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An oral history of save-our-show TV fan campaigns. Have you ever wondered why your favourite TV show was cancelled before its time, and did anyone try to save-the-show? On The Bubble podcast is here to answer those questions, and more.
In 'On The Bubble podcast', Josh Liston delves into the who's, the how's, the when's and the why's, of save-our-show fan campaign. With a pinch of rich audio production and more than a pinch of a heavy Aussie accent, Josh is here to share the stories of TV's most dedicated fandoms.
'On The Bubble podcast' is a proud member of the Gonna Geek Network.
In 'On The Bubble podcast', Josh Liston delves into the who's, the how's, the when's and the why's, of save-our-show fan campaign. With a pinch of rich audio production and more than a pinch of a heavy Aussie accent, Josh is here to share the stories of TV's most dedicated fandoms.
'On The Bubble podcast' is a proud member of the Gonna Geek Network.
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ARROW had to save the CW, according to series co-Creator Marc Guggenheim. And that's a new one for On The Bubble podcast.Sources: https://deadline.com/2024/07/arrow-felt-pressure-to-save-cw-recalls-creator-marc-guggenheim-1236001574/https://ew.com/arrow-saved-the-cw-executive-producer-marc-guggenheim-says-8673847....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter.Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
Why did Syfy's Krypton not get renewed for a Season 3? And did the creative choices made throughout Season 2 lead in any way to the cancellation of the show?This is an audio essay written and read by Josh Liston from On The Bubble podcast, and is just his personal opinion on Krypton, as a fan that enjoyed the show, but felt like it could have, and should have, been great.....Email: josh@jcaldigital.orgJosh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter.Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
In 2015, ABC cancelled the supernatural crime-drama, Forever, but not before scheduling the show into oblivion.The network showed little support for the show from the very start, placing the Ioan Gruffudd led drama into a Tuesday at 10pm time slot, a historically tough time slot for ABC at the time. They then went on to start airing the back half of the first (and only) season on a very erratic schedule, never airing more than two episodes consecutively. All this, plus a genuine lack of purposeful marketing support, meant that ABC had doomed their own program to failure, and proved they only saw Forever as schedule filler, an absolute shame given its quality and scope.Note: the show's low initial broadcast ratings were somewhat overcome by strong delayed viewership numbers, but that delayed-viewing-performance was also ignored by the network.Sources: https://www.cancelledscifi.com/2024/05/31/why-was-forever-cancelled-and-can-it-be-revived/....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter.Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
In 2023, Amazon MGM Studio saved the much-loved Soap Opera Neighbours from cancellation, and fans in Australia, New Zealand and the UK rejoiced. Then in 2025, Amazon cancelled the show, most likely for 'good'.Episode Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I63BBb6kA0Ahttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/uASEHBGHKNA#BringBackNeighbours #SaveNeighbours with Alison Tinlin https://x.com/MrsPandP....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter.Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
In 2013 ABC cancelled the sitcom Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 mid-way through its second season, after airing episodes out of order (for no apparent reasons), and fans of the show were not happy. Series Star Krysten Ritter speaking about the cancellation of B. in Apt. 23 on the Inside of You podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ey2wLRt3yQQuote: “the hardest rejection (I've faced)” Unquote.Because Quote: “I loved it so much” End Quote.https://www.gonnageek.com/
Topic: Did Ray Donovan (TV) fans like or dislike Ray Donovan: The Movie?....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
Today's episode was recorded on the move with a portable setup, it still sounds good, just different. Enjoy. Topic: Will the Amazon Fantasy Series "Wheel of Time" get a Season 4? Sign the Save WOT Petition here: https://savewot.com/....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
The Stana Katic-led thriller-drama Absentia launches with all 3 season on Netflix in November 2025.....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter.Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
10 Years of Podcasting About TV (and we're not done yet). ....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
In this episode we're talking HOF Unlikeable (yet Amazing) TV Characters. Josh has a raging dislike/love for the character of Dr Smith in the 2018 reboot of Lost In Space. Who's in your Unlikeable TV Characters HOF? .... Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
The Voices of Long Live Longmire:Adam Bartley YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95SEnwsfOcsThe Sheridan Press (Longmire Days Panel on Netflix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yM9G_v8TP4Cowboy State Daily YT (Buffalo, Wyoming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4obM0AMOALMLongmire Days OG: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lQJF86Oek7gCowboy State Daily YT (Longmire Days Returns): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5vhJHhp_eALongmire Posse YT (Cast's Shoutout to Fans): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywA-lovCEGU....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
OTB Audio Essay September 2025: Wednesday S2 and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3 weren't worth the wait (and that makes me sad). If you aim for incredible, you might just hit great! Strange New Worlds Season 3 feels more like “they aimed for safety..and they hit suitable”. Correction: La'An (not Le'An as I said in the audio recording). ....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
