History Main / SendingStuffToSaveTheShow

* After Creator/{{Syfy}} cancelled the series after three seasons, fans of ''Series/TheExpanse'' hired a plane to fly a "SAVE THE EXPANSE" banner around the offices of several major streaming services. Amazon Studios stepped in and gave the series a new home at Amazon Prime Video, where it got three more seasons.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/History_of_Star_Trek_Fan_Campaigns saved by a letter-writing campaign]], with 116,000 letters sent in four months (while the fact the show was a KillerApp for color [=TVs=] also played a hand[[note]]NBC was owned by RCA, which made color sets.[[/note]], those letters also indicated higher-income fans, as they came from doctors, scientists, teachers, and other professionals[[note]]who could afford said color sets. Those things were ''expensive''.[[/note]]). As many as a million letters may have been received, no one is sure of the exact figure, and they came from ''everyone'' -- all ages and occupations. Cal Tech, MIT and NYU students began organising protest marches outside local NBC stations' offices. As far as sending stuff, fans had been producing zines -- amateur publications featuring art, original stories and speculations about the ''Star Trek'' universe -- almost from the beginning in '66. Copies of ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/T-Negative T-Negative]]'', ''[[https://archive.org/details/Spockanalia1 Spockanalia]]'' and others were mailed to the ''Star Trek'' studios; Roddenberry and the cast expressed surprised appreciation. Thus, NBC and Paramount were well aware of the level of fan interest, but it wasn't showing up in [[UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}} the Nielsen ratings]] -- this was before Nielsen refined their demographic analysis.[[note]]The often-quoted excuse that "they thought the show was mostly watched by little kids with no buying power" is often rebutted by those with experience in the world of children's television -- the kids may not have the money, but their parents do, and all kinds of [[TheMerch tie-in merchandise]] hit stores very early in Season One.[[/note]] It can be argued that Roddenberry was also sending stuff to save the show, by providing gifts and trinkets to the fans; fan mail was answered with enclosed film clip frames from the cutting room floor and autographed photos. Fans also received lists of mail-order premiums (later [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Lincoln_Enterprises Lincoln Enterprises]]) and a newsletter, ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Inside_Star_Trek_(Star_Trek_newsletter_in_English) Inside Star Trek]]''. The show was saved for a third season, which allowed it to meet the threshold number of episodes needed at the time for a syndication deal,[[note]] Kaiser Broadcasting, operating a small chain of local television stations along the West and East Coast, was the first syndication company to buy ''Star Trek''. Owner Henry J. Kaiser was a huge fan of the series[[/note]] which helped lead to films and spin-off series, and eventually a whole franchise as time went on.

* Creator/JossWhedon fans began sending in letters to save ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' months before the first episode even aired. While they [[FridayNightDeathSlot had]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork their]] [[Creator/TimMinear reasons]], Fox politely asked fans to wait until the series aired to start saving it. Ultimately, however, it did get renewed for another season.

** Another ongoing campaign is to get Creator/PaulMcGann an entire series as the seldom seen onscreen but runaway audio adventure hit Eighth Doctor. Paul ''himself'' has been one of the supporters. One of the byproducts of the acclaims to bring him back was "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Night of the Doctor]]".
* When Fox canceled ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' after the third season due to low ratings, fans were ''extremely'' pissed off, because it ended in a major {{Cliffhanger}} that has been set up the entire series, and raised hell (no pun intended) to bring it back. A massive online petition was started, with the hashtag [=#SaveLucifer=] trending for weeks. This got Warner Bros. to take action and shop the series around. [[JustInTime A day]] before the deadline for the series' contract expiration (which would have canceled it for good), it finally got a new home in Netflix, which renewed the series for a further three seasons.
* After the show's cancellation, fans of ''Series/TheExpanse'' flew a banner with the words "SAVE THE EXPANSE" on it in front of Amazon Studios. They got their wish.

* ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' and ''Anime/MacrossII'' got across the Pacific in large part because of this. The ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' series in general is an almost memetic example of ScrewedByTheLawyers, with no less than four companies all holding some part of the series' distribution rights and most of those companies ''hating'' each other. Despite this, pressure from both fans (who wanted a good series to make it across the Atlantic) and the rest of the industry (who wanted an awesome product out there to strengthen the anime market) managed to get the Japanese side of the pileup to agree to play nice and share the revenue, at the same time that Harmony Gold (the U.S. end of the crossfire) was in the middle of a major reorganization and not minding the store. This is probably not happening again for any future ''Macross'' series, however, at least until 2022, when the Macross international license problem will come to an end.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' campaign group Operation Head Pigeons and convention company Wasabi Anime joined forces for a letter writing campaign titled Project Massive in 2012. Invadercon II: Doomcon attendees sent letters to Nickelodeon with proof of donations to New York based charity Toys of Hope in lieu of physical items. Subsequently the mailing address went online for a second phase not requiring a donation, with visible Twitter-based support from Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz and Rikki Simons (voices of Zim and Gir respectively). Nick and creator Jhonen Vasquez ended up having several talks in the years following both because of these efforts and the show's success in reruns, resulting in [[ComicBook/InvaderZim a comic book series]] being announced in 2015 (which began running later that year) and a television movie called ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus'' that can loosely be considered a GrandFinale getting announced in 2017 (and released on Creator/{{Netflix}} two years later).

* Not just letters and posters of fan-arts, but a small group of fans actually held ''rallies'' located around the offices of major {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}-based networks for years to try and convince the big wigs to bring back the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork canceled]] ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. After Creator/ButchHartman left Nickelodeon in 2018, he also stated his passion for the series and a desire to see it return, telling fans to continue pushing for it. Eventually, [[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/86920-spring-2022-children-s-sneak-previews.html the show has been announced to return...]] [[http://www.nickalive.net/2022/09/danny-phantom-glitch-in-time-graphic.html?m=1 as a graphic novel]], done by Gaby Epstein of ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' fame, taking place where ''WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet'' left off and set for a release in summer of 2023.

* Dic's English dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' got this after initially being cancelled in 1996 due to poor ratings in syndication(which largely stemmed from the morning and afternoon timeslots it had been given which meant the show's target demographic was not watching it)fans of the show circulated a petition which got over 12,000 signatures and USA Network decided to air reruns of the show and ratings were good enough that Dic dubbed the remaining 17 episodes of season two. Then after USA cancelled the show following the conclusion of season two, Cartoon Network started airing it in it's Toonami block and the ratings skyrocketed, causing CN to also order English dubs of S and Super S and hiring Cloverway to do them.

** Years after ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Nathan Fillion jokinhly told an interviewer that he would buy the rights to ''Firefly'' if he had the money. Their hopes reignited, the Browncoats rallied together and sent not letters, not postcards, but ''checks'' to make it happen. It got so heated that Fillion himself had to step in and calm the fanbase down, but not before expressing how proud he was of the fans.

* * ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': After the show ended abruptly on a bleak cliffhanger, the show got axed as a tax write off due to the Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery merger. Many of the fans and series creator Olan Rogers were blindsided by this decision and refused to give up on the show. Olan in particular launched a Kickstarter campaign involving an animated short called ''Godspeed'', saying that the short will not only be heavily influenced by ''Final Space'' but also incorporate unused ideas from planned future seasons into it. Olan also made several products available on sale in his online shop Star cadet that demanded for the show’s renewal, including t-shirts and caps. it was not until April 24th when Olan announced [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IRg6C8mqhTk on his YouTube channel]] that he would get to conclude the show’s story in the form of a self-published graphic novel that is set to release in 2024.

