Candycane World

Reblog if you still want more seasons of gmw just as bad now as you did when it was canceled.

So, I think people are expecting some kind of cookie crumbs from execs or something, but that’s just not how this works most of the time. Part of the reason the paper airplane campaign is SO IMPORTANT is because that’s physical mail going straight to corporate, so if people haven’t gotten around to participating yet…now’s the time!

In general, the only “inside leaks” you’ll get during a save our show campaign are the hard nos (a la Netflix the other week). If the show in question gets successfully rescued in the end, you’ll hear about production and whatever specific network/platform being “in talks”…but not until within a few days of an announcement, when things are just about settled for sure. Or, you’ll hear about talks and then later you’ll hear they fell apart. Those are the usual patterns. But talks don’t happen and/or they fall apart if demand is not sustained.

So, if people are giving up because Hulu/Amazon/Disney execs aren’t telling us what’s going on, if anything…just know: that’s a very bad reason to drop out, especially now, because that’s just plain not how this usually works. If you wanna save a show, you have to keep making noise and bringing other fans onboard even though execs most likely aren’t going to acknowledge you and very little to nothing will leak aside from hard nos—UNLESS/UNTIL someone eventually saves the show in the end.

I can tell you that Netflix is 100% out.

That said, we have known from the start due to whispers from production that Hulu was the better option and Netflix was a longer shot. People didn’t want to listen then, and I understand they still don’t want to listen now, but please consider this:

(1) Hulu has had recent positive business dealings with DC: https://www.hulu.com/press/posts/hulu-doubles-down-on-kids-programming-through-multi-network-svod-licensing-agreement-with-the-disney-abc-television-group. As well as Walt Disney Studios (although that subsidiary is separate from Disney Channel): https://www.hulu.com/press/posts/hulu-expands-offering-of-family-favorites-and-blockbuster-movies-in-first-licensing-agreement-for-theatrical-features-with-the-walt-disney-studios

(2) Hulu is trying to push/acquire/originate more kids & family programming: http://www.adweek.com/news/television/hulu-makes-big-kids-programming-push-new-disney-channel-deal-172048

(3) Netflix already has two popular family comedy originals in their line-up. Hulu has none: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_distributed_by_Hulu

(4) Hulu wants to be more competitive in terms of award nominations: http://deadline.com/2014/03/warner-horizons-craig-erwich-joins-hulu-as-head-of-content-707168/

(5) Hulu originals can have longer seasons (closer to the standard 20ish) and they release weekly, which GMW production might prefer because the executive producers are old school, and a standard-length season is likely the framework around which they originally planned S4.

The list of reasons why Girl Meets World is kind of a perfect fit for Hulu goes on and on and on, one particular little bonus being that if you go look at who Hulu Head of Originals Beatrice Springborn follows on Twitter, it’s pretty clear that she is not going to have annnnny kind of a problem with Rowan’s politics.

Most everybody’s knee-jerk reaction (including mine) the night of cancellation was to think of Netflix first. And I get it. Netflix is Superman. They’re huge. But the reality is that Netflix is out, and Hulu is, in many ways, a better fit.

I understand that if Hulu rescues the show, we will still have the issue of people not having paid access to Girl Meets World. I empathize with that. But that issue is going to persist in some form or another no matter where the show potentially goes. Luckily, it’s 2017 and there is always a way to watch a TV show as long as said TV show continues to exist. Also? I have no doubt that Hulu wants to expand more in terms of international service eventually. Again, I empathize with and understand that there are people who truly cannot afford or simply just plain don’t have a regional access to Hulu. But the Hulu door is still open. The Netflix one isn’t.

So, I say this with absolutely no offense or intentional condescension towards anyone personally, but I think a lot of people have a fundamental misunderstanding about how journalism works when it comes to things like corporate leaks (especially in the entertainment biz). In hopes of dispelling the misinformation going around the fandom about how this kind of thing actually works, I’m going to link y'all to this first, and then I have about three other things for you to read. After that, I think more people will understand the reality of situation. So, start here to read about the relationship between journalists and corporate entities in terms of leaks:

http://girlmeetsherworld.tumblr.com/post/156124230490/listen-up-girl-meets-world-fans

Then proceed here for a little bit more on that:

http://girlmeetsherworld.tumblr.com/post/156137500015/why-are-we-pretending-like-linda-ge-is-netflix

Then, go here to read about Netflix’s established practices (or, more accurately, lack thereof) for not picking up shows + why customer service is still encouraging GMW fans who contact them despite the leak from higher-up:

http://theowldetective.tumblr.com/post/156139391516/heres-why-netflix-customer-service-reps-are-still

And finally (and perhaps most importantly; so please make sure you read the old reddit thread linked in the post), go here to read about another fandom who went through this exact same thing a few years ago:

http://theowldetective.tumblr.com/post/156116682626/reddit-thread-from-the-sixseasonsandamovie

If people still refuse to let go of Netflix and focus their energies elsewhere after reading through all this, then…fine. I get it. It’s news people didn’t want. Nobody likes that. But PLEASE make sure you are putting at least as much energy into Hulu and Amazon as you are into a 99.999999% dead end. 🙏 And if you see someone targeting Netflix only, please encourage them to make sure they’re targeting Hulu and Amazon just as hard.

I realize that not everybody has Hulu or Amazon, but we (most of us, anyway) aren’t trying to save the show on Netflix or nowhere else, we are trying to save the show, period. The issue of some folks not having paid access was never going to magically disappear entirely just because the show got rescued, even if Netflix HAD swooped in.

I do not mean to crush anyone’s hopes entirely (that’s the absolute last thing I want!), we just need to hope with one foot on the ground is all. So please, even if you just plain cannot bring yourself to let go of Netflix even after reading all the info above, please don’t sleep on Hulu and Amazon. 👍

P.S. I absolutely respect people’s worries about being taken in by fake news, especially in our current climate. It’s commendable to be vigilant about that in this day and age! 👏👏 But Linda Ge and TheWrap simply are NOT publishing “fake news” here. IF and I mean IF it turns out Ms. Ge’s reporting was inaccurate, she will 100% issue a retraction—believe that I’ll be one of the first to share it, btw—and that’s the difference between her and the scummy people who spread fake news.

For whatever it’s worth, this is what I think Will’s tweet was most likely about. A deleted scene. Not a pick-up. 💛

Source: http://tvline.com/2017/01/20/girl-meets-world-recap-series-finale-michael-jacobs-interview/