Save Blood Ties Collaborative

There is a new petition available over at TVSeriesFinale.com to try and help revive Blood Ties!

Please go to the link below and add your name (once per person please) to the list…

http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/blood-ties-petition-to-revive-the-tv-series-or-to-make-a-movie/

There is a group of Blood Ties fans looking into the possibility of doing some digital billboards to help increase the visibility of the show. They’d like everyone to vote in their poll.

You can read more more about this and find the link to the poll by reviewing this thread over at the Kyle’s Korner forums.

The Variety.com Ad Campaign has announced that they are extending the deadline for making donations to May 30th.

They are getting very, very close to reaching the goal of $3,500 which is needed for the ads. As of May 14th total donations were up to $3,180 which is great to see! They’re almost there.

For all the details please visit there site at this link.

The folks over at the Variety.com Ad Campaign have updated their donations honor roll page and as of May 6th they have over $1,950 in donations.

The goal is $3,500 for us to be able to fund the ads and we only have a week left until the May 15th deadline so now would be a great time to donate if you haven’t already done so!

Blood Ties fan Cdnfreyja has posted some information on her blog with some of the details about the TV networks that have the rights to air Blood Ties in Canada. Starting in August of this year those rights move to a new network so now would be a great time to get in touch with the new network to let them know about the big and devoted fan base that’s out here.

Please check out all the details here to see how you can get involved.

This blog posting from another blogger includes a reply from the network showing which network will have the rights to air the show in Canada.

This recent $900 donation to the Best Friends Animal Society was made possible through a couple of recent fan initiatives.

A portion of the donation came from the profits made on the sale of the custom printed postcards that were mailed to Lifetime by fans for the “Blood Ties Fans Bite Back! - Postcard campaign” that we mentioned here.

The rest of the funds came from a couple of auctions for some Christina Cox autographed photos. You can find the details in this thread on the Bloodlines forums.

Information on the total donation can be found in this posting on the Bloodlines forums.

Are you interested in writing a brief (150 words or less) essay about your favorite Blood Ties character that just might help to expose more people to our beloved show?

If so, then please take a look at the popular NPR (National Public Radio) blog known as the ‘In Character’ blog. This is where they ask “Great characters: What makes them? What does it take to create them? Why do they matter? NPR’s In Character series joins with readers to explore these questions”. They’ve covered a wide range of characters from Dora the Explorer to Darth Vader. Why not see if we can get Henry, Vicki or Mike on that list?

They accept submissions from anyone via this page. All the details and guidelines are listed at that link. Who knows it might make it onto their blog or even onto one of their nationally syndicated radio programs or podcasts!

Special thanks go out to Blood Ties fan Teresa for sharing this idea with us.

This comes from Margaret on the Save Blood Ties Yahoo Group…

Ladies & Gents: Please don’t forget to make Mondays memorable for Lifetime by lighting up their phone lines this Monday. Start their week right by reminding them that the Blood Ties fans aren’t going anywhere.

Please call Lifetime at:

(212)424-7000 (8:30am - 6pm Eastern Time) and ask for Andrea Wong

Please be polite and civil when sharing your love for the show and asking them to renew it.

By all means still continue to pursue all the other avenues your working on but as Henry said in one of the episodes:

“Light ‘em up!”

According to this thread on the Bloodlines forums there is a possibility that the FX network is looking at Blood Ties.

My review of the FX network website only turned up an email address on their ‘contact us’ link so we’ve got nothing to lose by sending them some nice polite emails telling them how much we love our show and we’d love to see it on their network!

Here is their email address.

There is an online poll running right now asking fans to pledge $20 each to generate the funds needed to place an ad in Variety that shows our support of the show to the entire entertainment industry.

Go here to vote!

For more information you can check out this thread on the Bloodlines forums.

A fast and easy way to show your support is to visit the website for the network that is showing Blood Ties in your country and leave them feedback via an online form.

When you leave feedback like this it’s possible for the network receiving that feedback to tell what country you’re sending it from so please be sure to send it to the appropriate network for your country first and foremost. Any additional ones you send may be helpful but we can’t tell just how much.

Below are the links I have for the US and Canada.

US - Lifetime

Canada - City TV

If you have a link for another country please feel free to leave it in a comment (use the Comments link below) so other viewers in your area who view this page can use it as well. I’ll also add any new ones to our ‘Campaigns’ page.

This is the BIG campaign where we’re trying to get Lifetime TV’s attention.

Postcards are the best way to get your voice heard but please review the details listed HERE for all the information and options available to you.

Blood Ties fans all over the world are banding together to donate glasses for the Lions Club. May is the Lions Club “Recycle for Sight” month and the Blood Ties fans will be donating prescription glasses, sunglasses, non-prescription sunglasses and reading glasses.

You can keep up on things by going to the campaigns official website located here.