* The ''Anime/SailorMoon'' "procott" is a strange example for a number of reasons. Instead of the network, it was targeted at the ''advertisers''. The plan was to buy a whole bunch of unfrosted strawberry Pop-Tarts on a single day, creating a sales spike that would demonstrate the fans' buying power and prove that the series was a good investment. Whether or not this ZanyScheme could have worked in the first place is debatable, but the really interesting bit was that ''the fandom was against it''. The original Creator/DiC dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' was notorious for [[DubInducedPlotlineChange questionable scripting]] and [[{{Bowdlerise}} some significant edits.]] A number of fans wanted the North American dub dead so that they could [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes keep their]] [[SubbingVersusDubbing fansubs]]. The split killed any chance of the stunt succeeding, and the fact that the chief organizing fan-group had a reputation for spreading false rumors and disinformation didn't help. The series was later brought back anyway after reruns did [[SleeperHit surprisingly well]] on Creator/CartoonNetwork. But Pop-Tarts were a in-joke in the fandom for some time thereafter.

* When Creator/{{Freeform}} cancelled ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' after three seasons, fans created petitions and the hashtag [=#SaveShadowhunters=] in an attempt to get the show uncancelled. There was some minor controversy when Freeform [[https://deadline.com/2018/12/freeform-shadowhunters-toy-story-popnknowledge-pixar-disney-abc-twitter-saveshadowhunters-1202521157/ included a jab at the fan protests]] in a ''Pop'N Knowledge'' presentation of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. Eventually, Freeform compromised by green-lighting the production of two extra episodes to [[WrapItUp conclude the main story and tie up the loose ends]].

* In 1998, for its theatrical re-release in Germany, the original German-language dub of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]]'', circa 1990, was replaced with a brand-new dub, with different actors voicing the characters (save for Beate Hasneau, who reprised her role as Ursula). [[AmericansHateTingle This redub became notorious among fans for being the absolute]] ''[[AmericansHateTingle worst]]'' [[AmericansHateTingle German redub that Disney has ever done, for both the questionable translation and the casting choices.]] When the film was released on the Platinum Edition line of [=DVDs=] in 2006, it still did not contain the original 1990 dub, and as a result, sales were disastrous. Things got so bad that fans actually petitioned to have the 1990 dub available the next time the film was released. Surprisingly, it worked; the original German dub (in Dolby Surround with 2.0 mixing) was made available when the film was next released on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2013. Unfortunately, however, when the film became available on the Creator/DisneyPlus streaming service, the 1998 redub was used again (even though the credits are from the original 1990 dub!).

* When Creator/{{Freeform}} cancelled ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' after three seasons, fans created petitions and the hashtag [=#SaveShadowhunters=] in an attempt to get the show uncancelled. There was some minor controversy when Freeform [[https://deadline.com/2018/12/freeform-shadowhunters-toy-story-popnknowledge-pixar-disney-abc-twitter-saveshadowhunters-1202521157/ included a jab at the fan protests]] in a PopUpTrivia presentation of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. Eventually, Freeform compromised by green-lighting the production of two extra episodes to [[WrapItUp conclude the main story and tie up the loose ends]].

* When Creator/{{Freeform}} cancelled ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' after three seasons, fans created petitions and the hashtag [=#SaveShadowhunters=] in an attempt to get the show uncancelled. There was some minor controversy when Freeform [[https://deadline.com/2018/12/freeform-shadowhunters-toy-story-popnknowledge-pixar-disney-abc-twitter-saveshadowhunters-1202521157/ included a jab at the fan protests]] in a PopUpTrivia presentation of ''Film/ToyStory''. Eventually, Freeform compromised by green-lighting the production of two extra episodes to [[WrapItUp conclude the main story and tie up the loose ends]].

** Years after the Big Damn Movie, Nathan Fillion told an interviewer (jokingly) that he would buy the rights to Firefly if he had the money. Their hopes reignited, the Browncoats rallied together and sent not letters, not postcards, but ''cheques'' to make it happen. It got so heated that Fillion himself had to step in and calm the fanbase down, but not before expressing how proud he was of the fans.

* Some ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' fans began to worry about the show's falling ratings during the third and fourth season, and started sending waffle mix to the network in a plea for them not to axe the show. It hung on for a while longer but was canceled after season five.

* Fans of the pre-Paul F. Tompkins multi-comedian version of ''Series/BestWeekEver'' once discussed sending in cans of soup to Creator/{{VH1}}, the point being that after ''Series/TheSoup'' became a hit, they didn't need another one-host pop culture-mocking clip show.

