FlashForward fans plan ‘blackout’ protest as sci-fi show is axed

Fans of an axed science-fiction series will stage a protest against its cancellation today – by falling to the ground for two minutes and seventeen seconds.
That is the time the population of Earth blacked out in the ABC series FlashForward, which bosses have said won’t go to a second series.

The fan campaign sprung up worldwide moments after ABC announced the show would not be renewed for a second season. Dozens of Facebook pages were created, including Save FlashForward, BringBackFlashForward, Against FlashForward Cancellation, Do Not Cancel FlashForward, Stop FlashForward Being Cancelled, and many more.



Fans set up an online “SAVE FLASHFORWARD” petition and in the first 48 hours, over 7,000 signatures were collected, and fan sites are still counting! This is not the first time fans banded together to try to get a show reinstated: the original Star Trek, Jericho … even Chuck … gained a reprieve after fan intervention.
But what’s different with the FlashForward movement is that international fans have also joined US viewers in the effort! People from Spain, UK, Italy, Russia, Germany, Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil and many more have formed a virtual TV United Nations in order to bring FlashForward back.

The fan group – which is behind the website Preventtheblackout.com – will stage the unusual protest in front of the offices of ABC in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Detroit and Chicago, and supporters in London are also expected to join the protest.