01of 10FuturamaFuturama TM and © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationFry, Leela and Bender are headed to Hulu! Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy will premiere 20 episodes in 2023 with a returning voice cast that includes Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr and David Herman. (John DiMaggio, who voiced robot Bender, will not return.)Futuramafirst aired on FOX from 1999-2003 and brought back in 2007 with four direct-to-DVD movies which later aired on Comedy Central.
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Futurama
Futurama TM and © 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Fry, Leela and Bender are headed to Hulu! Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy will premiere 20 episodes in 2023 with a returning voice cast that includes Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr and David Herman. (John DiMaggio, who voiced robot Bender, will not return.)
Futuramafirst aired on FOX from 1999-2003 and brought back in 2007 with four direct-to-DVD movies which later aired on Comedy Central.
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Manifest
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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The show’s immense support was in no small part due to its diverse representation of characters. Its debut starred an openly gay, black precinct captain in a loving marriage and two Latina detectives, one of whom —Stephanie Beatriz— recently came out on the show (and in real life) as bisexual.
Within 24 hours, NBC haddecided to pick up the showand renew it for a sixth season with 13 episodes.
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Arrested Development
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Any fan ofArrested Development— which chronicles a riches-to-rags dysfunctional family — knows the iconic status of bananas on the show, which is perhaps why dozens of fake ones were sent to producers after Fox announced its cancellation following Season 2.
The show reached such cult status that — aside from the heaps of letters flooding Fox headquarters — a group of fans registered the website SaveOurBluths.com, emblematic of another line in the show where the father, George, suggests that very same URL to raise money for the family.
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Family Guy
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Thanks to the millions (3.5, to be exact) of bundled DVD sales as well as T-shirts, ball caps and dolls, the network reversed its decision.
Even the president of 20th Century Fox, Gary Newman, realized they had made a mistake after giving a speech at Yale University, where during question time, “about 20 hands shot up, and they all asked aboutFamily Guy,” he said, according to theBaltimore Sun.
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Community
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07of 10ChuckChris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via GettyThis lighthearted spy drama was about to take a bow after low ratings in its second season, when a rare unison of corporate and fan support took place.The Subway brand partnered with NBC to get prominent product placement throughout the show, paired with lead actor Zachary Levi’s mentions of the chain’s widely known promotional $5 foot-longs. This drove fans in hundreds to visit local Subways and order the sandwiches under the name “Chuck,” sending a clear message to the network and sponsor.One fan even created a “Finale & Footlong” blog post asking fans to write letters and watch the season finale live, hoping to drive Subway ad revenue, bolster its sales, and thus encourage it to nudge the network in the right direction. Levi drew a rally of fans to a Subway in Birmingham promoting the grassroots campaign.They pulled all of it off, because Chuck got three more seasons.
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Chuck
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This lighthearted spy drama was about to take a bow after low ratings in its second season, when a rare unison of corporate and fan support took place.
The Subway brand partnered with NBC to get prominent product placement throughout the show, paired with lead actor Zachary Levi’s mentions of the chain’s widely known promotional $5 foot-longs. This drove fans in hundreds to visit local Subways and order the sandwiches under the name “Chuck,” sending a clear message to the network and sponsor.
One fan even created a “Finale & Footlong” blog post asking fans to write letters and watch the season finale live, hoping to drive Subway ad revenue, bolster its sales, and thus encourage it to nudge the network in the right direction. Levi drew a rally of fans to a Subway in Birmingham promoting the grassroots campaign.
They pulled all of it off, because Chuck got three more seasons.
08of 10Veronica MarsEverett CollectionWhen theteen noir mystery dramastarring Kristen Bell faced cancellation rumors after season 2, fans rallied together to raise $7,000 in just one week. For what, you might ask? A plane flying a banner that read, “Renew Veronica Mars CW 2006.“The show did get a third season but was promptly cancelled afterwards. Creator Rob Thomas and Bell knew it couldn’t end there, however, and they launched a Kickstarter campaign toraise funds for a movie—with a $2 million dollar goal. If it took them a week to raise a mere seven grand, the outlook didn’t seem too positive. No one could’ve expected that they’d manage to raise the grand total — and in just11 hours.In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Bell said of her fan base, “I knew [they] were cool, but I had no idea they could rally with such power.” The movie was released in 2014.
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Veronica Mars
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When theteen noir mystery dramastarring Kristen Bell faced cancellation rumors after season 2, fans rallied together to raise $7,000 in just one week. For what, you might ask? A plane flying a banner that read, “Renew Veronica Mars CW 2006.”
The show did get a third season but was promptly cancelled afterwards. Creator Rob Thomas and Bell knew it couldn’t end there, however, and they launched a Kickstarter campaign toraise funds for a movie—with a $2 million dollar goal. If it took them a week to raise a mere seven grand, the outlook didn’t seem too positive. No one could’ve expected that they’d manage to raise the grand total — and in just11 hours.
In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Bell said of her fan base, “I knew [they] were cool, but I had no idea they could rally with such power.” The movie was released in 2014.
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Friday Night Lights
NBC was sent dozens of light bulbs when it became known thatFriday Night Lights' second season had suffered a little too much in ratings. The television drama series following a high school football team in a fictional Texas town garnered a small but devoted audience.
Referencing the show’s motto, “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose,” fans also sent in eye drops to network executives.
They also launched a “Save FNL” campaign, raising $20,000 to send footballs andFriday Night LightsDVDs to overseas troops.
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Roswell
Despite a largely positive debut, the show’s ratings began to sink after its first season. In the series, the aliens' favorite condiment was Tabasco, soRoswelldevotees to send loads of the hot sauce to executives over at The WB.
Roswellaired for a second season on The WB before jumping ship to UPN for its third, after which it was canceled.
source: people.com
