If you haven't already, please sign the petition to Netflix. This petition is asking them to obtain rights to Stream Season 1 of Star-Crossed, and pick-up and produce Season 2. We need all the signatures we can get, so sign and share! Share with anyone and everyone, whether they like Star-Crossed or not - we can use the support! |
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As you have all heard by now, Mr. Mark Pedowitz has said Star-Crossed just doesn’t have the numbers. Here’s another way for us to bombard him with evidence of our existence.
Send postcards from your country, state, city, to: Mark Pedowitz ℅ CW Television Network 3300 W Olive Ave Burbank, CA 91505 In addition, I think it’s time we pull out the big guns. Lets send postcards to the media, specifically the following people, who will be able to provide us the greatest impact: Ellen DeGeneres ℅ The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3400 Riverside Dr Burbank, CA 91522 Postcards should include one or more of the following to showcase our efforts:
What’s that about a flood? Oh, right, it hasn’t happened yet, but Stargazers, here’s your chance to make it rain.
Mark Pedowitz, the President of The CW, said, “... [for Star-Crossed] there just weren't enough fans.” Stargazers know this isn’t true, but clearly Mr. Pedowitz doesn’t, so we have to show him. Starting immediately, the campaign is as follows: Write letters.
Create Stars:
Send Spaghetti
Send everything, individually, to: CW Television Attn: Mark Pedowitz 3300 W Olive Ave Burbank, CA 91505 Let’s flood his office with our love for Star-Crossed. Earlier this week, Stargazers sent 1,822 pounds of uncooked spaghetti to the office of The CW President, Mark Pedowitz to illustrate their love for Star-Crossed.
His response? At the Television Critics Association Press Tour earlier today: "Pedowitz says he received 90 boxes of pasta this week from angry "Star-Crossed" fans. "We appreciate their passion for a show. We understand that's what makes it work," he says, but adds that there just weren't enough fans. Pedowitz adds that "Tomorrow People" didn't generate as much on-air or on digital as they hoped." Stargazers are now asking themselves, "What more do we have to do to show him how many of us there are and how much we love this show?" This is not the end of the fight to save Star-Crossed. What do you think their next move should be? July 17, 2014 - Lafayette, CO - The Star-Crossed Spaghetti has reached its final destination, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, in Los Angeles, California yesterday.
In addition to getting the attention of the CW executives, here is how our efforts will be put to use: The LA Food Bank partners with 670 agencies to distribute food to 1 million hungry people each year, including 400,000 children. Every $1 donated equals 4 meals. Financial contributions help the Food Bank run the programs needed to serve the hungry in Los Angeles County. With our donation of spaghetti, totaling $1,822.00, that is the equivalent of 7,288 meals, or enough to feed a family of 4, for more than 1.5 years. Now that The CW has received our spaghetti, it’s time to push a little harder. We cannot let them forget about us, and more importantly, Star-Crossed.
Stargazers everywhere should make a star. Size, shape, material, doesn’t really matter, what does matter is that you include your city and country of origin on your star in some way or another, be it construction paper and marker, or Cardboard and macaroni. If it’s legible, we want it. We are starting immediately. Make your stars, take pictures of them, and starting Thursday, July 17, 2014, post them to Twitter, using #StarCrossed and #SCSpirit so we can find them.In addition, please send all stars to: Irene Buffkin 1948 Sweet Olive Ct. Jax, FL 32218 Stars will be collected, a box filled, and then sent to The CW in a week’s time. That means we need stars and we need them now! Make 1, 2, 5! Have your family and friends help by making some. The more, the better! Please note, you do not have to wait until Thursday to send your stars. Check back at StarCrossedStarGazers.weebly.com for further updates. Have you ever wanted a Star-Crossed bracelet, but didn’t know where to get one? Well, today’s your lucky day!
Star-Crossed bracelets are on sale now at http://m.bonanza.com/booths/KellisKupcakes. $5 for 1 or $20 for all 5! The best part – 100% of proceeds will go to The American Cancer Society Save the show!
