Where should I bring my old TV set?

Why not move on to another TV show?

  • Noticed ever since certain shows like V got canceled, one large group of fans on facebook have been writing letters since last march/april to networks like TNT and now CW and in some cases boycotting ABC. But one thing though, although one producer from this show and some of the cast have expressed being flattered by the fans' efforts I doubt they think this group can pull it off but I could be wrong. Another thing is this the show's props have been sold, the set itself is being reused and everyone who worked on the show actors, writers, producers, etc... have all moved on and are working on other projects. Point is, it looks like the whole thing is a lost cause. Although the series The Game was brought back last year and was BET's high rated show in the channel's history efforts by fans do NOT always bring a show back. Also, I'm the kind of person who has an eclectic taste, meaning I watch other TV shows, movies, etc... whereas fans of a certain show only watch that particular series and not much else. Although a year ago I did read somewhere about V getting moved to the CW network but that didn't go anywhere, same thing for another ABC series called Invasion which was canceled in 2006. Though I'm surprised that fans of different shows haven't considered other efforts, for instance, if a series is canceled, why not write a script for a spin off? I've seen some shows where the writers had episode ideas or storylines planned out for another season and either wound up on the shelf or were used in some other way like this... Recently, the writers for the series, Smallville announced they'll be writing an 11th season and publishing it as a novel. Granted, I used to get upset when some of my favorite shows got canceled but once I did research on the cancellation procress I understood how and why network/studio executives and producers decide to cancel a series or renew it and it's not an easy task.Plus, a lot of time and effort goes into making an episode. Now when a show I like gets canceled, I simply watch the re-runs and find another show to fill in that gap. Why not do the same thing?

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    For some reason, certain fans refuse to accept the fact that their show got canceled, and they feel the need to try and save it. They can not get it through their heads that not enough people watched that show to make it worth keeping it going.

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Cause there are those rare times when shows get brought back because of persistent fans. I always thing of the Jericho story when the show got cancelled, ratings were low, and the fans did this thing when they sent the studio bags of nuts, and like a lot of them, because the last line of season 1 was "Nuts" (it makes sense in context) and the fans actually got the show renewed for a second season and some closure. Either way why not take a chance? There is that 1 out of 100 chance that it will work. Sometimes that kind of attention to a show actually makes the studio realise that if they bring the show back there may be more attention now. Another awesome example is Arrested Development. Show was cancelled at season 3 BUT it gained so much popularity and huge amounts of DVD sales so that now NBC (the studio which cancelled it originally) brought it back for another short season this year which will build up for a movie coming out soon after!

the 1 in a thousand shot that it MIGHT come back is always the glimmer of hope for some people check out TVTropes.com under 'Uncanceled' about the few shows that were either picked up by another network or got a 'stay of execution'... combine this phenomenon with rabid fans and some of the things will blow your mind... one oe the best examples about a show being saved is JAG that aired like half a season on NBC and moved to CBS for 9 full seasons plus launched a spin off (which has lasted 9 years w/o showing signs of weakness and launched a spin off of its own) -- as I recall JAG was saved by the creator shopping it around rather than a fan request, but its still works as an example fo "They don't know what they're doing." which is the rallying cry of any armchair programming director another case is Arrested Development which ran 3 years on Fox, was canceled, left off the air for 3 years and is now coming back to a Cable network, and building up to a film version -- the petitions didn't directly work, but impressed some of the Creators who then went the extra mile to get it back in production

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