In our biggest undertaking yet as a fan base we are going to place an
ad in a major entertainment trade publication online. The goal of this
ad is to attract investors and/or networks to a popular show that
already has an involved fan base. What we need right now is for anyone
who is interested in helping with this to go to
http://snappoll.com/poll/260428.php and show your support. Once we
have enough people supporting this, the artwork will be revealed and
the pay pal account where money can be sent. If you have any questions
please visit http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/savebloodties/
From the Save Blood Ties Group...
came the following suggestion.
Next Tuesday, March 11, is the 1 year anniversary
of the airing of Blood Ties on the Lifetime Network.
That would be a good day to pull out all the stops and
contact Lifetime and anyone else who'll listen. We
should make it a day to post anywhere and everywhere
we can think of. Let's REALLY PUSH the show that day.
Let's call it International Renew Blood Ties Day!
Start posting everywhere that you can think of
now just to let people know about it and then next
Tuesday we'll see what happens!
email lifetime at http://www.mylifetime.com/feedback/form.php?
area_id=1§ion_id=1
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Some of you are probably thinking: "Megacon? Did she even mention Megacon?" Um, not really no. I think it turned up in comments a couple of times. Other than the fact I was going, I had no other information and I hated to pass on something that seemed so... tenuous. Smart of me, as it turned out.
I was looking forward to meeting some of you -- not to mention looking forward to being in Florida during at least four days of a Canadian March -- but there'll be other chances. Those of you who do end up going, if you get the chance, could you tell Dylan and/or Kyle I said hi? Thanks."
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I'm not sure if this suggestion has been posted yet??
Bloodties is list on the Nielsen Ratings website.
http://www.heynielsen.com/view/blood-ties/
Please sign up for an account and leave comments that we want more
Bloodties.
Thanks
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Subject: [SPAM] [LT_Blood_Ties] Join the fight to save Blood Ties!
Here are all of the details for the new campaign! Please feel free to ask me any questions you might have regarding our mission, I'd be happy to help.
If you want this show back you HAVE TO participate - so send as many letters and emails as possible. This is our last chance so let's make it count!!!! :)
WE ARE NOT DEAD YET!
Blood Ties Fans Bite Back! Fans unite to save the show they love. Join us in the fight!
There have been many rumors and speculation circulating regarding the fate of our beloved show but know this, NOTHING IS OFFICIAL! There is still a chance to save the show so now is the time to do it!
The most important aspect is that ALL Blood Ties fans join together to make this happen. There are many websites, forums, MySpace, Livejournal, blogs and Yahoo groups out there relating to Blood Ties and all have tried their own campaigns to help the show and that was not a bad thing but I think as our last push to save the show we need to prove to the Networks and the media that we are UNITED as one large group to save the show we love.
Several of us from many of the BT related groups and sites have put our heads together and came up with a campaign that we can all participate in and prove our desire to keep our show on the air.
What we propose is a postcard/letter writing campaign that targets 2 Networks and 2 Media outlets each week. While we are not entirely giving up on Lifetime giving us another season, we would also like to let other Networks know that Blood Ties would be a great show for them to pick up. We have a wonderful opportunity right now to sell our show to them because they are all hurting from the writer's strike and Blood Ties is not affected by it. This is in our favor as they look for other programming to air on their network.
Our first week will target Lifetime and the Sci-Fi Channel As well as E! Online and Entertainment Weekly. The media contacts will be by e-mail or feedback links only. Written postcards are best for Lifetime and Sci-Fi. Below the contact info we have included a few guidelines, just remember to keep your correspondence respectful and to the point!
CONTACT INFO:
* Lifetime will only read postcards. *
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Susanne Daniels President of Entertainment 2049 Century Park East 840 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Go to http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/index.jsp and there will be a link on the right hand side that says "Ask Kristin". Just fill in the info and make your comment. Be sure to let her know that the fans have NOT given up and are fighting to save our show!
Here are some guidelines to follow when composing your letter, postcard or e-mail:
- While some of you may have phone numbers to these contacts we urge you to NOT call them on the phone. Flooding their phone lines would only serve to anger them and this could work against us.
- Be professional, polite and positive (no Moonlight bashing). Even though Lifetime has not treated this show the way it should have been it wouldn't look good to trash the network to others.
- No comparisons to Moonlight - let Blood Ties stand on it's own.
- E-mails to the media should obviously be written differently and geared towards asking them to do a story on the show or our fight to save it.
- Letters should be heartfelt, honest and not too lengthy - right to the point (maybe two paragraphs max???)
- Letters should mention the fact that the show is written and filmed in Canada with Canadian writers, actors and production company and is not effected by the writer's strike.
- Fangs, candy bars and other items should not accompany your handwritten letters. Postcards only please, no gimmicks.
- Do not mention how cute the guys are or how beautiful Christina is unless we're writing to People Magazine asking that they be considered as Sexiest Man/Woman of the Year. Refrain from fangirl comments like "I love the show because Henry is hot!" - we want to be taken seriously.
- Mention that the show is well written, well acted, funny, camp, and dramatic where it has to be.
