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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    Watching an episode of the A&E Horatio Hornblower series on the Roku Channel. The show was first aired in 1999 and the series is decently done.

    Why did A&E abandon such programming?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      I really enjoyed that series.

      Abandoned because of cost (like “Rome”)?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        I dunno.

        The Lost Battalion was another well-done movie on A&E at about that same time.

        Historical dramas would seem to be programming that would wear well and be put back into the line-up periodically, thus spreading out the cost...

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          I dunno.

          The Lost Battalion was another well-done movie on A&E at about that same time.

          Historical dramas would seem to be programming that would wear well and be put back into the line-up periodically, thus spreading out the cost...

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          I’m pretty sure that was made by ITV in the UK rather than A&E. I don’t know what the Brits charge for their stuff but they still play uk series elsewhere.

          I was only joking

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          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

            I’m pretty sure that was made by ITV in the UK rather than A&E. I don’t know what the Brits charge for their stuff but they still play uk series elsewhere.

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            @Doctor-Phibes

            Yes it was an ITV production. I recall reading somewhere that it was cancelled or, at least postponed, owing to production costs. The lead actor though was interested in reviving it on the big screen.

            Elbows up!

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