* In UsefulNotes/{{Finland}}, the atrociously bad voiceover group Agapio Racing Team, also known as Nordic Agapio, had their doors shut down for good after angry ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' fans sent in enough complaints about their ''Digimon'' dub to the show's distributor, who fired the group about a season or two into the series and hired another, much more competent group.

* ''Series/TheMole'' had a "Save the Mole" campaign in 2008, after ABC said halfway through the 5th season that they won't renew the show for a 6th season unless the ratings improved for the second half of the season. They sent in "lemonheads" (not the candy, but actual lemons with faces painted on them, after Paul's unofficial mascot for the season.) The first two seasons of the series were eventually picked up by Netflix in 2021, followed by them commissiong an entirely new season which was released in 2022. Whether this had anything to do with the campaigns seems dubious at best, though the continued fan presence for the series certainly coudn't have hurt.
* Fans of the pre-Paul F. Tompkins multi-comedian version of ''Series/BestWeekEver'' have discussed sending cans of soup to VH-1, the point being that we already have ''Series/TheSoup'', we don't need another one-host pop culture mocking clip show.
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' and ''Series/HolbyCity'' fans attempts to get [[FlatCharacter background]] [[GhostExtras extras]] into [[CharacterDevelopment proper characters]], e.g. in ''Casualty'' Big Mac, the porter, is a slightly minor character, but sometimes gets major storylines. (See the articles on ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'' for the {{Fandom}} involved.)
* After ''Series/{{Caprica}}'''s cancellation, fans launched a campaign consisting in sending bags of apples to Creator/{{Syfy}}, in reference to the show's promotional images.
* ''Series/TowerPrep'' fans have been trying to get the series a second season ever since the last episode's infamous cliffhanger ending. So far, they've sent in mass petitions, thousands of letters, some very impressive fanart, and more. One of the "Tower Prep Riot" group's more impressive feats was a month-long boycott of Creator/CartoonNetwork in its entirety. The show's fate is still undecided.

* ''Series/{{Hornblower}}'' fans (mostly fan girls) are known to organize postcard drives from time to time. Unfortunately to no success, but hope never dies. (The last installment of the miniseries aired in 2003.)

* Before ''Series/VeronicaMars'' was renewed for a second season, its fans organized a campaign to send in fake $2 bills with the words "Veronica Mars is smarter than me" written on them. Before it was renewed for a third season, a group of fans called [[http://community.livejournal.com/cloud_watchers/ Cloud Watchers]] organized a freakin' plane to fly over the Creator/{{UPN}} and Creator/TheWB buildings saying "Renew Veronica Mars! CW 2006!" Before the third season aired, fans even [[http://www.watchveronicamars.net/flyer_campaign/results/ spread around flyers for the show]]. When it was finally canceled at the end of the third season, some fans sent Mars Bars (and after they ran out, Snickers) to Creator/TheCW. It didn't work that time, unfortunately, though the series did eventually got a movie and a revival on Hulu many years later.

* A [=#RestoreTheSnyderVerse=] campaign sparked in the wake of the release of ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' to globally positive reception, this time aiming at continuing from where the film left off. Then-{=WarnerMedia=] Executive Ann Sarnoff had made it clear in a press release that Creator/WarnerBros had no intent to produce follow-ups. While Sarnoff lost her job along with Toby Emmerich and Walter Hamada in the creation of Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery, a newly appointed Creator/JamesGunn (as the co-head of Creator/DCStudios) made it more or less clear that a ContinuityReboot is happening under his watch. The first major sign of this was Creator/HenryCavill leaving the role of ComicBook/{{Superman}}, despite having [[RoleReprise reappeared]] in TheStinger of ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' at a time when Creator/DwayneJohnson tried to have input on the direction DC Studios was taking (the mediocre results of ''Black Adam'' likely had a part in Johnson losing influence over DC Studios to Gunn).

