We all know how Star Trek was saved by a write-in campaign the first time around, which kept it on NBC for another season. We know the write-in that kept MST3K alive until the Sci-Fi Channel could pick it up. We’ve seen Family Guy and Firefly come back from the dead, thanks to DVD sales.
But we may now have the first case where a show may be saved by fan action when the show hasn’t even aired yet.
Producer John Rogers posts on his blog Kung Fu Monkey about the strange happenings over Global Frequency ever since a version of the pilot was leaked out onto the Net. His own site has seen an additional 10,000 hits in two weeks, all the more amazing when there’s no link to the blog from the program.
Ironically, Global Frequency is a show about a smart mob that organizes to save the world and cause massive effects to happen– which we’re seeing play out right now. If you haven’t read the marvelous comic by Warren Ellis and friends, hie thee to a bookstore and get the trade. Or get it here and here.