State of the Save Our Seeker Movement

Legend of the Seeker fandom is alive and well, and still working to keep this show visible in as many was as possible. Tomorrow morning (my time — or Eastern Time) fans around the world will be using Twitter to wish #craighorner a happy birthday from 12 PM to 2 PM Eastern Time.

If you cannot join in the Tweetathon live but have Tweetdeck or can download it to your computer, you can use that to schedule Tweets (a max of 1 per minute). So while it will be great if you can schedule 120 Tweets, you may want to space them out if you don’t have that many Tweets to schedule. Try not to be repetitive. You can check this thread (LOTS.org forum) or this discussion (Confessor & Seeker Society) for more information.

I’m also glad to note that the official Legend of the Seeker Facebook Page now has 400,000+ followers. Our next milestone will be 500,000 followers and we’re hoping to cross that line by this summer. You can help spread the word about the page to your friends and visitors to your blogs/Websites.

And though I have not seen much discussion about it, according to the Confessor and Seeker Society Bridget Regan has a birthday coming up. I checked around and I think that will be February 3 (I should know, I should know). Look for more information on the fan forums.

Jessica Marais (who played the Mord Sith Denna) celebrates her birthday on January 29.

In other news, according to this post on the LOTS.org forum, Disney in Russia is now showing Legend of the Seeker so we can expect to be joined by new fans from Russia.

And do you remember MOTHER CONFESSOR DAY? We will be observing that again this year (if *I* have anything to say about that). In the United Kingdom Mother Confessor Day is March 18. In the United States Mother Confessor Day is May 13. Watch the fan forums for discussion of which day we’ll be celebrating, and how. Maybe this year both days will be marked.

And in case you’re wondering if fans are still writing to networks, asking them to pick up the third season of the series, the answer is YES. Just this week sot_fan published another Journey Book campaign announcement.

We have some really dedicated fans, and they are taking inspiration from other shows that have been revived. It’s not too late to Save the Seeker. Just keep on keepin’ on, and introduce your friends to the show through Netflix and Hulu.

Let’s go, fans! Save Our Seeker! Give Terry Goodkind some good news to share with his Sword of Truth readers.

Be sure to follow the @seekerfans Twitter account.

Legend of the Seeker fans to Celebrate Craig Horner’s birthday on Jan 24, 2012

Legend of the Seeker TV star Craig Horner has been keeping a low profile this year but his fans are still working to bring him back as the hero of the Terry Goodkind-inspired TV show. On January 24 Craig Horner and Legend of the Seeker fans around the world will be Tweeting #craighorner from 12 PM to 2 PM Eastern Time (New York/Washington, D.C./Miami).

You can get regular (or irregular, depending on my schedule) updates for what is happening with LOTS fandom by following the SeekerFans Twitter account (@seekerfans).

Or check out the updates posted at The Confessor and Seeker Society forum, the Legend of the Seeker Fan Forum, or the Save Our Seeker site.

As you can see, Seeker fandom hasn’t given up. We’re not going away. We’ll continue to show our support for a great TV show and we’ll continue to let the networks can studios know that 2,000,000+ American fans and millions of others around the world are ready and waiting to pick up with Season 3.

The show wasn’t cancelled because of bad ratings: it was cancelled because the Tribune Company went into bankruptcy and pulled 1/3 of the Seeker’s American TV stations out of the distribution channel. The studio was unable to find another network to pick up the show before the cast and crew had to be released from their contracts.

Shows can come back. It’s not over until the fans say it’s over.

Terry Goodkind would still love to see this show continue, or maybe get some movies made. We can support him and see our franchise grow. Legend of the Seeker is based on Goodkind’s Sword of Truth novels.

You can currently watch the first season at both Netflix and Hulu. Hulu was offering both seasons the last time I checked.

Twitter Has Issues But Don’t Let That Stop You

We still want as many people as possible to participate in the November 20 Tweetathon to support Legend of the Seeker. I am seeing problems with Twitter today (and a lot of people are complaining about them). I don’t know if those problems will extend through tomorrow.

The Tweetathon is scheduled for 12 Noon through 2 PM Pacific Time. You can use services like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite to schedule tweets for the Tweetathon. Hopefully you can log in to Twitter and participate that way as well.

It seems to me that the APIs are still working, so a lot of Tweets I saw today were coming from RSS feeds and maybe schedulers. I had to reload pages often and some pages just wouldn’t load. Here’s hoping Twitter gets the issue worked out soon.

November 20, 2011 Tweetathon for Legend of the Seeker Fans

Fans of Legend of the Seeker are gathering on Twitter this Sunday, November 20, from 12 Noon to 2 PM Pacific Time (Los Angeles/Seattle).

AgentExtremis is coordinating the festivities this time around.

Check out more details here.

You can follow AgentExtremis on Twitter. This blog’s Twitter account is Seekerfans.

Legend of the Seeker fans announce Nov 1 24-hour Tweetathon

The intrepid fans at the Legend of the Seeker forums have targeted tomorrow, November 1, for a 24-hour Tweetathon. They are calling all fans around the globe to celebrate the anniversary of the first premier date of Legend of the Seeker, the syndicated TV show based on Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth novels.

The show was only cancelled because the Tribune Company went into bankruptcy, switching to low-production-cost shows to fill out its schedule and leaving the Seeker with only 2/3 of its previous market share. Although the show continued to perform well in remaining markets it could not raise enough revenue to keep going.

Efforts to find a network in time for a third season fell through but fans have not given up. They are working hard to let the cable and TV industry they still want to see the rest of the SOT novels produced either as TV shows or films.

Led by the Save Our Seeker fan site, the 24-hour Tweetathon is intended to prove that Seeker fandom is still strong and loyal.

The Seekerfans, Xenite.Org, and SF-Fandom Twitter accounts will all participate in the 24-hour Tweetathon.

Here’s hoping you dust off your old Twitter account and help to make things happen!

Save the Seeker!