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As most of you know on Friday David Kemper, Ben Browder, and Richard Manning announced there would be no 5th season of Farscape.
Well I believe we can make a difference....
But we must remain intelligent, insightful, make good points, and always remain scapers.
We should do as David, Ben, Richard, and Anthony asked and always remain polite, do not threaten, do not insult. When writing its ok to show your sadness and to even show your anger to a degree but always remain scapers and don't take the low road when addressing the issues. Make good points.
For instance:
Farscape is Sci-Fi's highest rated series to date with the exception of John Edwards and he's not even sci-fi.
According to David Kemper, "Unrealized Reality" received a Nielsen Rating of 1.5. That equates to 1.5 million viewers tuning in to watch that particular episode.
Farscape has a vast and varied intelligent viewing audience
Farscape has won numerous awards for the show and its actors
TV GUIDE calls it "The best science fiction series on TV".... USA Today touts it as "TV's best space series".. and Farscape was named in Newsday "The Year's Best in TV"....
The press has hailed Farscape as "The Best Sci-Fi on TV" by TV Guide, "TV's Best Space Series" by USA Today, and "The Year's Best in TV" by Newsday. A TV Guide cover proclaimed Farscape's Claudia Black and Gigi Edgley as two of the "Sexiest Stars in the Universe," and TV Guide Ultimate Cable called Ben Browder one of the "Sexiest Men in the Universe."
Farscape is one of the ONLY original series that sci-fi runs...that's not been run on other channels previously (ex dead zone and sg1 and the outer limits all were run on other networks) In other words keep your mails and faxes and telegrams and phone messages professional and intelligent and they will listen..
DO NOT send crackers, packages, doodads, toys or anything else
David Kemper: Remember that furious people are "nuts." Angry, but civil and controlled people are "fans." Networks listen to "fans." Remember we're dealing with a corporation and they'll blow you off if you send something they consider silly
I have dealt with both USA and Sci-Fi before personally and have found them to be very hard to communicate with..so make your points clear to them without being insulting
Its VERY important that we inundate Sci-Fi and EMTV This coming Monday thru Friday. however we should not stop until we hear something positive from them. The "Big Push" is the most important Remember 09-09-2002 thru 09-13-2002 are THE MOST IMPORTANT dates to flood SCI-FI and EMTV with our support and show them a united front. Keep bodies in the chat room at irc.scifi.com port 6667 #farscape The official Save Farscape Central Room (or the war room as I've been calling it) because sci-fi will be visiting and we need to show we're a force to be reckoned with.
Before I move onto the ideas, I'd like to thank all the scapers who are too numerous to name that helped put all the contact info together and also helped me with the server business and keeping the moral high in the room. Many thanks from the bottom of my heart guys and the cast and crew feel the same way. Every time they come into the chat room to say hi or just look in they are ALWAYS amazed at how we've pulled together and shown our support.
Keep up the good work and NEVER SAY DIE!
Now onto the ideas:
1. Hand Written Mail, Faxes, Telegrams, Phone Calls, and Priority Mail (like FedEx and UPS) to SCI-FI and EMTV. The reason I suggest the FedEx and the ups is because it looks like something important and will go to the desk of Michael Jackson and Bonnie Hammer.
DO NOT PUT SAVE FARSCAPE ON THE FRONT it will go right into the trash. Put a company name or something very professional looking.
2. Rally your local area to do the same campaign with letters and hand written petitions from your area
3. Print up Save Farscape flyers with the EMTV info and the SCI-FI info listing Michael Jackson and Bonnie Hammers names. Place them in your local bookstores, comic shops, coffee shops, game shops (especially if they have the Farscape game in stock) and place petitions in those shops as well if they'll allow it. Most will not have a problem with you putting a flyer in their windows and getting a petition in their shops. There's also usually a place to place multiple flyers for people to take home (in other words print up reams of paper its cheap and leave em there)
4. Contact your local entertainment media. Newspapers and local broadcast can be helpful
5. If you can travel to NYC or live in NYC picket sci-fi studios for the next week. (Monday thru Friday) Make Save Farscape Banners and try to get the word out about sci-fi canceling the show. Because sci-fi doesn't want it leaked yet. They never intended to tell us until end of the 4th season. So its important to inform the public. The more people that know, the more likely they are to lose viewer ship and have the public come at them full force.
