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Each episode of ENT runs about $1.2-1.5 Million. So the contribution
is only 2 of 22 episodes.



The donation campaign is only weeks old, there may be more big dogs coming
to help out.

I dont know what the profit margin is or if that term applies
to television shows. But there is a money threshold somewhere.
And no doubt internal political postioning on such big decisions.
It may not have to finance the whole season. It may make it very
cheap for another network to pick up.
Uncharted territory. Nothing like this has ever happened.