Does anyone know if he's trying to save the show or if he's gone to other networks to try and get them to pick it up?

Should we try contacting him to let him know how much we support the show so that he can get on the ball?

What do you all think?

I'm sure that the actors have told him how supporting that we've been. But that would be great if we could get an email addy or something for him. Then we could all email him and tell him how we're trying to save TBD.

ive thought about that and im sure he's fighting for it. i mean, he thought this show was going to run for 5 seasons so obviously he wanted to be writing for it for awhile. and no writer or director wants to see their work being shut down.

It couldn't hurt right? Does anyone have his info??

I have IMDBpro and I pulled up his information.. I could not get an email address though.. Bummer. Send a letter.. Give them a call! Good Luck!


Paul Haggis Productions

Los Angeles, CA:
9200 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 820
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Phn: 310-402-5161
Fax: 310-246-4424

If someone calls, please post how the convo went, I would love to hear what they are thinking.

If anyone gets any news from calling or writing, please post it here.

I called and left a message with his secretaty. I just said that he has alot of fans out there and we really love the show and hope NBC would keep it on the air and if there was anything that he could do then we would greatly appreciate it. His secretary was very nice.

Did you ask if he was doing anything to try and keep it on the air?

I did not...sorry, but his secretary was very nice if you want to give it a try.

What about contacting Bobby Moresco? Does IMDBpro have his contact info?

i will call once i get home and ask any questions that anyone has. if you have a question, please quote this message and tell me your question or comment. ill leave it with the secratary.

That's a very good idea! Then we won't flood their phone lines with all of us calling. Please just ask if he's doing anything to get the show back for a 2nd season and let him know that we're all hoping and praying for a 2nd season. Ask if there's anyway that him and Bobby could let us know of any updates they have. I'm just hoping that they're still fighting like we are to get this show back on TV. Thanks!

Also, see if you can get a sense if they are trying to get other networks to pick it up or if NBC is the only hope. I hope the report comes back good (fingers crossed)

I agree, we definitely don't want to flood him with our calls/letters. We should designate one person to speak to him on behalf of "the fam base". Otherwise he will just get sick of saying the same thing over and over again. NOBODY BESIDES WHO HAS ALREADY CONTACTED HIM SHOULD CALL!! We only need one person speaking to him and keeping us updated. Start a strand of what questions or comments we would like to ask or maybe even recommend that he register to these forums so that he can see first hand how we feel and how dedicated we are.

I agree.. how about natashawantstosavetbd because she is going to call tonight. If that is okay with her. He is really someone we don't want to **** off!

I called back when this thread was started and the secratary was great. She also told me that it ends with NBC. They ultimately control wether or not the show can be sold to any other networks. She basically told me the show was done , but was very happy to pass along my message and compliments to the man himself. She seemed to be very happy to get a nice call form a fan. I have sent messages to all major networks out there and it doesn't really matter. NBC owns it all. TBD dies with NBC.

The show is done indefinitely or for now? I don't know why NBC wouldn't sell it...sounds like they could use the money!!!

Let's all hope so. Anything is possible I guess. The vibe I got was that we probably will not see more of it. Who knows though. Maybe DVD sales will spark a 2nd season.

So we need to keep bombarding NBC?????? I think writing the networks is still a good idea. Why would NBC just hold it and do nothing??? Oh, yeh...I forget which peacock I am talking about. I really hope "done" doesn't mean cancelled!!! I am having a crappy day already and that would just send me over the top!! If they truly cancel this show, I'm going postal on NBC

God **** NBC. I have an idea though, I'll post it later when I do some research. You guys might like it,and hopefully, it might work out.

I still think natasha should call tonight. We need to get a sense of whether or not Haggis and Moresco are fighting to keep the show alive. I would love to know if they are pushing it or if they gave up long ago.

I agree, we really need to have that answered

i would love to be the spokesperson for the fan base. i just called and she said she would love to answer any questions i had. unless someone has already called and been elected spokeperson, i would love to do it.

I think you are the person!! Thanks for all of your help!

natasha, it's all you! Let us know how it goes. See if she knows of anything else we could be doing to save the show, or if there is anything we are doing that is hurting those chances. Thanks alot!

Go for it Natasha, find out as much as you can

alright, great. so these are the questions so far:
1. Is the fight for the show still going or have we given up?
2. If the fight is still happening, are they working to get any new networks to pick up the show?
3. Is there any way that Bobby and Paul can contact the firecrackers? If not through me, and any information I can get from the phone call, can Paul and Bobby contact us? (Maybe through making a video or audio and posting it here or emailing me or someone and then having it posted here)

anything else? ill accept any questions from anyone, so shoot people.

ok, so im not home right now, im helping a teacher teach her freshman spanish class but theyre not having me do anythign right now. (its like my internship or soemthing haha) and i get home at soon and will work on a phone script right now, and then call once i get home and post the information as soon as i can.
thanks guys, ill make you proud you made me the spokesperson.

What if we also ask them if they know anyone that we can personally contact at NBC. Someone that is higher up that would talk to us and knows that is going on. Thanks!!

thats a great question. we gotta know who to talk to. whos gonna make the final decision and how we can talk to him.

oh and should i also tell them to please take a look at thefirecrackerlounge.com and this site? and the petition? i would love for them to see that. and i also like the video idea. if they could update us from time to time through a video that we could watch.

