FlashForward Fans Plan Mass Blackouts
And you thought eating that foot-long from Subway to support Chuck was a big deal. Fans of FlashForward are so outraged over their favorite show being prematurely killed by ABC, that they're staging their own flash-forwards. On June 10, fans will gather in front of ABC network and affiliate offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta and "blackout" -- as in, lie on the ground with their eyes closed -- for two minutes and 17 seconds, the same amount of time the characters on the show blacked out for. Creative! Trauma fans, the ball is in your court. [On the Air]
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So, yeah, it was annoying that it ended on a cliffhanger, but it was overall kind of a terrible show. Save it for a show that's actually worth the effort.
Call me when they arrange a FlashSideways.
Trauma fans don't need to do a thing except show up at these FlashForward blackouts. There'll be enough people run over as they lay in the streets to get the Trauma ball rolling again.
This is awesome. FlashForward will return!
sorry dude but no it won't. CBS gave into the fans with Jericho and the ratings were even worse. And everyone saw it. No way is ABC going to be the next 'idiot' in that game.
TV is a business. end of story. And Flashforward wasn't making money. not with the way it was judged. Which is the ratings.
You wanna do something, forget about bringing back a show where the sets are gone and the cast has moved on. Do something to stop the madness of more shows being cancelled.
Do you realize that ad money from places like Hulu, itunes downloads etc are not credited to shows for the recoup of their budgets. Do you realize that the ratings actually only count 25k folks. yeah, i said 25k. that's same time on the air viewing and dvr use. The networks don't dispute the numbers so Nielsen has no reason to change their system.
Go find some lawyer with the balls to sue Nielsen and the networks for censorship or something. embarrass them into a massive overhaul of the system. Then at least the next show won't die an early death because only 5 people that count were watching it and no one knew about the 5 million that aren't counted.
Guys we hare having a Fan Blackout on June 10th in front of ABC offices in major cities all over the world. Please support the cause preventtheblackout.com/