Save Journeyman!

Journeyman fans, here is your chance to own a piece of the show. VIP Fan Auctions wrote us:

We enjoy your website and wanted to ensure that you were aware of the
official prop and wardrobe auctions for Journeyman that are underway. You
can obtain items from this amazing show at the official auction site being
operated by VIP Fan Auctions (ww.vipfanauctions.com). The auction operate
weekly and are a great way to obtain a piece of your favorite show. The
Journeyman items can be found at
http://www.vipfanauctions.com/Journeyman_Auction.html

As I write this there is wardrobe worn by Livia (Moon Bloodgood) and Dan (Kevin McKidd) available, as well as props like mugs and ID badges. If you see or win anything interesting, come over to our forums and talk about it.

TV Squad reports:

Moon Bloodgood, who played Livia in Journeyman and Rita in the short-lived Daybreak, is about to sign on to the new sci-fi movie, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The film will be directed by McG (he directed the Charlie’s Angels big screen movie) and is the first film in a planned trilogy. Bale will play John Connor (currently played by Thomas Dekker on FOX’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles)., fighting evil robots after most of mankind has been destroyed.

Also, Kevin McKidd will appear in Made of Honor with Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan, which comes out May 2. Dempsey plays a guy who ends up being the “maid of honor” for his friend, Monaghan, whom he now realizes he loves. McKidd plays “the other man.”

Finally, Journeyman fans should also be interested in The Time Traveller’s Wife, due in November. IMDB’s plot outline for the movie reads,”A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian ([Eric] Bana) with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.” Sound familiar to anyone?

We know it’s been awhile since our last post. The Save Journeyman Campaign has since been figuring out the best way to go forward. We’ve decided to move the “mini-discussions” we’ve been having here in the comments on the blog to our forums. If there is news or something else you need to know about, we will post it here on the blog, but reactions to the post will be on the forums rather than in comments. We greatly appreciate the community that’s formed on this site and hope to see it continue on our forums.

The move to the forums doesn’t mean that fans should give up on getting a DVD set. Right now, DVDs appears to be a long shot, but if there’s anything we’ve learned during this campaign, it’s that networks need to hear from viewers more, not less. They need to hear there are some shows for which viewers are willing to make a stand. As viewers, we need to keep seeking out the most effective ways to get network attention. Right now, the most effective way to request DVDs is to let FOX know directly. Email them, write them, fax them. Contact info can be found here. That type of direct action is going to get the most attention. If you have examples of letters or emails you’ve written to FOX, share them with other Journeyman fans. Perhaps your letter will help someone who doesn’t quite know what to say. If you have other creative ideas on how to directly get FOX’s attention, let other fans know by posting.

Journeyman has meant different things to each of us. As we said in our last newsletter, Journeyman inspired us to expect more from television. Journeyman captured our imagination, stood out as a rare example of quality and showed us what television can be at its best. For whatever led you to the fight to save Journeyman, let FOX know that those are the reasons you want a DVD set.

To sound off on this post, please go to our forums. We’ve been told that Kevin Falls is lobbying for a DVD set of the series. Let’s join him in this effort, and get those DVDs we know Journeyman so richly deserves!

SaveJourneyman.net would like to pass along this message from Journeyman creator, Kevin Falls.

APRIL 4TH, 2008 — 11:01 PM, Los Angeles

Dear SaveJourneyman Fans–

I just wanted to thank you for your valiant effort to try to save this show. It did not go unnoticed by myself, the writers, producers and actors. I am reluctant to encourage you to lobby for a DVD given all the work you did for naught to get the show picked up for another season, but the fact that there’s a DVD of Bionic Woman and not Journeyman just doesn’t seem quite right.

Journeyman was a wonderful and rewarding experience for almost everyone associated with the show. As I said before, we tried to move you intellectually and emotionally, but in the end, you did that to us.

If you continue to demand quality television, we’ll keep trying to produce it.

Humbly yours,

Kevin Falls

Kevin may be reluctant, but we aren’t. Start firing off those letters, e-mails and faxes. Journeyman deserves to be on DVD. Let’s make sure Fox knows it. Contact info for Fox can be found here.

…is finally here. We have information from very trustworthy sources (no fooling this time) that Journeyman will not be returning to the air on any network. Kevin Falls has signed a development deal with another studio, and NBC and Fox are not interested in continuing the show. Their disinterest is moot without the availability of Falls, in any case. There is no word on a DVD release.

While this is extremely sad news, we should all be proud of the effort we put in to save the series and to stand up for quality television. Just a few days ago I received an e-mail from Brian Howe, who played Hugh Skillen, that expressed appreciation for our efforts. This is something we’ve heard before from others involved in the show. It is very nice to know that we were noticed and appreciated.

If you are interested in continuing to fight for quality television, the folks over at the Jericho Monster blog are helping to form Rock the Ratings: TheTelevision Viewers Union, with an eye to fortify campaigns like ours and get the networks and ratings people to recognize the new ways TV is being viewed.

Tying up some loose ends, we will be announcing the winner of our iTunes contest, and our poster contest will go forward if there is continuing interest. Drop by and post an entry.

Once again, we want to thank everyone for all of the wonderful work done on behalf the campaign, including posting, e-mailing, writing in, and, of course, sending in Rice-a-Roni. It has been great working with all of you, and we wish everyone all the best in the future.

According to highly reliable anonymous sources, Journeyman has been picked up for a second season by cable music network, VH1. Before agreeing to air the show’s second season, VH1 insisted that show runner Kevin Falls make a few changes. Kevin McKidd and Brian Howe will be replaced by former Journey band-mates, Neal Schon and Steve Perry. Warning: Spoilers! Sources say that in the exciting season premier, after whipping up some fresh guitar licks in a late night jam session with Hugh, Dan travels back to 1965 to convince Paul McCartney to record “Yesterday” as a power ballad. The result is incredible and, as a result, The Beatles continue to record together until George Harrison’s death. (John Lennon’s murder is removed from history!) The episode is titled “Yesterday, Faithfully.”

“We are incredibly excited to have Journeyman on the network,” said VH1 spokesperson Lirpa Sloof. “The small tweaks we are making will only serve to make the show stronger and appealing to our core audience. Journeyman will leave a lasting impression and will surely rock on for years to come.” Journeyman will air as part of a three hour block with “Scott Baio is 47 and Divorced” and “My Fair Brady: You Strained What?.”

[We couldn’t resist a little bit of joking. Sorry if you didn’t find it funny.]