Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-5441128-20160913213841/@comment-26247132-20160915220123

Back in the day, petitions weren't as common as what they are now (technology wasn't as advanced) and it was full-spread campaigning in addition to petitions. IIRC, they might have used petitions to keep Firefly (and Dollhouse) on the air (both of which failed) but it was actually the non-stop cult following that finally gave us Serenity.

For Jericho, people sent tons and tons of nuts to the Network as a sort of petition. In fact, there were several shows where fans sent in literal objects to networks to make their voices heard.

Hannibal is a bit of a different situation and Fuller is waiting for August 2017 when its rights expire.

But, I agree with what Janus said:

Janus100 wrote: ...since petitions are easy to create, I wouldn't be surprised if most recently canceled shows have petitions. Though, when a show is revived, it's hard to tell what was the deciding factor for network executives. So ... petitions don't hurt, but it's unclear if they do anything except help rally fan campaigns for network executives to ignore.