assign any blame to Freiberger in this manner. From an interview by Canadian Kevin McCorry with Fred Freiberger in regard to Space: 1999 not being picked up for a third season: "Because the powers in control decided that the first season was not successful does not mean that the productions were not well done in terms of the acting, the directing, the stories. There are many reasons why a series is canceled other than quality of the episodes. Ratings are the economic driving force. Are people watching the series? Obviously not enough. Lew Grade and his advisors decided that if the show was to succeed in the second year, it could not be the same as the first season. Changes were made. And obviously, the public did not respond so the series came to an end. It seems to me a waste of energy to argue that one year was better than the other—neither season attracted enough audience to sustain the series". References External links Fred Freiberger at Find a Grave 1915 births 2003 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople American expatriates in the United Kingdom American prisoners of war in World War II American science fiction writers American male screenwriters American television writers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery Businesspeople from Los Angeles Businesspeople from New York (state) People from Hollywood, Los Angeles Jewish American screenwriters Television producers from California World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Writers from Los Angeles Place of birth missing American male novelists American male television writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from California 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century pseudonymous writers 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews