Save The Finder!
Save The Finder!
Have you ever had a television show that you really enjoyed watching only to have the network snatch it out from under your nose via cancellation? Unfortunately this has happened more often than not – Pushing Daisies, Breaking In, Reaper, and the list goes on and on. Recently FOX announced that they have decided to cancel the Geoff Stults crime dramedy The Finder. What really irritates me is they are cancelling a great show likes this while they keep garbage like Glee! I missed the first few episodes of The Finder, so I didn’t really get into the show until it was too late.
If you’ve never watched the show, it’s a spin-off of the show Bones. Geoff Stults plays Walter Sherman (A.K.A. “The Finder”) an Iraq War vet who suffered brain damage in an IED explosion. This injury gave him the ability to “find” things. With the help of his “legal advisor” Isabel (Mercedes Masöhn), his friend and bar owner Leo (Michael Clarke Duncan), and a teenage parolee named Willa (Maddie Hasson) he solves some pretty cool crimes involving everything from a meal to music. This show has everything – for you ladies you’ve got the good looking, quirky guy in Walter. Guys, we get the hot eye candy of Isabel. There is romance between Walter and Isabel. You find camaraderie (a “bromance” of sorts) between Walter and Leo. Willa adds a little rebellious teenage angst for the younger crowd (and she’s kind of cute).
If you are like me and really enjoyed the show, let FOX know how you feel! There is a “Save The Finder” Facebook group. You can also sign a petition telling the network they should renew the show. Someone has even created a Keep The Finder blog you can follow. Fans have also been asked to participate in the “Send A Map” campaign where viewers will be mailing Kevin Reilly (the president of FOX) a map of their state with the words “Save The Finder” across it. There is also a campaign to get the USA Network to pick up The Finder (go to http://www.usanetwork.com/feedback/ and at the bottom of the page there is form – fill out the form and select “USA Network Programming” under Topic then for Program under “Other” select “Suggest A Program” leaving a comment telling them how much you love The Finder on FOX and how you think USA Network should air the show). I don’t know what if anything will happen as a result of all of this, but it never hurts to try.
Enjoy the promo video below for The Finder.
Photo Credit: By Amazon.com
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Scott Couey 
Great write up! And thanks for linking up the different sites people can visit to help out! 🙂
Hey Scotty…love the SNL reference by the way “pick the window you’re goin’ thru ya bastard that’s my kidney you’re drinkin on” lol this is Joseph Sheridon/Founder of the facebook page SAVE THE FINDER…just wanted to thank you for the help in getting the word out man…good job keep up the good work
Thanks Joseph! Feel free to post the link to this blog post on the Internet as a resource.
With all of the crappy reality TV on the air, why would Fox even consider cancelling a show with such a HUGE fanbase and following. It’s nice to have a choice in viewing, I refuse to watch most reality shows, like The Kardasians and all of the shows that mimic it. The Finder
is one show we really, really enjoyed. To make thigs worse, the skuttlebutt is that it will NOT be released on DVD…why a crying shame. I will be tuning into USA for Covert Affairs, Royal Pains and White Collar, TNT for Leverage and Fox only for Bones, which is my favorite show but it has run it’s course and the stories are getting lame…cancel Bones and keep the Finder, if you have to cancel something – What are Hart Hansens views on all of this? These are his shows and his fans that are being affected……