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Reviews
Birdz (1998)
from the creator and director.
Thanks for the great review... yes it's sad that there was only one season.. here's a couple more reasons for the one season wonder thing!.( there are a number of one season wonders out there..did you see SAM and MAX?.. ).. Biggest reason,,BIRDZ aired on CBS saturday morning at eleven o'clock, after a two hour (adult)news block.. this was complete suicide.. of course there was no audience. ( the adult audience turned off CBS after the news was over)... the kids that may have been watching this network earlier in the day changed the channel already to disney or wb.. no brainer there!.. the show was totally original and had no pre-sold materials, such as books ( no huge publisher behind the show to push for a better time slot)or toys ( no monster merchandiser to persuade the producer to think twice) or movies..CBS had an educational mandate that held the creator and writing team to an "educational pro-social" theme for all episodes... that being so, the show was a bit softer (a bit too much time spent on moral issues) than need be at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. please check out my web site... .... for more info and my address. thanks again and I'm working on new stuff and hope to come up with something as interesting and charming as Birdz sometime in the future.