A show of support from fans could help enormously. The KEY is that if you write "Star-Crossed" on the package, it'll get sent to the fan mail dungeon, and no one will ever see it. Letters should/can be sent to: Mark Pedowitz CW Television 3300 W Olive Ave Burbank, CA 91505 DO NOT WRITE STAR-CROSSED ON THE ENVELOPE! Websites to visit: https://www.facebook.com/stargazersfansofstarcrossed savestarcrossedlog.tumblr.com LETTER WRITING GUIDELINES DOs:
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Burbank, CALIF. - July 12, 2014 - News of The CW’s decision to not renew their Sci-fi series, Star-Crossed, has left fans in a state of disbelief. The series, set in the near-future, 2024, follows the romance between a human girl and an alien (Atrian) boy when he and six others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school, 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp. The show, produced by CBS, premiered on The CW February 17, 2014, and ran for 13 episodes before being canceled on May 8, 2014.
The story resonated with fans from across the globe, but unfortunately the show premiered in the wake of the Olympics, causing it to start out with an up/down ratings struggle. Despite this early speed bump, the fan base has grown, and has proven its love with a rather strong social media presence, says Salena Wakim, Correspondent with Examiner.com. With the Stargazers standing strongly behind it, this could mean that if given a chance with a second season then Star Crossed might have the potential to grow into one of the CW’s next successes. Unwilling to accept the shows fate, Stargazers, a name given to fans by the cast, from around the world, came together through social media, signing petitions, writing letters, tweeting to the networks as well as the show’s sponsors. The Variety Radio Online Show, which had originally hosted recap radio shows discussing the weeks’ episodes, continued long after news of the shows cancellation, with fans, including international fans, listening and calling in, discussing ways to help save the show. Desperate for merchandise from the show, Stargazers were forced to create their own, “Romery” and “Draylor” T-shirts, labeled such for the romance between the characters “Roman and Emery” and “Drake and Taylor.” But they did not stop there. They also created a T-shirt reading “Stargazers unite against cancer,” in honor of Julia, a character from the show who was dying of cancer, and, on her deathbed, was saved by Roman, and the Atrian plant, cyper. The first run of this T-shirt raised $806 and was given to the American Cancer Society. For the network executives who cancelled it, Star-Crossed was just a television show that brought in ad dollars, says Brancey Montgomery, VRO (Variety Radio Online). For many of our viewers, the show was an inspiration to live better, more meaningful lives. Many of us were so moved by the life of Julia that we felt compelled to help real people who are enduring the trials of cancer. The lack of response from The CW, or even CBS, has spurred Stargazers to take further action. A fundraiser was set up on www.gofundme.com, and fans raised a total of $2,005 to purchase uncooked spaghetti noodles to send to the CW. The spaghetti, purchased from a local grocer, weighs 1,822 pounds and is set for delivery to The CW CEO, Mark Pedowitz, on Monday, July 14, 2014. Many have been asking, why not have a kickstarter campaign to save Star-Crossed? It sounds like a great idea. After all, look at Veronica Mars, that one is getting a movie!
First, let me start with this: A kickstarter campaign is essentially fans coming together to raise money to fund the production of a show or movie. In this case, funding Star-Crossed. So here’s what I have learned about kickstarter campaigns, that may have you asking yourself, whether or not it is possible. 1. You can raise money all day and all night, but without the support of the network and studio, it won’t do any good. They own the rights to airing and distributing Star-Crossed, and we must have their cooperation if we want anything to come of the campaign. (Rob Thomas was given the greenlight by the studio to do the Veronica Mars campaign.) 2. The per-episode cost for Star-Crossed would be somewhere in the range of $1 - $2 million dollars. Our best bet, is to reach out to the network and studio with the idea of pre-funding another season at around $2 - $6 per episode, for roughly thirteen episodes. **Special thanks to John J Joex for sharing his knowledge about kickstarter campaigns. |
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