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You asked for it and here it is! A sample letter to the SciFi Channel courtesy of our friends over at Jericho2net.com.
It would be best to vary it so it comes directly from your heart, but at least this gives you something to work with!
Can be addressed to:
David Howe, President
Mark Stern, Vice President of Programming
Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President of Programming
SCI FI Channel
21st Floor
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
21st Floor
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Can be addressed to:
David Howe, President
Mark Stern, Vice President of Programming
Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President of Programming
General form letter example:
Hello,
Louis and Christina Clemons
2814 Sack Dr. East
Jacksonville, Fl. 32216
Why not use these great watermarked letterheads too?
http://www.jerichonet2.com/ops/Dont%2020tread%20water.pdf
http://www.jerichonet2.com/ops/History.pdf
The following is a copy of the letters that I sent to Paramount but they also apply to SciFi also.
Its just an FYI, if it helps give you an idea or thoughts for a letter, great!
If any of you have question about what you would or should include in your letters to Carol, the Jericho crew and cast as well as Paramount themselves. Feel free to use this as a guideline.
Carol, Karim, Dan and the rest of the Jericho and Paramount crews,
I have thought hard over the course of the last few days about all of the things I wish to say to you all. I guess you could say that this past Friday was, "Our Last Ordinary Day" for ourselves.
I, as well as thousands of other fans, find ourselves staring down the barrel of the cancellation gun once again. We have been through this before and we will go through it again. Our hearts are heavy but our determination is emboldend as never before. The past week has been confusing as we ourselves have been scared, angry, saddened and shocked at what lies ahead.
In a sense, we ourselves have been cut off from contact with the outside world.
We listen and gather bits and pieces of information, but at times, we can make no decernable judgement as to what they mean.
We have been attacked by outside sources such as The Washington Post but yet we still continue to march onward.
We once were and are quickly becoming again, a tough and resilient family.
Does this sound familiar?
Sometimes words simply cannot express feelings and emotions during times like these but we still try regardless.
Words also cannot express the utmost respect and thanks that we, Jericho fans, have for all of you.
For all that you have done and for all that you continue to do. You gave us an incredible show to enjoy and in doing so, you also introduced us all to an entirely new family. All of us. The friendships that I have made here on the CBS boards over the last year I shall never forget.
Two years ago I was overseas and had someone asked me than if I thought I would ever find myself fighting for something such as this, I would have simply asked them to pass along whatever it was that they were drinking. I never would have imagined in a thousand years that I would be here among a family of this sort.
But, I am and I have all of you to thank for it.
I wish to thank you for all that you have done and alll that you will continue to do. Without a shadow of a doubt, I have no reason to belive that the story of this small Kansas town is ready to end just yet. As they say, hindsight is always 20/20 and there were things that helped Jericho and there were others that have hurt. There is no getting past that. But there is no reason as to why it needs to be put out to pasture just yet.
Over the coming days and weeks, we will once again sow you our resolve and determination in saving this show and this home that we all care for very much. You yourselves will see it firsthand with the thousands of letters that will be arriving.
The letters will be from many more fans just like me that simply cannot thank you enough.
We will show you the measuring stick of that resolve to you firsthand in these letters.
We will continue to support you as you continue in your efforts to find a new home for Jericho.
We will fight on until every possilble avenue has been visited.
We will fight on until every resource has been exhausted.
We will fight on until you tell us not too.
I thank you once again for opening my eyes into a whole new realm of possibilities and I pray that just like ours, the story of Jericho will continue.
From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you to Carol, Karim, Dan and cast and crew who made all of this possible. We are with all of you until the very end.
Thank You,
Chris (aka GenPatton43)
Hello,
My name is _______Christina and Louis Clemons________, and we are avid fan of the TV show Jericho.
I would like to humbly ask your organization to please pick up another season of Jericho, even though it has been cancelled twice by CBS. It is my firm belief that this show would be a great ‘fit’ for your station.
