Longmire was cancelled by A&E in the summer of 2014 (after 3 successful and critically acclaimed seasons), despite the show being A&E’s most-watched original series. It's believed that A&E’s Executives deemed the show's primary viewership (over 50’s) to be less appealing to advertisers. A bit silly, right!?

Two Great Tweets from the #LongLiveLongmire Campaign:

On Nov 4th 2014, Lou Diamond Phillips tweeted:

"Might be the time of year to 'Fall Back' but not for me or the posse! Full speed ahead with Faith and Optimism! #longmirelives".

On Nov 11th 2014, Lou Diamond Phillips tweeted:

"The thing about trends...they become mainstays with enough dedication. Way to go, Posse! You are inspirational! #NeedLongmire".

According to actor Zahn McClarnon (who portrayed Mathias on the show), “Longmire Was Saved by the Fans!!”

Episode Articles and Sources:

• https://x.com/LouDPhillips
• https://www.facebook.com/LongmirePosse
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)
• https://x.com/renewlongmire?lang=en
• https://ictnews.org/archive/longmire-was-saved-by-the-fans-says-zahn-mcclarnon/

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When CBS cancelled Jericho in 2007, fans went "Nuts".

Episode Sources:

https://nypost.com/2014/02/14/save-our-show-10-tv-fan-campaigns-that-worked/

https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1fuy6qr/tv_fun_fact_the_jericho_nut_campaign/

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3214156&page=1

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How can one show get 85,000 Signatures to save the entire show, and another get 75,000 Signatures just to get some deleted scenes put back into a show? In this episode we explore the contrasting fandoms of Disney's 'The Acolyte', and Netflix's 'Bridgerton'.

This is not yet another "Bash the Acolyte" podcast episode (those are boredom personified), instead we take a look at how quality programming energises a fandom in ways that middling programming does not.

Sources:

• 'The Acolyte' 84,727 Signatures: https://www.change.org/p/renew-the-acolyte
• 'Bridgerton' (S3 Deleted Scenes) 75,154 Signatures: https://www.change.org/p/netflix-restore-deleted-scenes-bridgerton-s3?utm_source=National-media&utm_campaign=BridgertonS3&utm_content=Entertainment&utm_term=1000+&utm_medium=National-petition

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Topic: How One Day at a Time's cast, crew and fans campaigned for a Season 4 after it was cancelled in early 2019 by Netflix. With the CBS cable network POP TV taking on the challenge of saving-the-show and giving the world more episodes of 'One Day at a Time'.

Episode Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_at_a_Time_(2017_TV_series)
• https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/the-oa-one-day-at-a-time-community-save-our-show-campaigns-1203339855/

Josh's Favourite Thing: The same day that the show aired its last episode for the year in 2020, the show's then Twitter account thanked fans with the following message:

"This isn't goodbye … it's see you later. We'll be back soon, familia! Thank you for watching with us.”

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Audience Question: What episodes of Buffy does Josh feel are the worst?

In this episode Josh dives into Rolling Stone's Worst-to-Best 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Episodes Ever List: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-ranking-every-episode-worst-to-best-sarah-michelle-gellar-joss-whedon-1234735428/

Josh's List of Worst Buffy Episodes:

• Beer Bad - S4E5.
• Where The Wild Things Are - S4E18.
• Inca Mummy Girl - S2E4.
• Teacher’s Pet - S1E4.
• Retile Boy - S2E5.
• Him - S7E6.
• Bad Eggs - S2E12.
• Never Kill A Boy On A First Date - S1E5.
• I Robot, You Jane - S1E8.
• Goodbye Iowa - S4E14.

Josh's sleeper pick for worst BTVS episode is Into the Woods - S5E10. This was Riley’s goodbye episode was sadly, completely unaffecting. For a break up / goodbye episode that directly impacts our main character (Buffy), we really should’ve felt more for Riley and a lot more for Buffy. I think I’m not alone here in saying that, it was like: “OK, thank the gods that’s over....next”.

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In this episode Josh evaluates The 10 Best 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Episodes of All Time, according to Rolling Stone.

Follow along with Rolling Stone's Top 10 List here: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/10-best-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-episodes-of-all-time-113273/angel-season-1-episode-7-114321/

Josh's 10 Best Buffy Episodes Ever:

1. The Body - S5E16.
2. The Gift - S5E22.
3. Hush - S4E10.
4. Chosen - S7E22.
5. Graduation Day - S3 E21 & E22.
6. Becoming - S2 E21 & E22.
7. Once More, with Feeling - S6E7.
8. The Wish - S3E9.
9. Innocence - S2E14.
10. Dopplegangland - S3E16.

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Celebrities including Mark Hamill put their weight behind trying to #SaveTheTick on Amazon. Both fans of the show (and series creator, Ben Edlund) campaigned long and hard to find The Tick a new home after its cancellation, but did it work?

Episode Sources:

• https://www.wcnews.com/news/update/14589 (go here for Mark Hamill's original Tweets).
• https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/14/the-tick-canceled/

See Ben Edlund's Tweets:

• https://x.com/ben_edlund/status/1139641898161754112 | @ben_edlund

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