* ''Series/{{Cupid}}'' fans sent in letters, but were unsuccessful in saving the show. Years later, ended up {{Uncanceled}} for other reasons. Unfortunately, the new version suffered the same fate, as Creator/{{ABC}} aired it in the 10:00 pm hour on Tuesday nights, and repeatedly preempted it for another ultimately failed show, ''Series/TheUnusuals''.

* Fans of ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' sent in letters and sunflower seeds as well, but this appears to have been unsuccessful. NBC owns Creator/USANetwork, and the now-defunct show has more than a passing similarity to their then-fair-haired child show, ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', so ''The 4400'' may be a case of ScrewedByTheNetwork when all is said and done.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' was going to get canceled on UPN after its fourth season, ''when it was just getting good'' (which says many things about the show and the fans), so fans actually organized a money-raising campaign to essentially ''reimburse UPN for its losses.'' They actually succeeded in raising several million dollars, but it was canceled anyway.

* ABC canceled ''Series/PushingDaisies'' as of November 20, 2008, despite a daisy sending campaign from the fans. They dangled the show in limbo for a while before airing the last few episodes. There will, however, be a ''Pushing Daisies'' comic miniseries.

* Fans of ''Series/TheInvisibleMan'' sent in confetti and other sparkly stuff, but since this was during the anthrax scare these didn't get to the intended audience. The invisible man [[{{Pun}} hasn't been seen since]] (sorry!!!)

* Creator/ABCFamily Channel only purchased 1 season of ''Series/TheMiddleman''. Although fans sent in M&Ms chocolate candies (because right side up they invoke the Middleman himself, and upside down, they look like Ws, invoking Wendy Watson), the show was still canceled.
* The first season of ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' ended on more than one CliffHanger, but that didn't stop ABC Family from [[ScrewedByTheNetwork pulling the plug on it]]. Fans sent in postcards and letters, made phone calls, swarmed the feedback option on the website and started a Website/{{Facebook}} fan movement to get it back for at least one more season in order to get some closure. No dice.
* Fans of ''Series/{{Journeyman}}'' sent in Rice-A-Roni, to no avail.
* Fans of ''Series/{{Moonlight}}'' decided to go a different route and organize blood drives. Their efforts did not save their show.
* Sour Patch Kids, ''Series/KyleXY'''s favorite snack, were sent in an effort to save that show. There is an online petition floating about, as well. Unfortunately, since the show has been cancelled for two years and the actors have all moved on to do different things, it seems unlikely that it will be renewed for another season, or given a movie finale like ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Intensely irritating, since the series ended on a [[LeftHanging cliffhanger]].
* In addition to the usual letters and phone calls, one cheeky fan sent her (broken) TV to FOX to protest the cancellation of ''Series/TheLoneGunmen''.
* ''Series/TheDresdenFiles'' had a shortlived Save Dresden Files campaign in 2007 which consisted primarily of sending in drumsticks engraved with "SAVE DRESDEN FILES". Drumsticks were what Dresden used in the series as a blasting rod (or a wand, to those of you who aren't Dresden-savvy). Which is amusing since the show was under fire for TheyChangedItNowItSucks for most of its short run...
* ''Series/{{Cavemen}}'' fans (and yes, they did exist) sent in their own hair to protest the show's cancellation, apparently inspired by the nuts sent to save ''Series/Jericho2006''.

* ''Series/GuidingLight'' fans sent candles with the message "Keep the light shining!", but, by that time, the decision had already been made not to renew the show.
* Fans of ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' sent in bars of soap to CBS. After concerns that the soap might have contained anthrax (it ''didn't'', by the way), the FBI was called in to investigate.

* ''Series/{{Everwood}}'': It was CutShort so that the network could produce another show, past its prime days. ''Everwood'' fans rented a Ferris wheel outside of Dawn Ostroff's offices, attempting to help renew the show, but to no avail.