- The show has drawn in new viewers since the show has gone off. This was accomplished by previous fans who directed the new fans to the show. If your handwriting isn't that good, type it but hand write the signature.
- This is a rare show that encourages family togetherness: Husbands and wives watched, mothers and daughters watched together. How many families do you know that sits down together to watch anything? They did to watch Blood Ties.
- Try to be direct and to the point. Don't just put things to paper just to say something and fill the page.
Stay tuned for our next group of targets, coming soon!
LET'S SAVE BLOOD TIES!!!!!
~Neuf
Please re-post this EVERYWHERE. Just be sure to post this entire message so that no details are left out. Post in blogs, forums, everywhere and anywhere you can think of!
I was thinking we should do something for Valintines Day to get show
other stations how much we really care about Blood Ties.
SO here is my thought.
That we all buy 3 or 4 Valentines cards and then glue the save Blood
Ties postcard into the inside cover.
Then write somethin like Happy Valintines day from the fans of Blood
Ties.
We could send on to Blood Ties Producers so they know what we did and
then send one each to TNT, Sci Fi Channel and FX.
If they get a few hundred Valintines card from teh fans of Blood
Ties, they will see how much this show is really loved.
We could also add the advantage of it being a Canadian
Production...they could have NEW shows while everyone else is running
repeat after repeat.
What do you all think???
Anyone???
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/01/10/blood-ties-returns/
TV"Blood Ties" Returns?
Posted by Sam on Thursday, 10 Jan 2008
293bloodties010808.jpgThe campaign which we and others have been
waging to get "Blood Ties" back on U.S. television with all new
episodes has been capturing some attention outside the normal online
bloggers.
According to the latest article from E online's Watch with Kristin
segment, her talks with "Blood Ties" executive producer Randy Zalken
might indicate that getting the show back into production and possibly
seeing it return to the States is not totally out of the question.
"We're hopeful," says Zalken. "Why? Because of fans like you. We're
very happy with the support of the online fans."
He told Kristin that he thinks the built-in audience is strong enough
to attract new backers to the show.
"Some of the Canadian broadcasters have said, `Yeah, we're interested
in it; let us know what and when and how,' commented Zalken. We're
also hopeful that a new home in the U.S. will present itself."
This last statement looks like they may be searching for a channel
other than Lifetime to give the show a bigger audience and wider
distribution.
Kristin's talk with Zalken revealed why a show like "Blood Ties" looks
very promising to networks during this writer's strike.
"I don't think the strike is going to hurt us," Zalken said. "[Why?]
Because Canadian writers are not hindered by the U.S. Guild rules. So,
we can be delivering new shows for the fall… I guess that's more than
a lot of producers are saying now. The sets are still
available—they've not been destroyed—our talent is very eager to come
back, and our show runner, Peter Mohan, is stan
*** IMPORTANT BLOOD TIES NEWS ***
I'm sorry to say that our beloved show has come to an end. This letter
from Insight was posted over at the Lifetime message boards:
Dear "LT. , Kirk has asked me to respond to your e-mail regarding
Blood Ties. Unfortunately Lifetime decided not to renew their
broadcast license for Blood Ties and we have not been able to find
another network to broadcast the show so we will not be producing
another season. I guess we must now just be grateful we were able to
made the episodes we did. We thank you for your support and wish you
all the best in the New Year ahead.
Cheers,
Maryvonne
Maryvonne Micale
Producer/Director
Insight Film Studios
It cannot be said that we didn't try our best to get Lifetime to
commit to another season or other networks to pick it up, so you
should all be proud of your efforts because it says a lot about your
love for this show and its cast.
Even though we won't be getting anymore Blood Ties episodes, we will
be seeing much more from the talented Christina Cox, Kyle Schmid and
Dylan Neal!!!! Please continue to offer them the same strength of
support wherever their careers take them next! :)
Cheers to Christina, Kyle and Dylan for giving us a show to love and
characters to love even more!!!
RE: Blood Ties Season 3 status!!‏
From: Lifetime Television DONOT REPLY (donotreply@...)
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Sent: Wed 1/02/08 4:32 PM
To: Lori Conroy (Conroy@...)
Dear Lifetime Viewer:
Thank you for your email and feedback to Lifetime. We are glad to
hear that you enjoy watching "Blood Ties." Periodically, we adjust
our schedule to give viewers a variety of programming they love. We
make every effort to distribute notices of these changes as quickly as
possible. To see this season's final two episodes of "Blood Ties,"
please visit our website at www.mylifetime.com as they will be
available online only starting late Friday night, November 30 and
December 7.
Due to legal restrictions Lifetime does not own the rights to
distribute DVDs of this show. However, you can purchase episodes of
"Blood Ties?" from both season 1 and 2 from iTunes. The first of the
final two episodes will be available on iTunes after Saturday,
December 8, 2007. Please visit www.mylifetime.com or www.iTunes.com.
Beginning Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th, at 10PM
(ET/PT)"Blood Ties" watch the entire series from the beginning. A
different episode will air on Saturday and Sunday nights on Lifetime
Real Women (LRW). Check with your local cable provider to find out if
LRW is available in your area.
