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SAVE Blood Ties Campaign
WE ARE NOT DEAD YET!
Blood Ties Fans Bite Back!
Fans unite to save the show they love. Join us in the fight!
There have been many rumors and speculation circulating regarding the fate of our beloved show but know this, NOTHING IS OFFICIAL! There is still a chance to save the show so now is the time to do it!
The most important aspect is that ALL Blood Ties fans join together to make this happen. There are many websites, forums, MySpace, Livejournal, blogs and Yahoo groups out there relating to Blood Ties and all have tried their own campaigns to help the show and that was not a bad thing but I think as our last push to save the show we need to prove to the Networks and the media that we are UNITED as one large group to save the show we love.
Several of us from many of the BT related groups and sites have put our heads together and came up with a campaign that we can all participate in and prove our desire to keep our show on the air.
What we propose is a postcard/letter writing campaign that targets 2 Networks and 2 Media outlets each week. While we are not entirely giving up on Lifetime giving us another season, we would also like to let other Networks know that Blood Ties would be a great show for them to pick up. We have a wonderful opportunity right now to sell our show to them because they are all hurting from the writer’s strike and Blood Ties is not affected by it. This is in our favor as they look for other programming to air on their network.
Our first week will target Lifetime and the Sci-Fi Channel As well as E! Online and Entertainment Weekly. The media contacts will be by e-mail or feedback links only. Written postcards are best for Lifetime and Sci-Fi. Below the contact info we have included a few guidelines, just remember to keep your correspondence respectful and to the point!
CONTACT INFO:
* Lifetime will only read postcards. *
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Susanne Daniels
President of Entertainment
2049 Century Park East #840
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Or on their feedback page: www.mylifetime.com/feedback
Sci-Fi Channel - NBC Universal
30 Rockefeller Plaza 21st Floor
New York, NY 10112
Attn: Sr. VP of Programming
E-mail: feedback@scifi.com
E! Online – Direct your comments to Kristin.
Go to www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin and there will be a link on the right hand side that says “Ask Kristin”. Just fill in the info and make your comment. Be sure to let her know that the fans have NOT given up and are fighting to save our show!
Entertainment Weekly
Letters to the Editor – e-mail
letters@ew.com
Here are some guidelines to follow when composing your letter, postcard or e-mail:
- While some of you may have phone numbers to these contacts we urge you to NOT call them on the phone. Flooding their phone lines would only serve to anger them and this could work against us.
- Be professional, polite and positive (no Moonlight bashing). Even though Lifetime has not treated this show the way it should have been it wouldn’t look good to trash the network to others.
- No comparisons to Moonlight - I say let Blood Ties stand on it's own.
- E-mails to the media should obviously be written differently and geared towards asking t hem to do a story on the show or our fight to save it.
- Letters should be heartfelt, honest and not too lengthy - right to the point (maybe two paragraphs max???)
- Letters should mention the fact that the show is written and filmed in Canada with Canadian writers, actors and production company and is not effected by the writer's strike.
- Fangs, candy bars and other items should not accompany your handwritten letters. Postcards only please, no gimmicks.
- Do not mention how cute the guys are or how beautiful Christina is unless we’re writing to People Magazine asking that they be considered as Sexiest Man/Woman of the Year. Refrain from fangirl comments like "I love the show because Henry is hot!" - we want to be taken seriously.
- That the show is well written, well acted, funny, camp, and dramatic where it has to be.
- The show has drawn in new viewers since the show has gone off. This was accomplished by previous fans who directed the new fans to the show.
- If your handwriting isn’t that good, type it but hand write the signature.
- This is a rare show that encourages family togetherness: Husbands and wives watched, mothers and daughters watched together. How many families do you know that sits down together to watch anything? They did to watch Blood Ties.
- Try to be direct and to the point. Don’t just put things to paper just to say something and fill the page.
- Remind them of all the sites where Blood Ties has a presence:
HeyNeilsen
Savemyshow.com
richlabonte.net/tvvote/nominations - Remind them of the E!Online article - www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin
- Also mention the map at www.frappr.com/bloodties/map
27 January 2008