* Ever since ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' got canceled by Disney Channel, fans have been endlessly requesting that Creator/{{Netflix}} would pick up the rights to the show to continue it (complete with its own hashtag for the campaign, [=#GirlMeetsNetflix=]), asking Disney Channel to release the rights so it can be continued there, and some even ask Creator/{{Hulu}} to pick it up.[[note]]Except the show is a hit worldwide for its life lessons, so sending it on Hulu is not a good choice as the service is only available in the US and Japan, unlike Netflix which is available worldwide.[[/note]] Some even plan to send paper airplanes to the three companies involved as a ShoutOut on the transition scenes where Riley throws the paper plane. Even some internet sites [[http://www.justjaredjr.com/2017/01/10/girl-meets-world-fans-rally-netflix-to-pick-up-the-show-girlmeetsnetflix/ noticed the big]] [[http://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/girl-meets-world-fans-ask-netflix-to-revive-disney-show/ efforts the fandom]] [[http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/news/a44333/girl-meets-world-fans-think-netflix-is-the-last-hope-to-save-the-show/ is doing]] just to have the show continue. Even Netflix customer service representatives encouraged them to keep up the fight. Sadly, when all was said and done, the ploy failed as creator Michael Jacobs took to Twitter to [[https://twitter.com/GMWWriters/status/859787187537141760 proclaim]] that he wasn't able to get another company (Netflix included, presumably) to pick up the show.

* After Creator/AdultSwim's 2012 AprilFoolsDay prank of unexpectedly reviving Creator/{{Toonami}} for a night garnered explosive results, they let fans know that they were seriously considering reviving the block and encouraging them to make their voices heard by contacting Creator/CartoonNetwork and using the "#[=BringBackToonami=]" hashtag on Website/{{Twitter}}. One month later, licensing deals were struck, and just like that [[{{Tagline}} Toonami is Back]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitches]].

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/History_of_Star_Trek_Fan_Campaigns saved by a letter-writing campaign]], with 116,000 letters in four months (while the fact the show was a KillerApp for color [=TVs=] also played a hand[[note]]NBC was owned by RCA, which made color sets.[[/note]], those letters also indicated higher-income fans, as they came from doctors, scientists, teachers, and other professionals[[note]]who could afford said color sets. Those things were ''expensive''.[[/note]]). As many as a million letters may have been received, no one is sure of the exact figure, and they came from ''everyone'' -- all ages and occupations. Cal Tech students organized a protest march on NBC's HQ in Burbank. MIT and NYU students held similar marches on their NBC offices and affiliate stations. As far as sending stuff, fans had been producing zines -- amateur publications featuring art, original stories and speculations about the ''Star Trek'' universe -- almost from the beginning in '66. Copies of ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/T-Negative T-Negative]]'', ''[[https://archive.org/details/Spockanalia1 Spockanalia]]'' and others were mailed to the ''Star Trek'' studios; Roddenberry and the cast expressed surprised appreciation. Thus, NBC and Paramount were well aware of the level of fan interest, but it wasn't showing up in [[UsefulNotes/{{Ratings}} the Nielsen ratings]] -- this was before Nielsen refined their demographic analysis.[[note]]The often-quoted excuse that "they thought the show was mostly watched by little kids with no buying power" is crap, as anyone with experience in the cutthroat world of children's television can tell you. The kids may not have the money, but their parents do, and all kinds of [[TheMerch tie-in merchandise]] hit stores very early in Season One.[[/note]] It can be argued that Roddenberry was also sending stuff to save the show, by providing swag to the fans; fan mail was answered with enclosed film clip frames from the cutting room floor and autographed photos. Fans also received lists of mail-order premiums (later [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Lincoln_Enterprises Lincoln Enterprises]]) and a newsletter, ''[[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Inside_Star_Trek_(Star_Trek_newsletter_in_English) Inside Star Trek]]''. For numerous reasons, fans got rewarded with a highly ScrewedByTheNetwork season, [[SeasonalRot universally considered to be the worst of the series]] before it was canceled again. Still, the third season took the show past the threshold number of episodes needed at the time for a syndication deal.[[note]] Kaiser Broadcasting, operating a small chain of local television stations along the West and East Coast, was the first syndication company to buy ''Star Trek''. Owner Henry J. Kaiser was a huge fan of the series[[/note]] Without it, there'd have been no syndication and likely no further movies or series.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Several examples.
** Large numbers of ''Doctor Who'' fans sent in acerbic letters complaining about the various scientific inaccuracies and how the show wasn't nearly as good as when they were children. They ''thought'' they were being "helpful", trying to restore their beloved show to its former glory. Unfortunately, Michael Grade (who, so the legend goes, was looking for an excuse to can the show anyway) interpreted the complaints as demands to cancel the series. So he did.
** Rumors suggest that Grade's vendetta against the show was personal, seeing how Grade dated star Creator/ColinBaker's ex.
** This in turn, resulted in an even greater deluge of letters demanding the show be brought back. Some of which were, reportedly, [[CouldntFindAPen written in blood]]. (Then again, this is a British show we're talking about, 'ware the Brit sense of humour.)
** It also resulted in a protest song titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ege9lQecazo "Doctor in Distress"]], which starred four ''Doctor Who'' regulars and a bunch of other celebrities. Unfortunately, it was so poorly received that even the BBC itself refused to air it on its radio stations.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' got screwed out of its impending GrandFinale movie known as ''The Jungle Movie'' in 2002, when an intended television movie (''Arnold Saves the Neighborhood'') got retrofitted into a theatrical release and bombed at the box office. As a result, the series [[CutShort ended]] with two huge unresolved plotlines: Helga's feelings for Arnold, and the fate of Arnold's parents; the latter of which was the focus of one of the show's final episodes. For over a decade, it seemed that ''The Jungle Movie'' being made was an impossible dream; even creator Craig Bartlett had accepted it. Despite this, fans sent mail to Nickelodeon and wrote online petitions hoping the movie would get made. They also continued to support the show's [[VindicatedByReruns reruns]] on Nick's 90s block ''The 90s Are All That''. In November 2015, Nickelodeon would announce that the long-awaited ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' would be entering production as a television movie, and Bartlett would include a "Thank You" to the fans who never gave up hope in the ending credits.

* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': After the show ended abruptly on a bleak cliffhanger, the show got axed as a tax write off due to the Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery merger. Many of the fans and series creator Olan Rogers were blindsided by this decision and refused to give up on the show. Olan in particular launched a Kickstarter campaign involving an animated short called ''Godspeed'', saying that the short will not only be heavily influenced by ''Final Space'' but also incorporate unused ideas from planned future seasons into it. Olan also made several products available on sale in his online shop Star cadet that demanded for the show’s renewal, including t-shirts and caps.

* When ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' was announced for the Japanese UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole [[NoExportForYou but nowhere else]], fans posted on Miiverse pleading Nintendo to release it in the west. In a later Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced an international release for ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', citing everyone's responses on Miiverse as the reason.

* Fans were completely appalled in 2016 when Ride/DisneyThemeParks announced that ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' at Disney California Adventure was going to be re-themed to an attraction based on the 2014 ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film. Various online petitions attempted to avert the re-theme, but Disney simply ignored them and officially set its closure for January 2017.

* There was also the [[http://casscaincampaign.tumblr.com/ Cassandra Cain Fan Campaign]], an effort to get a concentrated group to buy the first issue of [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra's Batgirl series]] on Comixology, to prove she still has selling power.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': When it was announced that a Disney executive had cut the show's third season short before the first season even finished airing, fans took to social media and petition sites to demand Disney at least give the series a proper third season, if not a fourth season. However, efforts died down when showrunner Dana Terrace -- who'd been blindsided by the decision herself and was also upset about it -- said that Disney wasn't budging and it was too late to change anything.

* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': After the show ended abruptly on a bleak cliffhanger, the show got axed as a tax write off due to the merger between Warnermedia and deiscovery. Many of the fans and series creator Olan Rogers were blindsided by this decision and refused to give up on the show. Olan in particular launched a Kickstarter campaign involving an animated short called Godspeed, saying that the short will not only be heavily influenced by final space but also incorporate unused ideas from planned future seasons into it. Olan also made several products available on sale in his online shop Star cadet that demanded for the show’s renewal, including t-shirts and caps.