At this time, no decision has been made regarding a third season of
"Blood Ties," so please stay tuned to Lifetime or visit our website.
Your feedback has been forwarded to the appropriate department and we
sincerely hope that we reflect your interest in the future.
Warmest Regards,
Viewer Services
Lifetime Networks
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Original Message Appears Below:
Is Blood Ties coming back for a third Season?..I hope the lack of info
on the status of the third season is only due to the writers strike
because Blood Ties is a great show.
I don't tape them, but you can try cbs.com. They have some of the episodes and you can look at them for free.
Ellie
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Hey everyone. I know this is totally OT, but is there anyone out there who has been watching and taping Moonlight? I'm looking for some eps.
Actually, I should start taping some myself. With this stupid writer's strike going on, who knows how many eps are even left? I swear, TV bites anymore.
Bern
PS. This message not necessarily OT for the ATS list...hehe
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Happy New Year as well to everyone in the group. From Jasmine
-----Original Message-----
From: Diyala Cheyenne <d.cheyenne@...>
To: BloodTiesTVShow@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 2:43 pm
Subject: [BloodTiesTVShow] "HAPPY HENRY NEW YEAR!!!"
HELLO!!! EVERYONES.....EVERYONES.....I JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU HERE IN THE GROUP A HAPPY HENRY NEW YEAR!!! HOPEFULLY, OUR BABY AND THE GANG WILL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC SEASON. "PEACE AND GOD BLESS!!!.........." D.
HELLO!!! EVERYONES.....EVERYONES.....I JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU HERE IN THE GROUP A HAPPY HENRY NEW YEAR!!! HOPEFULLY, OUR BABY AND THE GANG WILL BE BACK FOR ANOTHER FANTASTIC SEASON. "PEACE AND GOD BLESS!!!.........." D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Diyala Cheyenne <d.cheyenne@...>
To: BloodTiesTVShow@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:55 am
Subject: Re: [BloodTiesTVShow] marry xmas
Hello there!!! ALLA AND ALL THE OTHERS HERE.....and my sentiments as well, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A MORE BLESSED NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL AND YOURS. "PEACE AND GOD BLESS!!!..............." D.
Hello there!!! ALLA AND ALL THE OTHERS HERE.....and my sentiments as well, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A MORE BLESSED NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL AND YOURS. "PEACE AND GOD BLESS!!!..............." D.
allatrene <allatrene@...> wrote:
hi everyone
merry christmas from Isrtael
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i was just on live journal when i looked at my friends page and seen that Ms. Huff has edited her blog here's what she said.
"
Hey.
Got back from Toronto this evening after going into the
city for the WGC rally supporting the WGA strike and found this message
from Lifetime in my inbox.
----
Hey Tanya,
I
just wanted to give you an update in regards to the Blood Ties final
two episodes. Those episodes will not air on-air they will air online
instead.
The schedule is as follows:
November 30: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly will air on Television and "We'll Meet Again" will air online.
*Basically you will get two episodes this Friday (November 30)
Next Friday, December 7: The final episode will air online only.
(bit about how we'll handle the blog deleted because we haven't decided yet)
Also, is it possible to send a message to the fans letting them know they can watch online the final two episodes?
-----
I don't know any more than what's in the message and I've turned off comments because I really, really need to finish my polish of the new Valor book and well, there's going to be comments t
hat I don't have time to answer and speculation that I can't answer. Yeah, I know what this looks like but no one has said anything definite yet and until someone does I can't comment. Remember, television is a strange world and nothing's written in stone until someone actually writes it in stone.
With any luck, I'll get stuff about the rally up tomorrow but for now here's the link to the inimitable Denis McGrath's blog. (I get mentioned. OMG, I'm a somebody!) "
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i was just on live journal when i looked at my friends page and seen that Ms. Huff has edited her blog here's what she said.
"
Hey.
Got back from Toronto this evening after going into the
city for the WGC rally supporting the WGA strike and found this message
from Lifetime in my inbox.
----
Hey Tanya,
I
just wanted to give you an update in regards to the Blood Ties final
two episodes. Those episodes will not air on-air they will air online
instead.
The schedule is as follows:
November 30: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly will air on Television and "We'll Meet Again" will air online.
*Basically you will get two episodes this Friday (November 30)
Next Friday, December 7: The final episode will air online only.
(bit about how we'll handle the blog deleted because we haven't decided yet)
Also, is it possible to send a message to the fans letting them know they can watch online the final two episodes?
-----
I don't know any more than what's in the message and I've turned off comments because I really, really need to finish my polish of the new Valor book and well, there's going to be comments that I don't have time to answer and speculation that I can't answer. Yeah, I know what this looks like but no one has said anything definite yet and until someone does I can't comment. Remember, television is a strange world and nothing's written in stone until someone actually writes it in stone.
With any luck, I'll get stuff about the rally up tomorrow but for now here's the link to the inimitable Denis McGrath's blog. (I get mentioned. OMG, I'm a somebody!) "
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