The #LongLiveLongmire fan-campaign is of the great save-our-show campaigns of all time. [ Today's recording was saved by a back-up lavalier microphone. The sound is still great, just a bit different. Thanks for listening. ]Key Elements of the Renew Longmire Campaign and the Longmire Fandom:The Longmire Posse. https://www.instagram.com/longmireposse/The Longmire Stampedes. https://x.com/LongmirePosse/status/781890352315637760/photo/1Longmire Days. https://www.longmiredays.com/The Longmire Foundation. https://www.longmiredays.com/longmire-foundation.htmAmazing Walt Longmire Tattoo: https://www.jcaldigital.org/otb/2025/8/24/longlivelongmire-p23-the-longmire-posse-longmire-stampede-longmire-days-and-actor-robert-taylorEpisode Articles and Sources: https://www.facebook.com/LongmirePossehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/07/21/longmire-star-robert-taylor-comes-to-buffalo-every-year-because-he-loves-wyoming/ <<< this post was really great!!!https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158375693946768&id=116758481767&set=a.374295681767....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
Longmire was cancelled by A&E in the summer of 2014 (after 3 successful and critically acclaimed seasons), despite the show being A&E’s most-watched original series. It's believed that A&E’s Executives deemed the show's primary viewership (over 50’s) to be less appealing to advertisers. A bit silly, right!? Two Great Tweets from the #LongLiveLongmire Campaign: On Nov 4th 2014, Lou Diamond Phillips tweeted: "Might be the time of year to 'Fall Back' but not for me or the posse! Full speed ahead with Faith and Optimism! #longmirelives". On Nov 11th 2014, Lou Diamond Phillips tweeted:"The thing about trends...they become mainstays with enough dedication. Way to go, Posse! You are inspirational! #NeedLongmire". According to actor Zahn McClarnon (who portrayed Mathias on the show), “Longmire Was Saved by the Fans!!” Episode Articles and Sources: https://x.com/LouDPhillips https://www.facebook.com/LongmirePossehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)https://x.com/renewlongmire?lang=enhttps://ictnews.org/archive/longmire-was-saved-by-the-fans-says-zahn-mcclarnon/....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
When CBS cancelled Jericho in 2007, fans went "Nuts". Episode Sources: https://nypost.com/2014/02/14/save-our-show-10-tv-fan-campaigns-that-worked/https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1fuy6qr/tv_fun_fact_the_jericho_nut_campaign/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3214156&page=1....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
How can one show get 85,000 Signatures to save the entire show, and another get 75,000 Signatures just to get some deleted scenes put back into a show? In this episode we explore the contrasting fandoms of Disney's 'The Acolyte', and Netflix's 'Bridgerton'.This is not yet another "Bash the Acolyte" podcast episode (those are boredom personified), instead we take a look at how quality programming energises a fandom in ways that middling programming does not. Sources: 'The Acolyte' 84,727 Signatures: https://www.change.org/p/renew-the-acolyte'Bridgerton' (S3 Deleted Scenes) 75,154 Signatures: https://www.change.org/p/netflix-restore-deleted-scenes-bridgerton-s3?utm_source=National-media&utm_campaign=BridgertonS3&utm_content=Entertainment&utm_term=1000+&utm_medium=National-petition....Josh on Insta: @joshuacliston on Instagram.Josh on X: @joshuacliston on X/Twitter. Gonna Geek Network: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/
Do 'Save Our Show' Fan Campaigns Ever Actually Save TV Shows?Say Hi to Josh on Instagram: @joshuacliston on InstagramFind more On The Bubble podcast episodes, plus reach out to the show directly over at https://www.JCALdigital.org
Listen & Share the Show: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/Topic: How One Day at a Time's cast, crew and fans campaigned for a Season 4 after it was cancelled in early 2019 by Netflix. With the CBS cable network POP TV taking on the challenge of saving-the-show and giving the world more episodes of 'One Day at a Time'.Episode Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_at_a_Time_(2017_TV_series)https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/the-oa-one-day-at-a-time-community-save-our-show-campaigns-1203339855/Josh's Favourite Thing: The same day that the show aired its last episode for the year in 2020, the show's then Twitter account thanked fans with the following message: "This isn't goodbye … it's see you later. We'll be back soon, familia! Thank you for watching with us.”....Socials@joshuacliston on Twitter@joshuacliston on Facebook@joshuacliston on Instagram....Find more On The Bubble podcast episodes, plus reach out to the show directly over at https://www.JCALdigital.org/otb
Listen & Share the Show: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/Audience Question: What episodes of Buffy does Josh feel are the worst? In this episode Josh dives into Rolling Stone's Worst-to-Best 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Episodes Ever List: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-ranking-every-episode-worst-to-best-sarah-michelle-gellar-joss-whedon-1234735428/Josh's List of Worst Buffy Episodes:Beer Bad - S4E5. Where The Wild Things Are - S4E18.Inca Mummy Girl - S2E4. Teacher’s Pet - S1E4. Retile Boy - S2E5.Him - S7E6. Bad Eggs - S2E12. Never Kill A Boy On A First Date - S1E5.I Robot, You Jane - S1E8.Goodbye Iowa - S4E14. Josh's sleeper pick for worst BTVS episode is Into the Woods - S5E10. This was Riley’s goodbye episode was sadly, completely unaffecting. For a break up / goodbye episode that directly impacts our main character (Buffy), we really should’ve felt more for Riley and a lot more for Buffy. I think I’m not alone here in saying that, it was like: “OK, thank the gods that’s over....next”.Socials@joshuacliston on Twitter@joshuacliston on Facebook@joshuacliston on Instagram....Find more On The Bubble podcast episodes, plus reach out to the show directly over at https://www.JCALdigital.org/otb
Listen to and Share the Show: https://www.gonnageek.com/show/on-the-bubble/In this episode Josh evaluates The 10 Best 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Episodes of All Time, according to Rolling Stone. Follow along with Rolling Stone's Top 10 List here: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/10-best-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-episodes-of-all-time-113273/angel-season-1-episode-7-114321/Josh's 10 Best Buffy Episodes Ever:The Body - S5E16.The Gift - S5E22.Hush - S4E10.Chosen - S7E22.Graduation Day - S3 E21 & E22. Becoming - S2 E21 & E22.Once More, with Feeling - S6E7.The Wish - S3E9. Innocence - S2E14.Dopplegangland - S3E16.Socials@joshuacliston on Twitter@joshuacliston on Facebook@joshuacliston on Instagram.... Find more On The Bubble podcast episodes, plus reach out to the show directly over at https://www.JCALdigital.org/otb
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