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The mods and board owner have discussed it, and we're going to leave this thread open so that others have an intuitive place to put responses they receive from their local stations on the fate of SO.
In addition to this posters response, we have heard of similar Program Manager responses from stations in Houston and Colorado (although we don't know which station in CO, as the poster didn't say).
In both of the threads I have referenced, Cygnus has given an excellent explanation of how these decisions are made by the various stations, as well as suggestions on how you would go about expressing your displeasure.
Please keep in mind that SO is a syndicated show, so airing it, or not, is up to whatever local station in your area is showing it - not the broadcasting network that the local station is affiliated with. (In other words, just because it is on an NBC affiliate in your area does not mean that NBC has anything to do with it. In other areas it might be on CBS, etc. It is, in all cases, the local station that you would need to contact.)
Additionally, continuing to produce new episodes is up to B-M to decide. They can be contacted via the SO website. (Although, having fired their web site staff, I don't know if they read comments sent to the board any longer.) A better way might be to contact them via snail mail using their corporate office address.
And, as a reminder, these boards have no affiliation with the show at all. We can do nothing to affect the continued production or airing of the show, nor can we contact every affiliate in the country on your behalf to find out what their specific plans are.
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