Your station has always shown an ability to think beyond conventional thinking, and Jericho has always been beyond conventional TV and conventional ratings systems. It was always a better ‘fit’ for a non-conventional station anyway, as its ratings were not on par with CBS’ standards but it still shows a very good performance for a show that has been pitted against such shows as American Idol and Dancing With the Stars. It presents the kind of ratings that would be fantastic on a non-conventional network.
Please consider picking up Jericho as a new (or continuing) series on your network. It truly deserves a chance beyond conventionalism, and would fit in very well with your programming that has traditionally always been beyond the traditional views of Television. Sci-Fi Channel has always been very visionary in their programming and paying attention to their fans. You have a guaranteed viewer in me as well as others in this highly dedicated fandom, which is looking for our show to have a third chance as it richly deserves. The fact that you already possess the rights to air the first season of the show proves that you already have vision beyond traditional television, and I am asking you to continue that tradition of thinking beyond traditional television and invest in this worthwhile program.
Thank you for your time.Sincerely,
Louis and Christina Clemons
2814 Sack Dr. East
Jacksonville, Fl. 32216
Why not use these great watermarked letterheads too?
http://www.jerichonet2.com/ops/Dont%2020tread%20water.pdf
http://www.jerichonet2.com/ops/History.pdf
The following is a copy of the letters that I sent to Paramount but they also apply to SciFi also.
Its just an FYI, if it helps give you an idea or thoughts for a letter, great!
If any of you have question about what you would or should include in your letters to Carol, the Jericho crew and cast as well as Paramount themselves. Feel free to use this as a guideline.
Carol, Karim, Dan and the rest of the Jericho and Paramount crews,
I have thought hard over the course of the last few days about all of the things I wish to say to you all. I guess you could say that this past Friday was, "Our Last Ordinary Day" for ourselves.
I, as well as thousands of other fans, find ourselves staring down the barrel of the cancellation gun once again. We have been through this before and we will go through it again. Our hearts are heavy but our determination is emboldend as never before. The past week has been confusing as we ourselves have been scared, angry, saddened and shocked at what lies ahead.
In a sense, we ourselves have been cut off from contact with the outside world.
We listen and gather bits and pieces of information, but at times, we can make no decernable judgement as to what they mean.
We have been attacked by outside sources such as The Washington Post but yet we still continue to march onward.
We once were and are quickly becoming again, a tough and resilient family.
Does this sound familiar?
Sometimes words simply cannot express feelings and emotions during times like these but we still try regardless.
Words also cannot express the utmost respect and thanks that we, Jericho fans, have for all of you.
For all that you have done and for all that you continue to do. You gave us an incredible show to enjoy and in doing so, you also introduced us all to an entirely new family. All of us. The friendships that I have made here on the CBS boards over the last year I shall never forget.
Two years ago I was overseas and had someone asked me than if I thought I would ever find myself fighting for something such as this, I would have simply asked them to pass along whatever it was that they were drinking. I never would have imagined in a thousand years that I would be here among a family of this sort.
But, I am and I have all of you to thank for it.
I wish to thank you for all that you have done and alll that you will continue to do. Without a shadow of a doubt, I have no reason to belive that the story of this small Kansas town is ready to end just yet. As they say, hindsight is always 20/20 and there were things that helped Jericho and there were others that have hurt. There is no getting past that. But there is no reason as to why it needs to be put out to pasture just yet.
Over the coming days and weeks, we will once again sow you our resolve and determination in saving this show and this home that we all care for very much. You yourselves will see it firsthand with the thousands of letters that will be arriving.
The letters will be from many more fans just like me that simply cannot thank you enough.
We will show you the measuring stick of that resolve to you firsthand in these letters.
We will continue to support you as you continue in your efforts to find a new home for Jericho.
We will fight on until every possilble avenue has been visited.
We will fight on until every resource has been exhausted.
We will fight on until you tell us not too.
I thank you once again for opening my eyes into a whole new realm of possibilities and I pray that just like ours, the story of Jericho will continue.
From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you to Carol, Karim, Dan and cast and crew who made all of this possible. We are with all of you until the very end.
Thank You,
Chris (aka GenPatton43)
