If all fans of “The Dresden Files,” which was cancelled by The SCI FI Channel are serious about wanting to get their show back with all new episodes, there might be something you can do.
Taking a page from the “Save Jericho” script, one of our Slice of SciFi fans by the name of John VanSeters took our cue about Mike’s suggestion of sending drum sticks to the network to the next level and got SCI FI President Bonnie Hammer’s snail-mail address. The drum stick is an appropriate message to send to Hammer since Harry Dresden uses one for his magician’s wand.
You can mail those drum sticks to:
Bonnie Hammer
Executive VP of SCI FI
SCI FI Channel
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
or
Ms. Bonnie Hammer
President
Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1513
You can also send to:
Mark Stern, Executive VP Original Programming
NBC Universal/Sci-Fi Channel
100 Universal City Plaza, Bld. 1440, 14th Fl.
Universal City, CA 91608
Bonnie Hammer, President
NBC Universal/Sci-Fi Channel
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Fans are saying that SCI FI is mailing back their sticks saying they are undeliverable. This means they are getting the message because the 30 Rockefeller Plaza address is certainly a correct one. Don’t be discouraged by this callous reception. Here is also some calling information -
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Phone: 212-413-5000
Fax: 212-413-6509
Now get those drum sticks going and don’t forget to print “SAVE DRESDEN” on each stick you send to Ms. Hammer or Mr. Stern.
NOTE: Don’t loose heart if your sticks are returned as undeliverable. SCI FI is not accepting them because of the lesson learned from the 20 tons of nuts sent to CBS. However, SCI FI does accept letters so, send in pictures of drumsticks and Harry Dresden with the message “Save The Dresden Files.”
just found this and i gotta say i'd love to see The Dresden Files brought back. Maybe we need to arrange to get noticed by producers and directors. They keep axing the 'good' tv shows, but keep the 'not-so-good' ones... we just need to show that the Dresden files was a much loved show and has a huge following that could mean making money -which is obviously all they care about.
so get your thinking caps on and get people talking about it again!!
Generally speaking, public attention is what will help bring the series back.
So what you should be looking to do, is to get every single person who you would have normally gotten to send a drumstick to do it all at once, or perhaps to send it all to once location, and then shipped in bulk in some sufficiently annoying or flamboyant package. Grand gestures, all at one time. Or a constant trickle of fairly easily ignorable content that someone can be paid a relatively small amount to filter out without annoying anyone that matters
Well it's good they have a myspace page, but they are not using it properly to get the word out to get the show back on the air. There are only 153 friends, you can't take that to SciFi and expect them to do anything.
You know with Bonnie Hammer Gone you may have a chance with the drumstick Campaign.
I'd Recommend writing something spiffy on the stick though to give the dense execs a hint like the following:
"Harry's Wand"
"Bring Back Dresden"
"Property of Harry Dresden"
"Return to Dresden"
"Conjure at your own risk"
"The Hockey Stick was too big to Mail"
"Dresden Files or Bust"
"This Wand needs a Recharge"
Thats all I could think of I'm sure you can b e creative.
I can't believe SCI-FI cancelled such a great show.They should pull some of those crappy knockoffs they show on Saturdays and bring back Dresden ASAP.I just bought another DVD set because my cousin took mine when he cam to visit(Columbia House has them for $19.95).I have left several dozen comments on the SCI-FI page and if they continue to show the crappy programs they have been putting on then I will just cancel my subscription to the channel.
I stopped watching SciFi over The Dresden Files. It was the final straw for that network with me.
You see they killed Farscape and enraged millions of fans with the way they did it. It was so bad they had to do a miniseries just to appease fans. Then they did Battlestar Galactica, but only did 2 years worth of episodes and stretched the series for 4 years. That math didn't work for me, how about you?! Dresden Files was a good show, yes. But you can't get them to bring it back any sooner than you'll see Farscape produced again. This is what you get with NBC owning Sci Fi. Instead they air Ghost Hunters which is NBC reality crap, and is cheaper to produce... The thing to do is stop watching SciFi so their ratings drop and they either get sold or get the message.
That's why I hate Sci-Fi. They have so many awesome shows that they just "kill". It reminds me of FireFly.
I am a recent fan of the Dresden files since stumbling on and reading the books. I watch them for free on Fancast.com. I wish they would bring the series back!! What can we do??