"Angel's" Plight

That's just a sampling of the letters, postcards and notes I've received at work over the past week from "Angel" fans. Really, really, pissed off "Angel" fans. Political campaigns aren't as organized as the push to save "Angel," which the WB has canceled after four years on the air.

The "Angel" fans have put up two sites devoted to their campaign, savingangel.com and savingangel.org. I must have ended up on these sites for a period of time, because the mail was relentless last week.

They came from all over the globe: Oklahoma, Ireland, Australia, Denmark, England... even several postcards from soldiers in Iraq. And they all want to save "Angel."

I suppose it would be too easy at this point to lament the fact that all of that energy could be better harnessed to feed the hungry or shelter the homeless. But hey, there's a TV show to be saved here! (And I've been busy waging my own "Renew 'Arrested Development'" campaign, cornering every Fox exec I can find.)

Besides the mail, these "Angel" fans have purchased ads in Variety, bought billboards around town, have started a blood drive campaign (there you go! Some positive harnessing!) and continue to barrage WB topper Jordan Levin with all sorts of gifts. But alas, I think this work will be in vain. "Angel" isn't coming back.

In the meantime, I've acquired a pretty decent postcard collection. E-Bay, anyone?