Q1: can they work?
Q2: how much abuse / beating / grief can I expect if I post one?
A) We don’t allow threads that are about recruiting people to take particular off-board actions, so you couldn’t do anything of that sort.
B) Depending on the show, probably a fair amount. 
Seriously – check with the mods (me, Marley23 and EllenCherry) if you have something specific in mind as an effort to save your show.
twickster, Cafe Society moderator
A1: Define “work.”
A2: If you are merely pleading people to watch your favorite TV show, it shouldn’t be a big deal. What show that you love is getting canceled?
I wish everyone would watch or buy the DVD of Legend of the Seeker.
How about a thread where everyone nominates the shows they’d like to save? Would that work?
It’s kinda late, shows have already either been picked up or cancelled by this point.
It also rarely works. And often the resulting returning show isn’t hardly the same (Jericho)