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10:47 am
April 17, 2009
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MichyGeary
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As posted on castle_tv at LiveJournal.
USA Today has an annual Save Our Shows survey.
It's a list of shows in danger of cancelation, and you choose which ones should be saved or dropped.
There are a lot of other shows you might be interested in defending as well, so check it out and vote! There's also a text-box where you can expound on your desire to save the shows. It might help to add a litttle blurble about Castle and why you want to save it.
PLEASE spread the word! Castle's been slipping in the ratings, and we do not want it canceled.
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5:10 pm
April 17, 2009
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MichyGeary said:
As posted on castle_tv at LiveJournal.
USA Today has an annual Save Our Shows survey.
It's a list of shows in danger of cancelation, and you choose which ones should be saved or dropped.
There are a lot of other shows you might be interested in defending as well, so check it out and vote! There's also a text-box where you can expound on your desire to save the shows. It might help to add a litttle blurble about Castle and why you want to save it.
PLEASE spread the word! Castle's been slipping in the ratings, and we do not want it canceled.
The reason I think rating have slipped is Castle's lead in show is awful! When the lead in was "Dancing…" the ratings were better. It is hard to survive SURVIVING SUBURBIA to get to Castle—and I LOVE CASTLE!
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8:06 pm
April 17, 2009
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From the blog entry NF posted at myspace (thanks, Admin, for sharing that) and some other things I've heard, it sounds like they may be paying at least some attention to this, so do please go vote and make everyone you know go vote.
And I agree, I think Surviving Suburbia is a serious drag on Castle's ratings. (I thought I would hate it when I caught the last 5 minutes the week before. Saw more this week, and had no reason to change my mind.)
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8:09 pm
April 17, 2009
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MichyGeary
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The weird thing is… Surviving Suburbia had better ratings than Castle last week! WHAT!?
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8:29 pm
April 17, 2009
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BigSis
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Yeah, I didn't get that either, but my bet is the Dancing With the Stars lead in helped it quite a bit, but it wouldn't hold the potential Castle audience.
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9:57 pm
April 17, 2009
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Huldra Giusto
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Can we also start sending Rook Chess pieces to the heads of ABC with a note to save our Castle.
It may not be the same as the peanuts for Jericho but it might work.
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1:00 am
April 18, 2009
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NJRae
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Huldra Giusto said:
Can we also start sending Rook Chess pieces to the heads of ABC with a note to save our Castle.
It may not be the same as the peanuts for Jericho but it might work.
Good idea. I sent the powers that be 30 pounds of nuts when they cancelled Jericho the first time and was wondering what fans of Castle would send. I was thinking of a pen or sand- hoping they won't use their poison pen and cancel one of the BEST television shows that's come along in quite awhile. I like the image of a big old pile of sand sitting in the ABC lot, plus sand it relatively cheap and there are places that will sell it by the ton and deliver it all at once. A ton of sand all at once could be refused but a 5 lb bag couldn't.
I didn't like Surviving Suburbia. I thought it might be funny but it really isn't. The husband and wife seem like they resent each other more than love each other. Not fun TV.
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1:17 am
April 18, 2009
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE Castle. Which is why the fact that it's possible for it to disappear has left me with a feeling of certain despair. I hopped online to search out this 'lie' that I heard from my family.
I'll admit that I record Castle because I have night classes at college and what not. But that doesn't mean that I don't watch it. And I think that it's terrible that people have to suffer through Bob Saget's poor attempt at humor via a show that I found mildly offensive and certainly NOT funny. I wish Castle had a better lead-in and if that weren't possible, then a better time slot. A LOT of good shows are at an impossible time for some people.
Here's hoping that they listen to those of us that really like Castle. I'll pitch a FIT if it disappears.
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2:09 am
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary
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Huldra Giusto said:
Can we also start sending Rook Chess pieces to the heads of ABC with a note to save our Castle.
It may not be the same as the peanuts for Jericho but it might work.
…that is an adorable idea. I would totally go in on that.
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Keep up-to-date with the music in CASTLE!
http://z8.invisionfree.com/CastleTV/index.php?showtopic=107
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2:51 am
April 18, 2009
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Rather than "been there done that" type gimmicks – why not just write a nice (not nasty or negative) letter to ABC telling them how much you love the show? Emails are good, but actual letters are even better.
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2:52 am
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary
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Castle said:
Rather than “been there done that” type gimmicks – why not just write a nice (not nasty or negative) letter to ABC telling them how much you love the show? Emails are good, but actual letters are even better.
Is there an official postal address for the show? I know some of the soap ones, but I don't know about Castle offices.
(Also, any chance the survey link could be on the castletv site? :D )
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8:02 am
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary said:
Castle said:
Rather than “been there done that” type gimmicks – why not just write a nice (not nasty or negative) letter to ABC telling them how much you love the show? Emails are good, but actual letters are even better.
Is there an official postal address for the show? I know some of the soap ones, but I don't know about Castle offices.
(Also, any chance the survey link could be on the castletv site?  )
I would like that address for the Castle show as well. When I checked the ABC site where they list each ABC show and its' production office address, Castle's was not there! Made me worry even more………A new night or a new lead in is the answer. Once a person starts to watch this show, they will be as addicted as we are! This quality TV has been missing for quite a while! Heavy drama is overwhleming us—we need this escape with the humor angle and intelligent banter—I love it!