6. Gather together, take contributions do whatever it takes to take out adds in magazines like Variety, E Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, local papers, online publications, sci-fi magazines everywhere you can get it in print.
7. Target Sci-fi sponsors as well. Dell Computers is one of the more prominent sponsors for the show but sci-fi has many sponsors so target them all and email and bombard them as well
8. Hit up the other networks that might be willing to buy Farscape and run it such as UPN TNT Showtime and other stations...use the same methods mail them and phone them and fax them and telegrams them with your interest in the show. Many of these networks have shown and interest in the show and the names and addresses of the proper people to contact are in the contacts.txt file attached to this email.
Post this email along with all the contact info on your web pages, bboards, groups and everywhere else you can to get the word out on what to do and how best to be heard.
In closing I'd like to say
For those of you who have expressed their thanks, none is necessary I do this and will continue to do this because I love you guys and the scaper community and all the friends I've made among the cast and crew of Farscape. All of you hold special places in the cast and crews hearts. Every time I talk to them they are constantly amazed by the amount of support that we show for them everyday. They do this show for you guys and your enjoyment and they've enjoyed doing it as much as we enjoy watching it. To all those that volunteered time and effort into finding out contact info and phone numbers I am eternally grateful without you we would not be able to get the ball rolling as fast as we're doing. For those that have persevered thru flooding in the room and listening to me babble on and be a cheerleader for the movement I love ya guys! A special shout out to JustRed-dammit who helped a great deal with proofing reading and helping me to put everyone‚s contact info together for this email. And special thanks to the cast and crew for popping in the room to keep our spirits high and keep the momentum going. And lastly Keep your butts in the #farscape room this next week. We need as many bodies as we can get cause sci-fi WILL take notice of their switchboards and faxes being tied up all the time as well as the bboard crashing from the posts we've been putting up and come looking. And remember post this email and the contact list to every bboard, group, website and anything else you can think of and forward it to your friends. NEVER SAY DIE
GUYS FARSCAPE LIVES!!!!!
For those interested in saving the show here is all the contact information:
USA NETWORKS
SCIFI CHANNEL
AUDIENCE SERVICES
1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS F115
NEW YORK, NY 10020-1513
phone #s:
212-413-5000
OR
212-413-5821
OR
212-413-5577
email:
programming@scifi.com
online petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SAVE_FARSCAPE/
Hallmark makes $3.8 billion per year. they help pay for FS.
Hallmark Entertainment
P.O. Box 2116
Radio City Station
New York, NY 10101-2116
Creation Entertainment
1010 N. Central Ave. 4th Floor
Glendale, CA 91202
Phone: (818) 409-0960
Fax: (818) 409-0827
email Entertainment Tonight and beg them to do a story on this and
how many of us are working HARD to fight it!!!
email address for Entertainment Tonight:
et@pde.paramount.com)
EM is part of what cancelled FS, alongside scifi.
EM.TV & Merchandising AG Betastr. 11 D-85774 Unterföhring
Telephone: +49 (0) 89 995 00-0 Fax: +49 (0) 89 995 00-111
more addresses:
The Scifi Channel
Rockefeller Center
PO BOX 331
NY, NY 10185
Angela Mancuso
President of Cable Programming
USA Networks, Inc.
8800 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Mr. Barry Diller
President/CEO
USA Networks, Inc
8800 Sunset Blvd, Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Mr. Charles Engel
Executive Vice President, Programming
Studios USA
8800 Sunset Blvd. Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90069
1-212-413-6531 -- SciFi Channel FAX
Bonnie Hammer
Senior Vice President of Programming
c/o The Sci-Fi Channel
USA Networks
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Michael Jackson
President of Programming
c/o The Sci-Fi Channel
USA Networks
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
These guys own Henson
EM.TV & Merchandising AG
Betastr. 11
D-85774 Unterföhring
Telefon: +49 (0) 89 995 00-0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 995 00-111
BBC
PO Box 1922
Glasgow, G2 3WT
BBC phone #:
08700 100 222
Scfi Programming comments and suggestions:
program@www.scifi.com
British Science Fiction Association:
bsfa@enterprise.net
BBC Points Of View
pov@bbc.co.uk
British Scifi channel
http://www.uk.scifi.com/htmlsite/contactus.asp
Vivendi Universal Entertainment
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
USA
Telephone #s:
+1 818 777 1000
212-314-7300
Dell advertises for scifi a LOT. contact them about this!
