Let’s Hashtag Save Selfie

The major networks have gotten ruthless with cancellations, at least for sitcoms. NBC essentially cancelled “A to Z” and “Bad Judge” the same month they premiered. ABC cancelled “Manhattan Love Story” after four episodes (okay, I have to admit, that doesn’t bother me). “Selfie” got a tiny bit more air time before getting axed early this month. If you want a show to last, you’ve got to catch it from the beginning and get, oh, about five million of your closest friends to watch.

Or you can take to social media, which is what “Selfie” fans have done.

“Selfie” is the Pygmalion-inspired story of a self-centered but adorable young woman, Eliza (Karen Gillan) who has hundreds of thousands of twitter followers but alienates everyone she meets in person. That includes her co-workers.

She enlists staid marketing genius Henry (John Cho of Harold and Kumar fame) to improve her image.

Like many, if not most, sitcoms, the pilot was a little shaky. But it got better. The shows biggest asset is Gillan, who manages to make selfish Eliza somehow lovable. The rest of the cast is good too, it’s funny, and it can be a little daring and a lot of fun.

I almost missed the irony of social media campaigns being enlisted to save a show about a woman addicted to social media.

If you’d like to join that bandwagon, you can:

• Sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/abc-please-renew-selfie-for-a-second-season
• Follow “Save Selfie” on Twitter: https://twitter.com/save_selfie
• Add your own #saveselfie tweets

If all else fails and the show is yanked, at some point you’ll be able to catch what remains of the 13 episodes on www.abc.com and www.hulu.com.