Pop N Good #2

I am not the only one anxious to see it come back to screens (or computers) and fans of the show have launched a campaign to convince the network to greenlight a second season. They are writing letters, voting online, and in a novel move, giving blood.
    This is not the first time fans of an endangered TV show have rallied together to try and save it.
    After Jericho was not brought back for a second season, fans sent 20 tons of nuts to CBS headquarters, succeeding in convincing the network to make seven more episodes before the second, and final, cancellation.
    Veronica Mars’ fans launched ongoing campaigns to save the show that included sending 10,000 Mars and Snickers bars and 350 pounds of marshmellows to The CW headquarters. They also hired one of those awesome planes with a “renew Veronica Mars” banner, and handed out more than 30,000 leaflets. It breaks my poor little heart that they were unsuccessful in getting it a fourth season. Veronica Mars was so sassy.
    The fan campaign for Firefly bore fruit, after a dedicated campaign that included an ad in Variety got the show released on DVD, and then convinced Universal Studios to produce the film Serenity. Which was awesome, because Nathan Fillion
is a god.
    My Googling told me that similar campaigns are numerous, though most end in tears. I however don’t scoff at this sort of collaborative fan action. If you love a show that is going to be cancelled, why not try and save it? If I were fortunate enough to live in the homeland of all my favourite shows (USA) I would jump on any bandwagon to save a series I enjoy.
    In the end though, I can’t help feeling disheartened as so many good shows lose out to the only thing that matters in the end – ratings. The ratings system seems flawed, but even worse than that, the viewership choices of the average American are shit. 63 bazillion Americans tune in to American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, but not enough of them can recognise the genius of Arrested Development? Shame. Shame on you.