Dear TCM, This is a petition to ask you to reconsider your position on broadcasting post-1960 films. We, the viewers, feel that recently TCM has deviated from its original mission to televize films from the classic era of Hollywood (1913-1960). We watch TCM as it is the only channel that is solely dedicated to showing films from this period- however well-known or obscure. If it weren't for TCM, it would be impossible to view many of these rare films, as many of them have not been released on DVD. In her autobiography 'The Million Dollar Mermaid', Esther Williams credits Ted Turner with preserving her legacy. Without TCM, she feared that future generations would not remember her. When TCM premiered in 1994, it made a commitment to honor those legacies. We therefore request that TCM remove all post-1960 films from its programming. Thank you for considering our request.