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11:38 am
April 18, 2009
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I'm looking into the address, will let you know what I find out.
I personally wouldn't worry about the production office not being on the website. Frankly, I'd be surprised if the ABC website folks were organized enough for that sort of absence to be meaningful 
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12:27 pm
April 18, 2009
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BigSis said:
I'm looking into the address, will let you know what I find out.
I personally wouldn't worry about the production office not being on the website. Frankly, I'd be surprised if the ABC website folks were organized enough for that sort of absence to be meaningful 
Thanks for that Big Sis. Does anyone have any idea when the decision will be made? If we are down to our last few show that means they probably have wrapped up the production/filming part of this series. The ten episodes are probably completed. I wonder what our time frame is for action?
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1:00 pm
April 18, 2009
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My understanding is that the renewal decisions will be made any time between now and mid-May. In terms of the contact window, obviously sooner is better than later :)
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2:36 pm
April 18, 2009
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Huldra Giusto
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I have emailed Kristin on Eonline ( since she might have a name or and address most of the public would not know about) to ask her who do we send letters to ( and in some of our cases Rook pieces) . Hope she will also mention it on her blog and get more fans to write in.
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2:40 pm
April 18, 2009
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I have been leaving the survey link on as many fan sites as possible to get the word out. I think I have actually left it on about 50+ sites for fans of Castle, Nathan Fillion, and Stana Katic. Please pass the word to friends to have them vote too. I want ABC to be so overwhelmed by the support for this show. Send emails and I am trying to find a place to send letters. Also see if you can get as many friends to tune in to Monday night. Let's blow the rating out of the water!!!! Thanks
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2:43 pm
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary
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Can we organize a massive post of contact information? Emails, postal addresses, hotline phone numbers, etc? It would be easier to get that huge amount of support if we could do it all in one fell swoop — give the survey link plus all contact information and spread it like wildfire.
Does anyone post on the Firefly forums or Whedonesque? That would be a good place to get the links. I don't have a Whedonesque account and there is no open registration so it would have to come from someone who's already "in."
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Keep up-to-date with the music in CASTLE!
http://z8.invisionfree.com/CastleTV/index.php?showtopic=107
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3:13 pm
April 18, 2009
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Huldra Giusto
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Been posting on the ABC Castle site, Facebook and other places asking fans to write in and to also vote. I hope ABC listens and keeps this wonderful show.
Have my rook piece and letter ready and going to see if Kristen gets back to me with and address and a name of someone up the food chain that with gain some attention.
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3:15 pm
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary
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Huldra Giusto said:
Been posting on the ABC Castle site, Facebook and other places asking fans to write in and to also vote. I hope ABC listens and keeps this wonderful show.
Have my rook piece and letter ready and going to see if Kristen gets back to me with and address and a name of someone up the food chain that with gain some attention.
Great, thanks so much! I'll keep looking too and see if it's posted anywhere.
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Keep up-to-date with the music in CASTLE!
http://z8.invisionfree.com/CastleTV/index.php?showtopic=107
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3:28 pm
April 18, 2009
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Huldra Giusto
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The idea was to send in a Rook Chess piece and a letter but someone pointed out any chess piece would would with a note I am sacrificing my (what ever piece you send in ) to protect my Castle aka Rook. which might also work …
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5:44 pm
April 18, 2009
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MichyGeary
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That's a great idea. We can do both. :D
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Keep up-to-date with the music in CASTLE!
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10:17 pm
April 18, 2009
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Huldra Giusto said:
The idea was to send in a Rook Chess piece and a letter but someone pointed out any chess piece would would with a note I am sacrificing my (what ever piece you send in ) to protect my Castle aka Rook. which might also work …
I am going to start with a letter and take it from there.
With Jericho, the nuts weren't sent until the show was actually cancelled. It was then give, I believe, six more episodes and eventually replaced with Kid Nation. I don't think they would be that foolish with Castle.
The network has invested a lot promoting the show and from all the interviews I've read or seen they seem to be backing the cast , crew, etc and have faith in the product they have created. It is a REALLY good show and I think they are going to give it the chance to grow. It's numbers are NOT bad when compared across the networks with other scripted shows.
I thank a letter writing campaign is a great idea but I am going to focus on the positive and not even mention the C word in my letter.
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1:05 am
April 19, 2009
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MichyGeary
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Oh absolutely. The best thing to do is just write in about how much you love the show — don't bring up cancelation at all. Just write in to support.
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Keep up-to-date with the music in CASTLE!
http://z8.invisionfree.com/CastleTV/index.php?showtopic=107
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8:19 am
April 19, 2009
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Linda
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MichyGeary said:
Oh absolutely. The best thing to do is just write in about how much you love the show — don't bring up cancelation at all. Just write in to support.
I have already emailed ABC about how great Castle is and how much I look forward to each new episode. I do think they will give it a Fall run simply because it had good early numbers with a better lead in show. Mondays are dead night on TV and I think a change of night would be there first choice. However, I have never felt confident enough in the networks decision making. Castle deserves a fall run. That is what I said in my letter! The rook piece will be my next attempt if I hear/read any press that suggests the network is serious considering the C word!
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