To: tsarandos@netflix.com, cholland@netflix.com, rhastings@netflix.com
Subject: What is fair
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What is fair
Dear Netflix
I am writing to you today about ‘Anne With An E’.
I was immensely disappointed to hear about the show’s cancellation due to your differences in co-production with CBC.
The show has had so much impact on me, and a worldwide audience of passionate fans in over 190 different countries.
Since the cancellation in November, I am sure you have seen the enormous global outcry and demand for the show’s
return.
Quite simply, there is no show like this one—and it is wanted, and needed, in the times we live in now.
There is a long list of reasons this show is important, necessary and deserving of continuation, you can find some of
those arguments here.
New fans are finding the show everyday, expressing dissatisfaction at its unfinished conclusion. This is all without
any marketing or promotion behind it. Imagine what future seasons or a planned conclusion could bring with proper
support.
I hope you noticed the high ratings for Season 3, if all of this is any indication of the show’s growing popularity,
they should be higher than prior seasons.
Please reconsider renewing production on this special, in demand, program. It certainly deserves at LEAST one more
planned finale season, although I would like to see all 5 seasons the showrunner had planned.
Further facts for your consideration:
- Over 1 million tweets crying for renewal occurred within less than 24hrs of cancelation. Since then, the number
on #renewannewithane and other relevant tags has continued to grow.
- AWAE is an award winning production. It leads the TV Drama category at the 2020 CSAs with 17 nominations, and
took home 2 awards at the 2020 ACTRAs
(see here
for more acclaim)
- It has shown a large global presence resonating in 190
countries, with a clearly passionate and active fandom growing everyday.
- Moira Walley-Beckett, Emmy
award winning Breaking Bad fame, is our fearless showrunner and a force to be reckoned with.
- The fan base is now united behind a website which provides further
insights on the value of the show and its global reach.
- Multiple fan funded (even some sponsored) billboards launched in
Toronto, NYC and Phoenix.
- The fan
petition to renew the show has over 500k
signatures and is gaining rapidly.
Sincerely,
A KINDRED SPIRIT
Anne Nation