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Post by severin on Dec 30, 2013 14:14:35 GMT -5
I couldn't agree more. A letter writing campaign is what saved AMW back in 1996. I wish people realized that. E-mail blasting the President of Fox might just piss him off. Physical letters carry more weight, physically and literally. So do I. Admittedly, I don't know exactly what people say when they email network executives, but if by some chance they are badmouthing anyone, it would do more harm than good. Physical letters carry weight in more ways than one. They are physical and legitimate proof that the author took the time to print the letter, whereas emails can often be seen as laziness on the sender's part. It's true: A letter-writing campaign resulted in the return of AMW in 1996. In fact, if we hadn't fought for the show so vigorously, it would most likely have remained canceled.
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Post by severin on Dec 30, 2013 13:40:26 GMT -5
Here is the mailing address for ID: Investigation Discovery One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910 Flooding the ID offices with physical letters would have more impact than flooding their computer system with emails. Agreed I even mentioned this on my forum's Facebook group that physical letters are better but thought that this was a "couldn't hurt to try idea." Especially for those who seem letter averse. I feel like I'm from the last generation that knows what letters and stamps are and that "cursive writing" doesnt mean writing down the f-word I have wrote both e-mails facebook posts and physical letters to cover all bases. In a belated response to that post, the idea of people (apparently) being so "letter averse" is something that really irks me, since I realize that many people who won't take a few minutes to type a letter have no problem taking a few minutes to type an email. Those mentalities are mutually exclusive. There is little difference between the two methods of communication, other than the general fact that emails are sent more quickly than physical letters (which you print, put in a stamped addressed envelope, and mail).
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Post by severin on Nov 17, 2013 10:58:02 GMT -5
Here is the mailing address for ID:
Investigation Discovery One Discovery Place Silver Spring, MD 20910
Flooding the ID offices with physical letters would have more impact than flooding their computer system with emails.
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Post by severin on Sept 29, 2013 17:47:16 GMT -5
Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part but the fall season has just started on network tv, and some popular shows from the Summer on cable are just ending their seasons. Perhaps if AMW has any chance of all at coming back, they might think it would be wise to wait for the fall shows to have their premieres first so their attention won't be diverted to seeing how the returning and new shows on the networks are. This is somewhat off-topic too, but is it just me or is the fall tv season starting later than usual this year? A lot of prime time shows started their respective new seasons last week. Therefore, it doesn't appear to me that the fall tv season is starting late.
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Post by severin on Aug 4, 2013 21:35:20 GMT -5
Perhaps I'm being delusional for even asking this question, but let's assume, for argument's sake that Walsh and company finally get a deal with a new network for AMW, regardless of whether or not it's still called AMW or they change the name to "Walsh's Manhunt" or whatever it may be, when do you think the next possible airing would be? I voted for Winter 2013 since if AMW does manage to get back on the air, it would probably be sooner rather than later since at one point you'd think they'd have to unfortunately give up. Although Unsolved Mysteries was off the air for years before coming back with new episodes on Spike TV. Thoughts and predictions please! Contrary to general misconception, the Unsolved Mysteries episodes that aired on Spike were not new; they were actually old episodes that were refurbished and re-edited, which only made them look new. The Dennis Farina footage and narrating were new, but there hasn't been any genuine new episodes since 2002.
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Post by severin on Jun 20, 2013 20:38:41 GMT -5
JWI does not mean AMW should not be back as well. But it is a good show and I hope Lifetime sticks with it and AMW can finally find a home on a new network. I feel the same as you. Even if AMW is truly behind him, I'm glad that John Walsh still recognizes the importance the show, stressing that it should remain on television.
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Post by severin on Apr 12, 2013 23:20:11 GMT -5
Good call! I guess you can also My Network TV syndication or any network tv syndication. Since AMW was initiated by Fox and distributed by Twentieth Television, I can just imagine the show being carried on Fox stations, both Fox affiliates and MyNetworkTV affiliates. And by seeing AMW a first-run series in syndication and on a so-called "mini-network", the viewers could end up having the best of both worlds. Anyone who wants MyNetworkTV to carry the series should write to them and ask them to do so. I am planning to do that myself. The address is: MyNetworkTV 1211 Avenue of the Americas 21st Floor New York, NY 10036
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Post by severin on Apr 10, 2013 21:25:31 GMT -5
I Hate saying if and not when, but if AMW is able to strike a deal with a network, not who do you want it to be, but who do you think it will be? I actually voted for a wild card- everyone's main complaint about AMW now being on Lifetime was that people who didn't have cable couldn't see it. So I could actually see Walsh and company striking a deal with My Network TV, a regular affiliate Fox owns, to get it back on broadcast. Not the same as Fox, but it should still draw more viewers than Lifetime which despite what's being said had good ratings but not broadcast ratings. When Fox canceled AMW in May 2011, I recall there was speculation at the time that the show could go to MyNetworkTV, since the network is a Fox property. When it comes to possible alternatives for AMW, MyNetworkTV is my second choice behind first-run syndication. But given the fact that MyNetworkTV is a syndication programming service, if AMW were picked up by that network, it would be a syndicated show anyway. Moreover, following the show's 2011 cancellation, John Walsh felt there was potential for AMW as a first-run syndicated program, publicly stating that the show "could go into syndication big time."
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