SAVE THE WILDS
Timeline
7/28/22 - Cancellation Announcement
7/28/22 - Campaign Beginning
7/29/22 - Switch from #RenewTheWilds to #SaveTheWilds
Source: Variety
Variety confirms the cancellation of The Wilds.
Almost immediately after Variety announced the cancellation, several petitions were made - notably Save The Wilds (courtesy of Kayley Nagle) & #RenewTheWilds campaign took movement with just 1.8k Tweets.
#RenewTheWilds was renamed #SaveTheWilds in an effort to "save" the show after its cancellation. Both hashtags are currently trending on Twitter.
7/30/22 - 2 #RenewTheWilds Milestones Reached
#RenewTheWilds passes 20k tweets, hitting 30k approximately 43.5 hours after cancellation.
7/30/22 - Email Initiative
An official email is set up for fans to contact the 'leads' of the fandom.
7/30/22 - Reed Shannon Acknowledges The Campaign
7/30/22 - 1st Twitter Storm
7/31/22 - 2nd Twitter Storm
7/31/22 - GoFundMe Created
Scotty's, Reed Shannon, is the first cast member to acknowledge the #SaveTheWilds movement & publicly post about it.
- https://twitter.com/reedshannon/status/1553620197277179906
The fandom's 1st Twitter Storm gained momentum & led to the creation of over 5k posts.
Over 5k posts were made during the fandom's 2nd Twitter Storm. Both #RenewTheWilds & #SaveTheWilds currently rest at around 40k Tweets.
8/1/22 - Leah Rilke Day
GoFundMe was created to help raise money for advertisement (billboards in LA/ NYC).
Day 1 of the character appreciation campaign is dedicated to Leak Rilke. Any/ all Leah-related posts are encouraged & to be posted under #SaveTheWilds #RenewTheWilds #LeahRilkeDay. More info under 'Weekly Promo Schedules'.
8/1/22 - Petition Milestone
Peititon achieves the 15k signatures milestone.
8/2/22 - Troy Winbush acknowledges the petition
Troy Winbush, actor of Agent Young, posts about the 15k milestone on his IG story.
8/2/22 - Amy Harris addresses the 15k milestone
Amy Harris, a writer of the series, shows her appreciation for the campaign via her IG story.
8/21/22 - 35k
Surpassed 35k signatures