Alien Deflation (not good news)

Tomorrow’s online edition of MediaWeek is running a story that says 20th Century Fox has given up the production space for Roswell, and is distributing Roswell’s props to other shows.

Just a reminder, the current grassroots campagin is underway.

The article talks about the X-files leaving this season, then talks about Roswell. For copyright reasons, only a section of the article is presented below- the full text is available at the link above.

From MediaWeek.com:

Alien Deflation
Alan James Frutkin
MARCH 25, 2002 –

[…] Production on the show, from Regency Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television, already has wrapped for the season. But sources close to the drama said 20th has relinquished the program’s production space and is distributing the show’s cool props to other 20th series. UPN and 20th declined to comment. […]

The article goes on to talk about the show’s history, the original grassroots campaign that brought it back for season 2, and the ratings history on UPN.