Dell Computer Corporation
One Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas 78682
USA
TV Guide:
www.tvguide.com/about/contact.asp
Multichannel News
245 West 17th Street 3rd floor
New York, NY, 10011
tel- 212-645-0067
The Associated Press:
David Bauer or Bruce DeSilva
The Associated Press National Desk
50 Rockerfeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
email address for either person:
Info@AP.org
Letters Department
TV Guide
Radnor, PA 19088
Parade Magazine
Walter Scott
Box 5001
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10164-5001
Us Weekly Letters
1290 Avenuue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-0291
fax: 212-767-8214
Entertainment Weekly
1675 Broadway New York
NY 10019
email: letters@ew.com
People Time & Life Building
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
fax: 212-522-0794
email: editor@people.com
New York Times:
letters@nytimes.com
Maureen Dowd
(LA Times journalist & Farscape fan)
LA Times:
letters@latimes.com
Chicago Sun Times:
Robert Feder, Reporter of the entertainment section:)
feder@suntimes.com
Chicago Tribune:
Tim Bannon is the editor of the Tempo/Entertainment section. His
email addy:
TBannon@tribune.com
A Johnson of the Chicago Tribune
AXJohnson@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune:
435 N. Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il 60611
fax#: 312-222-2598
Boston Globe:
b_mccabe@globe.com
USA Today:
editor@usatoday.com
Letters to the Editor
The Washington Post 1150 15th St, NW
Washington, DC 20071
Networks to Mail with your interest in them carrying Farscape
UPN
Dean Valentine (CEO)
Adam Ware (COO)
Todd Lituchy (Sr VP, Sched & Aquisitions)
Danielle Greene (Alternative Development, Current programming)
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: 310-575-7000
fax: 310 575 7210
E-mail: mailto:feedback@upn.comfeedback@upn.com
SHOWTIME
Jerry Offsay (Pres., programming)
Mathew Duda (VP, aquisitions and planning)
Gary Levine (VP., Original programming)
Showtime Networks
10880 Wilshire Blvd. Stes. 1500 & 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90024
phone 310-234-5200
fax: 310-234-5393
and on the East Coast
Mathew C Blank (Chairman, CEO)
Frank Pintauro (Sr VP, Creative Director, Original Programming)
Showtime Networks
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
phone: 212-708-1600
Fax: 212-708-1217
TNT
Robert DeBitetto (pres, original programming)
Julie Wietz (exec vp. original programming)
Turner Network Television
1888 Century Park East, 14th Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90067
phone: 310-551-6300
or
Turner Network Television
1050 Techwood Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
phone - 404/827-2599
phone - 404-827-1647
fax - 404/827-1700
fax - 404 - 885 - 4318
Scifi Mags to mail to about the cancelation
Cinefantastique-Anna Kaplan is a big supporter
Cinefantastique
7240 W. Roosevelt Rd.,
Forest Park, IL 60130
(708) 366 5566
Cult Times, TV Zone, and Starburst- Ian Spelling is our guy here
Cult Times Visual Imagination Limited. PMB #469
PO Box 6061
Sherman Oaks, CA 91413
Phone 1 818 980 1727
Fax 1 818 980 6061
Dreamwatch-Joe Nazzaro is our article writer
Dreamwatch Magazine
Titan Magazines
144 Southark ST
London SE1 oUP
LA Office-
Alberto Ortega
PO Box 48438
Los Angeles, CA 90048
SFX
Future Publishing
30 Monmouth Street
Bath
BA1 2BW
Tel : (01225) 442244
Fax: (01225) 732248
Jayne Dearsley – Ben Browder interview
Jayne.dearsley@futurenet.co.uk
Official Farscape Magazine-these people will all be out of jobs if this happens!
