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Greetings Night Creatures! We have made a very difficult decision to leave the comforts of local access and attack our national exposure avenues with all our might. We’ve absolutely LOVED being a part of local Austin Television for nearly 6 years. And we’ve treasured hosting creepy-creature features on local cable and bringing these sometimes forgotten classics to the late-night audiences. But local cable was never planned to be a permanent home for us, and indeed was always intended to see what kind of fan base we could acquire with this kind of show and what kind of response we’d get. In fact, originally we pitched the show waaay back in 2000 to local stations KNVA 54, K-EYE, and our local Fox and WB Stations. All presented the same response. ‘Horror Hosted Theatres were a thing of the past, and no one would want to watch, except in October’.
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Did we get the message? Yes, after we premiered weekly on local cable we got the message loud and clear. From The Austin Film Festival and an all-night horror-thon presentation with Tobe Hooper to The Alamo Draft House and the World Premiere of Freddy vs. Jason, from yearly Goodwill Halloween promotions to seasonal appearances, official promotions with Universal Studios, billboards, hosting on Spike TV, national radio and more. We’ve always done this for the fans of the horror hosted genre and that will continue to be the case now…the fan base has just gotten BIGGER. Much BIGGER…and not just in October! Hehehehe. Fangoria Entertainment has proven to be a firm, solid home for us. We’ve been with Fangoria TV now for almost two years and things have been really picking up. We’ve shot many trivia segments and hosted bits for them, and can be seen every week on Fangoria TV. Currently, Fangoria TV is an online channel, with over 4 hours of new free programming to check out each week…with more to come! We have several new shows now in development (including a Horror Trivia Game Show, a Horror Talk show, and yes, our very own Horror Hosted Theatre once again for a national audience). There is also an original anthology horror series in the works with Fangoria with original terror tales penned by some of the genre’s best up and comers and with plans to have them all produced here in Austin by the team at Broom Closet Studios (The Legend of Ghostwolf, The Magnificent Dead) So much potential for great new things means that unfortunately we have to make a move and leave some things behind. Other circumstances made the choice to end our local run an obvious one. For example: The NEW season at PACT starts in February, and one of the sudden changes to taped shows is that the length (which used to be 59:30) is now 58:30 to make room for more banners, announcements and commercials (for programming not product). But this, in essence, means that ALL of our programming for the past 5 years is no longer within time requirements, which means we either RE-EDIT all of them to take out a minute of time, or we start producing new shows like crazy to fill our quota. Remember, we’re still around, Austin will always be our home and each and every Halloween, look for us to promote the best Halloween costumes and seasonal fun, and look for Griffin to teach his yearly class at UT…and of course visit us at our new home on Fangoria TV. Not for the last time… Rest In Peace, Prof. Anton Griffin. http://www.midnightshadowshow.com
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Turner Network Television
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