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First they wanted us to save Jericho, then Veronica Mars, and now Traveler

by Richard Keller, posted Jun 14th 2007 10:01AM

Will an online petition save Traveler? Probably not.Okay, enough already! Personally, I'm glad that the grass roots campaign to save Jericho turned out well, and I think that the Mars candy bar campaign to save Veronica Mars is cute, but a futile attempt (at least according to show creator Rob Thomas). But, when a television studio tells you to sign a petition to save a show that the network didn't seem to really want in the first place you're going a bit too far.

The studio I'm talking about is Warner Brothers Television, and the show I'm talking about is ABC's Traveler. We actually received an email from someone over at WBTV promoting an online petition asking for a second season of the show, which has done okay since its premiere. The petition says that 8 episodes of the show aren't enough and the network should consider bringing the show back for a new season. As I write this there are 513 signatures, which is probably not enough to send to the programming wonks over at the Alphabet Network.

I can probably say the following without sounding too crazy: The reason that the grass roots campaign to save Jericho worked so well was not due the amount of nuts sent to the network. It was due to the fact executives over at CBS knew that they screwed up big time and they needed to do something to fix their error. Those of you who are trying to save Traveler are going to have to make the executives over at ABC think the same thing if you want the show to make it for another season. Put enough pressure on them so they say 'You know, we should have put this show on in the beginning of the season to give it a better chance'. An online petition that is emailed to the network is not going to do this.

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caitlin

personally i love(d) traveler and i think it's sad that an original show like this gets cancelled without a full run and they just keep putting on more and more reality tv.
it's pathetic how people in television have no imagination anymore.

July 19 2007 at 11:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mario

after seeing the finale episode they would have to make season 2 because the show is not over yet so it should get a season 2 i hope we have got to save this show come on people

July 18 2007 at 11:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick Ellis

Well, for what it's worth, here's a piece arguing for ABC to renew the show:

http://allyourtv.com/0708season/savethisshowtraveler.html

June 28 2007 at 12:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Megan

Ditto on ABC not doing enough to promote this show. I caught the premiere, but missed the second episode. When I went to the ABC website to catch up, I discovered that they only have the pilot and the most recent week's episode online. Why would they do this? There's a good chance I (and other people with too much time on their hands) could get hooked on Traveler if I only had access to more episodes! I waited a few weeks hoping that they'd post more episodes, but they just delete the older one and only have the most recent ep available at all times. LAME!

June 22 2007 at 1:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
T

Starting out on a Traveler community on LiveJournal, some folks are planning to print out a Kerouac picture and send it to ABC.

Info and picture here: http://community.livejournal.com/traveler_tv/9121.html

June 20 2007 at 10:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kim Slater

I love Jericho ... can't get enough of it.

But I've never even heard of Veronica Mars & Traveler.
They must be shows geared to a much younger audience.

June 15 2007 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
thomas

Traveler is a great show. ABC has done very little to promote it. It's sad to see it lose to CSI reruns in the ratings.

http://www.thomaslshaffer.com

June 14 2007 at 11:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
icarusflu

I think I would prefer the show to end after 8 episodes - I am enjoying it so far but I cant see it as a long term show unles they turn it into something like the fugitive and they spend more time helping Cats out of trees and not finding their "one armed man"

and if you want to send them something how about roadmaps

June 14 2007 at 10:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
A Viewer

Jericho fans sending nuts...
Veronica Mars fans sending Mars Bars...
What the hell are Traveler fans going to send, bombs?

Seriously though, having seen some episodes of Traveler it seems to me that it would work best as a miniseries... I mean, they can't keep running forever, can they?

June 14 2007 at 7:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I stopped watching Traveler mid-way through episode 3, and took it off my DVR list. I thought it was a bad knock-off of Prison Break (season 2), with worse writing and TERRIBLE acting.

June 14 2007 at 6:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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