Comments on: The Difference Between Fan and Fanatic?

By: Jake Lockley

Jake Lockley — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:55:57 +0000

By the way I do think it’s possible for the fans to fund it’s production. If the show costs $2M per episode what the cost per viewer for a whole season? $50? Not an unrealistic number to attain if they have that many people that really want it back, and not to mention what a revolution for the industry it would be if the audience funded a show’s production. It would turn the business upside down and rightly so.

By: Brian Allen

Brian Allen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:17:05 +0000

Either way, things are certain to be interesting. We’ll probably still be talking about Jericho’s campaign as a textbook model of fan passion years from now.

By: john

john — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:05:15 +0000

a fanatic i believe are the “Jericho” they have gone far beyond the duty to save their favorite show to no avail. At some point they will piss off a company and that will be the end of it. They have to realize that a lot great shows have been canceled before their time and that a new one wil show uo in the future.

By: Jake Lockley

Jake Lockley — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:28:59 +0000

I think the threshold is where passion disconnects them from reality. Saving Jericho for example is only realistic if it’s a feasible business move for it’s owner and a good career move for it’s actors and writers. Life goes on for the creators, and the owners aren’t going to fund it as a charity. If the fans want to keep a show around let them create a compaign to fund it’s production, that’s the only thing that would save it when the industry recognizes it’s a poor business move, and the actors and crew can make a living by moving on.