Fans rally to save EastEnders

Every now and again a show with a cult following will be on the verge of getting the axe and you'll hear a story about fans banding together to try and save it. There are petitions, mass mailings, websites, and all sorts of projects involved. Unfortunately, more often than not, those campaigns are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, and the shows disappear anyway. So, it's nice to hear a story about fans that actually pulled it off.

American fans of the BBC soap EastEnders sprang into action when WETA, the Washington D.C. PBS, threatened to cancel the show because of acquisition costs. After being told that two years of air time would ring up at $50,000, the group presented the station with 143 checks that added up to $52,504. That's putting your money where your nutty TV obsession is.