So, for any Sci-Fi fan, this came as a big blow. CAPRICA was announced as cancled. SyFy will air the next episode and hold the Final Four till 2011...
Now love it or hate it, CAPRICA was well done. Treated like the bastard child, the show never got enough press, never did the runs on the talk shows and was treated like a poorly run machine when the opposite was true.
Slow to build, the show had to establish, firmly, a plethora of characters... all three dimentional...all strong and weak... all important.
The first half of the season aired to 75% approval...and then blank... nothing... the show was on hiatus till 2011... when suddenly, from the ether... it returned... and began airing again, with little to no announcement.
Fans of the series were only just learning it was on when this week SyFy (in its intense wisdom) cancelled the show.
MIND YOU:
facebook/syfy has 166,000 followers.
facebook/Caprica has 101,000 ....
yea... and we're all pissed
I implore all of you to do this simple thing:
Call universal, ask to leave a message about the programming, and leave a message asking for the show to come back...and to get a second season. It was truly a gem... and was only gearing up to impress.
Call Universal:1-818-777-1000
Allisondra Toresani (Zoe Graystone-the first cylon) is leading a cause #SaveCaprica and we are sending apples to universal and syfy execs.
Please, love it or hate it, give the show a chance... at least call the number (we've already filled the voicemail box for syfy.com) and if you can, send an apple with the infinity symbol to Universal/SyFy headquarters.
Mark SternExecutive VP Original Programming
NBC Universal – Sci Fi Channel
100 Universal City PlazaBldg. 1400, 14th Floor
Universal City, CA 91608
Steve BurkeCEO of NBC/Universal
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
EDIT:
We're even getting press now:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/10/caprica-apples/
Follow "Zoe" and "Sam" on twitter too! they're mobilizing too!