On September 1st, 2006, Disney made a move that would signal the end of the W.I.T.C.H. animated series. On that day they moved all JETIX shows off of ABC Family to be shown exclusively on Toon Disney. This mid-season move left many fans in the dark, as Toon Disney is in half as many households as ABC Family channel. It's true that this series didn't get super ratings on ABC Family, but reducing the amount of people who can watch it is no way to increase viewership! And now, many months after the last season two episodes have aired, there is still no word on a third season. Most networks renew their shows before the previous season ends, and this extended delay shows that Disney doesn't really want to renew the show. Most people will agree that the second season is a significant improvement over the quality of the first season. There is so much potential for a third season that it truly deserves to be continued.
There is good news, however. Fans of Kim Possible where able to get that show renewed nine months after it "ended production forever." We can do the same for W.I.T.C.H., but only if we can generate the same (or even greater) level of support that KP had. This will be hard, but it is possible! But we need the help of every fan that can possibly help.
In order for this to work, you all need to do three things:
The first is you need to spread the word to other fans. If you're already part of a W.I.T.C.H. forum, or other online group, that's a good place to start promoting the movement. You might also want to post an "Off Topic" post on other online communities you belong to - just make sure you follow the rules in your posts. If you want, we have banner links that you can use.
The second is that you must take the time to actually contact Disney and let them know how you feel. You're their customer, and you have the right to complain, so don't be afraid to. You can call them, write them, fax them and email them. It's best to not just email them, as physical letters must be sorted by real people and phone calls require human operators. Save Disney Shows has compiled all known Disney contact information for us. You can find it in the How to Help section. If Disney hears the same thing from many, many people, they will see how they can still make money from this show.
The third thing is that you need to keep up with the progress of the moment and what events we may plan in the future. In our other campaigns, we've found Yahoo Groups to be the most effective. However, many the current members of this campaign seem to prefer our dedicated W.I.T.C.H. forum. Pick whichever works best for you, or join both. But whatever you choose, we ask you to please join our email newsletter. You can also keep up with general Save Disney Shows news with our podcasts, forum, MySpace, etc. Please check out the contacting the media section as well!
Our last Save W.I.T.C.H. day was a bit of a disappointment. But it was at least partially my fault for failing to remind everyone ahead of time. Therefore, it’s doubly important that we make an impact on our next day, or we risk losing our message. So please mark this date on your calenders, prepare some postal mail NOW, and be ready to send emails and make calls on August 11th!
Make sure to post a link to http://savewitch.org/day.php on any W.I.T.C.H. related websites & forums you belong to and/or forward this email to any friends that like the show. Together we can make a difference!
While doing some SEO work on our Save WITCH website, I found that the domain savewitch.com was available, so I registered it and pointed it to our existing site savewitch.org.
Back when I was looking for and settled on savewitch.org for our website, savewitch.com was unavailable. I am glad that we have been able to acquire it so that anyone who tried the .com ending instead of the correct .org will still find the site.
This new WordPress powered blog replaces the old Save Disney Shows news section. Articles contained within the old data base are still available here. All new articles will be posted in this blog.
Webmaster Greg has decided to impliment this change after his experience building Disney Channel Fans. DC Fans uses a WordPress blog to manage news on the site, and to syndicate news to it’s affiliated websites. Using the same system we will now be able to syndicate news from the news section to our affiliated websites, like savekp.com, and savejakelong.com. Not only does this simply our updating system, but it allows persons following more than one campaign to see the news for all the campaigns in one place.
Also, please consider adding the RSS feed to your news aggregator.
