Fandoms don't go quietly into the night when their favorite programs receive less than favorable news! With CBS' Jericho, avid watchers sent the network bags of nuts after the show faced early cancelation. It bought them some time, but the series still came to an end only a handful of episodes later. Life Unexpected fans are already rumbling should The CW's May upfronts announcements be less than favorable for the freshmen family drama. Now, though, Legend of the Seeker fans are topping headlines about campaigns to save their favorite show.
The series, based on "The Sword of the Truth" books, was declined for renewal on March 4 2010 by the Tribune Company. At that time ABC had not decided the fate of the show. Fans began taking to Twitter to plead for petition signatures and media coverage so the show would have a fighting chance. When it was announced earlier this week that the show had officially been canceled, though, the fan efforts were stepped up quite a few notches!
Now groups of virtual strangers who came together over shared love of Legend... are organizing an ad campaign in a trade publication-- either Variety or The Hollywood Reporter. They are asking anyone who wants to see a third season of the sci-fi show to send in a donation towards the running of the ad, which, according to one fan is a "Thank You [for the program] and Please Reconsider [the cancelation]."
This group has already raised $3000 which is almost the cost of a half-page ad in such a publication, but they show no signs of slowing down! Their campaign doesn't stop at raising money for this ad, though; they are also out to spread awareness of the show in general, perhaps hoping to recruit even more to their fandom. It is being reported that some of the show's crew has even jumped on board to help promote these efforts through Twitter, Facebook, blogging, etc. You can learn more on their official website.
In Los Angeles, Legend of the Seeker airs on Sundays at 4pm on The CW (KTLA).
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This is great, sometimes companies don't know what they've got til its gone. At least this time they have a chance to avoid making that mistake.
I love how passionate the fans are of this show. I have donated and hope it helps. Thank you for spreading the word!
I've been an avid supporter of this campaign since the news first broke. I've spent hours raising awareness on Facebook, Twitter, and various other websites all across the internet, and I don't plan to stop until we can Save Our Seeker!
legend of the seeker is awesome. I hope they reconsider
let's show support !!! we won't stop until they give us what we want!!! legend of the seeker for a season 3, 4, 5 and many more !!!
The donations have only been active for under 24 hours and already nearly $4000, Seeker fans love their show so much!
Yes! I am soo proud of the Seeker fans! We are working hard to make sure our voices are heard and that this great show gets the time slot it deserves and the attention is deserves! =]
I have watched this show since the very first episode. It is now the only television show that I watch. I refuse to give up the fight! Do not give up on an amazing show.
PS. Since this morning, I have brought the show to the attention of 15 new fans! They have since sat down, watched what they could on YouTube and Hulu, and LOVE it!
Thanks for writing about Legend of the Seeker! I hope more publications write about our efforts. We can do it seeker fans!
Thanks for the positive coverage of the campaign. We're spreading the word about your article.
Thank you for the article, Legend of the Seeker deserves it.
Please Give Us Legend Of The Seeker Season 3??????????????
We All Seeker Fans Want A Third Season Soooooooooo Bad!!!!!!!!!!!
Legend of the Seeker is the best series ever a deserves that we fight for them.
Twitter just told me I have exceeded my updates limits, which sucks because I can't support the show for HOURS! Gaaah! I hate limits!
Anyway,thanks for the article, let's hope SOMEONE will see we're not just obsessed psychos but human beings who NEED this awesome show TO LIVE ;)
I've loved this show from the 1st ep!! I DO NOT want it to end. One of the best shows on TV right now!! I Hope they hear our cries and do what's right...give us more eps and seasons!! :)
Thanks for the coverage. We can't give up now!
They have to realize what a mistake they have made. We HAVE to get season 3!
Hello,
Thank you for writting an article related to Legend of the Seeker! We appreciate the additional attention to our cause. I've never been to this site before, I'll look around while I'm here to demonstrate my thanks!
Daniel
Thank you for taking the time to cover the trenches we are in. There is absolutely no good reason to cancel such a show.
The author has signed to write 3 more books. So this fandom is steadily moving forward.
Thanks for taking the time to write such a great article about Legend of the Seeker. We fans are doing everything we can to save our Seeker. It will be a true tragedy if they end up canceling this wonderful show.
Thanks for helping to spread the word!
Thank you for spreading the word! We are working hard for Season 3 of Legend of the Seeker
This show is crap.Poorly written and even worse acting. It is boringgggggg. Good riddance.
Thanks for covering Legend of the Seeker, it really is a fantastic show, I got hooked on it the first time I watched, it's VERY addictive. I hope Disney sees the light and somehow brings the fans season three, instead of trying to squeeze every drop of profit out of it.
Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for the coverage! We will continue to keep on making noise until we get our S3!! :D
I WILL NOT LOSE HOPE! WE, THE FANS, WILL HAVE ANOTHER SEASON!! (please...) I LOVE THIS SHOW WITH ALL MY HEART! AND NEVER HAVE I SEEN A LOVE AS BEAUTIFUL AS RICHARD & KAHLAN'S! COME ON SEEKER FANS! WE CAN WIN THIS THING!
SEEKER FANS:
Right now the best chance we've got is to post a "Thank You/Please Reconsider" ad in Variety Magazine to gain the attention of potential buyers of the show and essentially sell our viewership. Our goal is $6244 for a full page ad and currently we're at $4541.... We've raised 73% of our goal in just a little over 24 hours since the creation of the donate button. If you love this show and can afford to donate ANYTHING, $20, $10, $5... follow the link below, every little bit counts!
donate here: community.livejournal.com/legendofseeker/550376.html
for more info: saveourseeker.com/
thanks for your time! :)
SAVE OUR SEEKER!!!!!!
Thank you for spreading the word!
Legend of the Seeker deserves a season 3! Thank you so much for writing about our campaign and efforts to save the show. The more exposure we get, the more people will hear about it and possibly get curious and watch the show.
We won't stop fighting! Save Our Seeker!
thanks for writing about the legend of the seeker campaign and helping us spread the word
Thank You so much for the article, we have almost made the goal of over $6k for the ad, and we will continue to get the word out. If Disney is reading this, how about a 13 episode season instead of a 22 episode season. We understand that Disney was asking too much for the series or SyFy would have picked it up. So a 13 episode would be more affordable for them, please SyFy pick it up and I among others will subscibe to cable JUST to get our show, sounds good right?
WE MUST FIGHT TELL THE END AND NEVER LET THE EVIL FORCE - THOSE WHO WANT TO "CANCEL" US FROM THIS EARTH - FIGHT TO THE END!!!!
I will lead the Swedish LOTS fans into battle!
I'm the founder of the gayfanclub of Legend QX.com and I will do everything I can to save the Seeker!
this show should not end with only 2 seasons! there are so many bad productions which are having 9th season pfff. the best ones ending with just 2 seasons... this show has so many tales to tell why it is ending so early??? pls do not let it happened! we want at least our season 3!!!
Please save the show! There are TOO many people out here who love it, love the books and are fans of everything about it!
Awesome show should be saved and renewed for another season. Avid fanbase and high ratings. Great acting!!
Thanks for your support. We will fight until there is nothing left to do.
There is finally something worth watching on the talking box, and they want to cancel it! Like I need another version of Simon Cowell on the air.
There is no way in hell I'm giving up, I'm donating, I'm signing, I'm writing letter, and big thing getting the word out about helping.
Thanks so much for writing about this! As an update: The $goal$ for the ad campaign has been met and then some! Maybe you can do another article when the ad is published? This is a fan movement to be reckoned with. :)
WE WANT SEEKER!!!! WHOA!!
WE WANT SEEKER!!!
PLEASE don't cancel our favorite show!! It just needs more exposure! Long Live the Seeker!
I am new to the show but am a scifi freak. Somehow I missed viewing this until I found it on Netflix and watched every episode available and then started looking for show 20 or a 3rd Season to be more exact and then I found out that the show is still live and the show I need is on tomorrow. I love Legend of the Seeker, having been a Star Trek, Star Wars, Matrix and more type loyal fan for years. So like me I'm betting there are a bunch more fans that have missed seeing it the first time to begin to follow and love it. Great storylines, action, drama and magically effects. After Avatar more people will want to see and EXPERIENCE the emotions of Legend of the Seeker! Long live the show!
Go legend seeker we will save you
Ya seeker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really I think that seeker need to be show every were I saw it on a movie, that it was coming out since then nothing. Needs to be exposed more.
This show should be IN PRIME TIME! The best show on TV! If you’ve seen it-you understand. If you’ve never seen it-you don’t know what you’re missing! I’m tired of the networks not listening to the viewers. Don’t they realize that if we don’t watch them, how will they make money? I’m tired of reality shows, game shows, singing shows, etc.! I’m tired of people no longer caring about each other, or helping each other, or forgiving each other. Seeker is this and more! Not only are the episodes so exciting that you can’t take your eyes off of them, but it’s a program that you can watch and learn good things from. I’m tired of starting a program and 2 or 3 episodes later, the program is canceled. I AM SO TIRED OF MY VOICE NOT BEING HEARD! Are we not the ones they’re trying to get to watch their network? Why not put a place to vote, on the network website, and see how many people are interested in a program BEFORE they cancel it? Maybe they could make a big screen movie to complete it!
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