Battle of The Planets and bringing drama to kids television.

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Battle of The Planets and bringing drama to kids television.

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Potential buyers actually quite liked what they saw, but they weren't ready to commit to such a different-looking program - and one that was primarily a drama on top of it. Most afternoon children's programming was made up of repackaged comic cartoon series and shorts like Woody Woodpecker and other similar characters. Programmers were hesitant to change a working strategy that pulled in solid viewer numbers for a single untested program. So Battle of the Planets' very uniqueness was also proving to be its ruin in sales. "All of this creative production is all well and good, but it doesn't mean a thing if TV station program buyers don't see the future beyond Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry reruns," Sandy Frank once lamented.
This, second only to the miraculous turn around of WNEW saving the series from not even being born, is my favorite story of Battle Of The Planets.

Sure it was sugared up drama but it all did get through to the child viewers who couldnt get enough of the danger and excitement G-Force was in every weekday afternoon.

Do you have any personal stories about the drama on Battle and how it was compelling to you as a youngster?
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