http://www.metafilter.com/tags/save Posts tagged with 'save' at MetaFilter. Wed, 23 May 2007 10:13:13 -0800 Wed, 23 May 2007 10:13:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61434/NUTS Angry at CBS's canceling of <a href="http://www.cbs.com/jericho">Jericho</a>, fans are <a href="http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho">sending nuts to CBS</a> in an effort to get CBS to reverse their decision. At the time of this post, over <a href="http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho-messages.html">four and a half tons</a> of nuts have been sent. Why nuts? It refers to a term <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/sfeature/sf_footage_04.html">allegedly used</a> in WWII by <a href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/amcauli.htm">General A.C. McAuliffe</a> at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUqyeAYOfc">Battle of Bastogne</a>. The term was used as a plot device in the <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/jericho/episodes.php">season finale</a>. This is not the first time that <a href="http://www.saveinvasion.net/bottles.html">fans</a> of <a href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a33034/fans-rally-to-save-veronica-mars-from-axe.html">cancelled</a> shows <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagney_&_Lacey#1983_cancellation_and_return">have</a> used <a href="http://www.savingangel.org/images/SavingangelCandyBars.JPG">creative</a> efforts to revive a canceled show with varying success. CBS's response so far has been <a href="http://jerichoboard.cbs.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=CBSMBJericho&tid=5195&redirCnt=1">tepid</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61434 Wed, 23 May 2007 10:13:13 -0800 cbs jericho nuts save television shawnj http://www.metafilter.com/24250/Farscape%2Dends%2Dits%2Drun%2Dor%2Dhas%2Dit <a href="http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/03/13/farscape/index.html">Determined viewers try to save another TV show</a> (Salon). In this case, its Farscape, which shows its last episode on Friday in the States, and has already aired here in the UK. (no spoliers). Farscape fans are trying just about everything - from picking up 6 families in the Nielsens to fundraising to produce a last episode. Interested? Read on... tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24250 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 05:25:48 -0800 desperatemeasures fandom fans Farscape salon save scifi series television TV rshah21