown on Fireworks. The news means "Mutant X" has a series total of three seasons and 66 episodes, while "Andromeda" will have a series total of 88 episodes in four seasons. Slashdot has previously covered 'Andromeda'."

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Serously though

[Anonymous Coward]

Neither of these are very GNU/Linuxy are they?

for those aussies interested

[Anonymous Coward]

Canwest owns Channel Ten in Australia.

Re:88 and rough end is tough fate in TV biz...

[TastyWords]

88 happens to be the number of keys on a piano (there was a criminal in Dick Tracy known as 88 Keyes) and the number of constellations.

Back to the subject

Here's the url for a DejaGoogle discussion about what's really going on (you might have to scroll to the top of the messages to see the entire thread.

Re:Fireworks did put out some decent genre TV

[Anonymous Coward]

So, in other words, no.

Re:Yet another quality Slashdot communitycancellat

[JollyFinn]

Here is the rerun.
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Re:PORT SCANNING IS ILLEGAL, LINUX ASSHOLES!

[Anonymous Coward]

You should see all the packets coming from 0.0.0.0 on port 67! Theres thousands of the fuckers! I'm calling me ISP right now..

Re:Fireworks did put out some decent genre TV

[rabbot]

La Femme Nikita was my favorite show. They need to start running reruns again.

Goatse.cx is Alive and Well

[Anonymous Coward]

its now www.goat.cx