I agree...They need to see how much we love this show! Maybe they will respond since we know NBC isn't. Maybe he can help us

haha great, keep the questions coming if you guys have any.
and im excited to call tonight. im working on the phone script as we speak. if anyone has any ideas for the call, i plan to say I am calling on behalf of the Firecrackers, the official support team for the black donnellys and saving the show. any other ideas of some formal phone script?

Way to go Natasha. The main question is are we waisting our time fighting for a lost cause and are they fighting too? It is nice to know I can't stand the wondering and the anticipation. Thanks for doing this. I am surprised nobody has thought of this sooner! You go girl.

If you get the opportunity, ask if they would consider a movie or a book for the fans. I'm dying to know what all they had in store for the Donnellys and if there's no season two we may never find out. These guys are brilliant; I'm sure they could make an Oscar winning movie out of it!

A movie and a book, great idea!! All this brainstorming today must be the nice weather.

I think this is an excellent question to expound upon. If the show itself dies with NBC, does Paul have any plans for The Black Donnelly's future in terms of a book or movie so the fans can get more closure? We've grown so close to each character that I highly doubt one last episode is going to tie everything up for us. A book or movie would surely do that if NBC nixes another season. Is Paul open to this idea? Wow do I hope so. I'd buy several books AND movie tickets!

I may have missed this question had it been asked already: Was or is there anything more we could or should do to save the show? What is NBC looking for since we can no longer provide ratings for them? Itunes sales have been doing well so it must be more than that. How do we prove to NBC that this show is worth keeping? Who do we speak to in order to be "heard"?

Above all, please tell him thanks for the creation of such a fantastic, excellent and entertaining show that will be sorely and greatly missed.

Thanks, Natasha, for volunteering to do this. I know I put a lot of questions here and I don't intend for all of them to necessarily be asked. They're just thoughts/ideas to help with what you plan to say.

Thanks again and good luck!

Those are all good questions. Make sure they realize that you are representing a whole lot of people and not just calling for yourself. The numbers are there, save TBD!

Robert Moresco doesnt really have a contact number... on imdbpro they really only show his Talent Agent

United Talent Agency (UTA)

Talent Agent
David Guillod

9560 Wilshire Blvd.
5th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA

Phone: 310-273-6700
Fax: 310-247-1111
http://www.unitedtalent.com
indiefilm@unitedtalent.com

Sorry, I think I hit reply and didn't get a chance to write a reply so there may be another post before this one that says nothing.

The Summer 2006 edition of the Hollywood Creative Directory (yes, by now, an old one -- I need the get the latest when I go by the The Writers Store on Westwood Blvd when I next visit my son out there) gave this numbers for the Blackfriars Bridge folks:

The Black Donnellys
9200 Sunset Blvd. Ste 820
Los Angeles. CA 90069

Phone:310-402-5161
FAX: 310-246-4424

Paul Haggis... Exec Producer
Bobby Moresco... Exec Producer
Mark. R. Harris ... Co-Exec Producer
Laurence Becsey.... Producer
Jeff F. King... Producer
Alexa Fogel... Casting Director

I refuse to accept this devastating news as fact!! Im all for bombarding NBC!! Every email I have sent to NBC regarding saving TBD ends up with a standard auto reply..."do to the volumes of emails we receive blah blah blah" Does anyone else have an alternate email or number to try??

alright well i just called and got a message machine. sorry guys, i will call tomorrow though before 5pm. sorry i couldnt do it sooner, but i was writing the phone script and getting the questions together. at least this will give us time to get more questions and some essential things you want me to mention. tomorrow i will be calling at 3:30ish and will update as soon as i can. again, sorry guys and wish me luck!

--natasha

So true! The Office was cancelled after it's first season but then the DVD sales were so good that they decided to bring it back. We could do the same thing with TBD. At this point I'll try anything!

Thanks for all you are doing!! I can't wait to hear how it goes!!

I was gonna do this, but some **** happened here and I didn't get around to it. Maybe if you can somehow find the artings of TBD, and compare them to the other NBC shows, and show the fan base here. Along with the petition (did anyone start the petition by the way?) it might help a lot.

-Rob

We have talked to "Joanie" and "Nadine" both of which have talked to them since the shows was put on break. They both told us that he was very excited to see the fans of TBD all rooting for the show and for everything they are doing. We did ask them if they had any "insider info" as to the fate of the show, and they knows as much as us. May 15th is our day...

Lets just hope we have made a good case.

Boy, did you guys answer my questions! LOL

I want to help out in any way, shape or form! This is it. It's down to the wire and I REFUSE to let TBD go down without a fight!

As far as contacting NBC, isn't this the person's email we should bombard:

victoria.brody@ nbcuni.com

I think we should bombard her email on one given day.

What do you guys think? Should we do starting tomorrow morning? ??

Good luck Natasha! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this I appreciate your efforts.

They asked us not to do that anymore, they won't read our letters they just delete them, not sure if they even count them or pay attention. If we email them more casually(so they don't get too many at once) they're more likely to read it.

We have to write to different people, try to spread the word and increase the fan base.
In the top thread titled "ideas to save TBD" (something like that) there's emails for radio stations and networks to write to, I'm gonna update that thread later with magazines too that we could write.