Mole Miner 2003 Pledge Drive

In May 2003, PBS aired the  to fund Mole Miner and more PBS Kids programming.

History
After PBS Kids decided to cancel Mole Miner following the initial 65 episodes, members of local PBS stations across the US and Canada along with the show's fans and members of the furry fandom called to object. After the decision was made to keep the series on the air, PBS decided to hold a pledge drive to fund the third season of the series.

Event
The marathon was similar to previous PBS pledge drives, but differed in that only Mole Miner episodes were broadcast. The show's cast would also be shown giving various messages to viewers asking to pledge. The marathon also aired sneak peeks of Mole Miner: Quartz Madness! and two other PBS Kids Movies (Oscar: The Biggest Disaster Movie and Liberty's Kids: The Movie), and television airings of Mole Miner Live!, Sagwa: The Movie, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and Barney's Great Adventure.

Trivia

 * As Janyse Jaud and Andrew Francis tease the events of Season 3 and Mole Miner: Quartz Madness!, Andrew teases the fact that two new characters would join the cast in the movie and be added into the series afterwards. In hindsight, the new characters talked about would be Rochester and Clarissa.
 * During the pledge drive, the local host would tease the "new editions" of Redwall coming to PBS afterwards.
 * The TV edit of Barney's Great Adventure used for the pledge drive contains some differences - notably "Barney - The Song" by Bernadette Peters was replaced with a instrumental of the Season 4 Barney & Friends theme due to rights issues, and some shots are extended or cut.