Dale McRaven

In 1989, there was a scintillating dustup about the Dale McRaven-created program Perfect Strangers. McRaven had been committed to killing off the characters (the cast is safe) in a two-part episode called Father Knows Best, but two young fans of the show (aged 5 and 11) started a campaign to save them. McRaven ultimately relented and years later publicly thanked them for saving his show.