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It's the first birthday of the Save Farscape campaign - an occasion of mixed feelings for fans of the show.
Founded exactly one year ago in the wake of the US Sci Fi Channel's decision to cancel Farscape, the Save Farscape campaign has issued a press release listing their achievements so far. Obviously there's bad news as well as good, since Farscape is still not with us once more, but the fan pressure group has an impressive list of attainments to its name.
Amongst the highlights of a hard year's campaigning were:
- Massive targeted letter writing campaigns
- Airing of three television commercials
- Placement of radio ads during drive time in 10 major markets
- Purchase of the cover of Variety by an anonymous group of fans
- Continued growth of the online community; SaveFarscape.com has nearly 5,000 registered members and receives almost 9 million hits a month
- Sending bras to the SCI FI channel to demonstrate a strong female demographic
In the report, the campaign's organisers stressed how generous Farscape fans had been with their time and money, with over $160,000 raised "to pay for everything from TV, radio, and newspaper ads to cookies and singing telegrams for entertainment executives."
Despite there being no word on any plans to restart production of Farscape, the campaign points to the recent sale of The Jim Henson Company back to the Henson family, and the encouraging comment from Brian Henson that, "Henson is firmly committed to the Farscape franchise."
Even one Farscapeless year on, the Save Farscape campaign doesn't look if it'll quit any time soon. As their report says, "for as long as the story has life, the campaign will continue to sell this award-winning series to friends, neighbors and strangers on the street."
Looks like the SCI FI Channel had better keep those extra postroom employees on for the forseeable future, then.
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