Farscape Magazine
Titan Magazines
144 Southwark Street
London, SE OUP, UK
farscape@titanemail.com-this is the editorial contact and letters can get published
Sci-Fi The Official Magazine of the Sci-Fi channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10020
(212)413-5000
Starlog Group, Inc.,
475 Park Avenue South,
New York, NY 10016
E-mails:
scifiweekly@scifi.com mailto:scifiweekly@scifi.com
program@www.scifi.com mailto:program@www.scifi.com
feedback@www.scifi.com mailto:feedback@www.scifi.com
Tom Vitale (head of programming at Scifi): tvontv@scifi.com mailto:tvontv@scifi.com
Fax Number: 1-212-413-6531
SciFi Channel viewer comment line: (212) 413-5000. (Ask to leave a message for Farscape on the Viewer Comment Line. May not be available after business hours)
SciFi Channel programming line: (212) 413-5821.
SciFi Channel comments line: (212) 413-5577.
(These two mailboxes fill up very fast, so if they are full please wait 24 hours and call back again!)
Western Union (for online telegrams): www.westernunion.com http://www.westernunion.com
Another telegram service: www.sendatelegram.com http://www.sendatelegram.com
Two Web based fax services to fax for free: http://www.tpc.int/sendfax.html
http://www.interpage.net/sub-wwwfax.html
Matt Roush (at TV Guide)
Box 500
Radnom, PA 19088 - 0500
TV Guide at TVGuide.com and
http://cheersandjeers@tvguide.com/about/contact.asp and http://www.tvguide.com/about/contact.asp
Letters Department TV Guide
Radnor, PA 19088
People Magazine People.com
Entertainment Weekly www.ew.com/ew/staff/
The Celebrity Cafe www.thecelebritycafe.com/
7 Magazine (Australian Magazine) www.sevenmag.com.au/themag/index.html
@NZone Magazine www.atnzone.com/
Allstylz.com - Urban life in the city (Toronto)
www.allstylz.com/page/main.htm
Entertainment Today www.ent-today.com/
In Style Network - www.instylenetwork.com/index40.shtml
Midwest Today Online www.midtod.com/
New Weekly Magazine - Australian Entertainmment Magazine)
www.community.ninemsn.com.au/newwekkly/
Radio Free Entertainment www.radiofree.com/manifes...its1.shtml
TV Scene Magazine Online www.b-movie.com/tvhome.html
Hollywood Reporter..... www.hollywoodreporter.com/
Entertainment Tonight....... etonline.com/
Robert Bianco, USA Today's TV Critic http://cgi1.usatoday.com/mchat/20020909005/tscript.htm
SciFi Talk and Tony Telado: scifitalk@aol.com mailto:scifitalk@aol.com
IGN at http://filmforce.ign.com/
Cinescape at http://www.Cinescape.com
SFCrowsNest at http://ww0w.computercrowsnest.com/index.html
EOnline e-mail: wanda@eonline.com mailto:wanda@eonline.com
Hollywood Reporter at www.hollywoodreporter.com/ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/
Dark Horizons at www.darkhorizons.com http://www.darkhorizons.com
Science Fiction Weekly at: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/letters.html E-mail: scifiweekly@scifi.com mailto:scifiweekly@scifi.com
For UK Folk:
www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/feedback/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/feedback/index.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/pov/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pov/ (this is for comments on programming, schedules and more)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/feedback
08700 100 222 (24 hours a day)
British Science Fiction Association: bsfa@enterprise.net
British Sci-Fi Channel: http://www.uk.scifi.com/htmlsite/contactus.asp
On-line Petitions:
Save My Show: http://www.savemyshow.com/shows/farscape.htm
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/SAVE_FARSCAPE
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/frellno/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/scaper1/petition.html
Other Save Farscape Pages:
http://www.karlsweb.com/ (some great pictures to use in your letters and postcards!)
http://homepage.mac.com/chryse/Guiding%20Star/Cancelled.html
http://www.farscapeweekly.com/cancelled.htm
http://mysite.freeserve.com/TheFarscapeLoungeRPG/index.jhtml
http://farscape.wdsection.com/
http://scorpius-farscape.tv/0master/savefarscape.html
http://www.underhive.com/Bamphalas/savefs.htm
http://66.168.92.67:8080/wormholepostcard02.jpg (a wormhole postcard by Vesh)