Farscape Update

Well, the Sci-Fi Channel has finally made an official announcement about the cancellation of Farscape. Compare what they're saying now to this blurb which appeared on their same news page on Aug. 28th, and laugh. Or weep. Or possibly both.

Again, if you want to add your voice to the massive cries of protest -- and if you've ever watched this show, I'm betting that you do! -- please do write to the Sci-Fi Channel and tell them how you feel about them dropping the axe on one of the best science fiction programs of all time! Here's an address you can use:

Michael Jackson
The Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas, F115
New York, NY 10020-1513

A possibly even better thing to do at this point is to contact other networks that might be interested in picking up the show and suggest that they do so. Here's some contact info:

UPN:
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025

TNT:
Turner Network Television
1888 Century Park East, 14th Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Showtime:
Showtime Networks Inc.
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

You can also contact Showtime via their website. I'm told that they actually do pay attention to comments that reach them that way (more so than regular e-mails or faxes).

You can find additional information on the Save Farscape campaign, as well as more addresses, tips for writing in, and other ideas for helping to save the show here and here.

I gotta say, I'm very proud of way the fans have been pulling together on this one. I've been stopping by one of the Farscape BBoards periodically over the past couple of days, and I'm impressed by the fact that people seem to be keeping their cool and really getting their dren together. For the most part, people are being polite, they're being rational, but they're making their voices heard. There's also been a wonderful outpouring of fan support for the cast and crew of the show. These are people who have just been summarily fired from a job they love doing and to which they've given their creative all for the past four years, and they're even more upset than we are. There's a group of fans who are taking up a collection to put an ad in a Sydney, Australia newspaper thanking them all for giving us such a marvelous ride over the past four years; I think this is a lovely idea, and if you do, too, you can send a donation here. There's also been a yahoo! account set up to which the cast and crew have all been given the password, so that they can log in and read messages sent to them by the fans without having their personal inboxes swamped. If you want to send your own message of support or word of thanks, you can send it to CrackersDoMatter@yahoo.com.

GO, SCAPERS! VIVA LA FARSCAPE!