Editing Jupiter Moon (section)

==Broadcast==
Jupiter Moon was commissioned to fulfill the perceived need for a [[soap opera]] in [[British Satellite Broadcasting]]'s line-up and, as such, it was shown three times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6.30pm), with an [[omnibus (broadcast)|omnibus]] edition at weekends on BSB's [[Galaxy (British television)|Galaxy]] channel from 26 March until 30 November 1990.<ref name="BSBTVM"/> 150 episodes were commissioned and made, but only the first 108 were broadcast by BSB. The series was curtailed owing to the merger between BSB and [[Sky Television (1984–1990)|Sky Television plc]] and the subsequent cessation of the Galaxy channel. Sky was unable to continue the broadcast of the series, as, unlike BSB, Sky's transmission area covered various European territories where Jupiter Moon was already being shown. The later episodes were eventually shown in the UK on the [[Sci Fi channel (United Kingdom)|Sci Fi Channel]] between 22 January and 19 February 1996, as part of a complete run of the series.<ref name="Blackwood"/>

The programme was also broadcast by television channels in countries including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Jamaica, Zambia, Gibraltar and several of the Gulf States.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Wood |first=Stacy |date=25 September 1990 |title=News from BSB |publisher=BSB }}</ref>

The soap was screened on [[GBC TV]] (Gibraltar television) ahead of its premiere on BSB's own Galaxy channel. The soap was seen in the British Overseas Territory every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7.30 pm, having taken the slot formerly occupied by EastEnders which had become too expensive for GBC TV.