▁its ▁original ▁Sunday ▁night ▁times lot ▁to ▁Wed nes day ▁night s , ▁air ing ▁before ▁The ▁West ▁Wing . ▁This ▁put ▁the ▁show ▁up ▁against ▁CBS ' s ▁Sur viv or : ▁Pal au ▁and ▁ABC ' s ▁Lost , ▁and ▁American ▁Dream s ▁could ▁not ▁comp ete ▁against ▁these ▁popular ▁programs . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁third ▁season ▁w ound ▁down , ▁actors ▁on ▁the ▁show ▁fil med ▁pil ots ▁for ▁new ▁shows ▁to ▁possibly ▁air ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 – 0 6 ▁television ▁season . ▁F ans ▁of ▁American ▁Dream s ▁organized ▁a ▁campaign ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁show , ▁sending ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁support ive ▁e - mail s ▁to ▁N BC ▁after ▁the ▁season ▁finale ▁and ▁several ▁thousand ▁post cards ▁to ▁the ▁network ▁as ▁well . ▁On ▁May ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁fans ▁fle w ▁an ▁aer ial ▁b anner ▁over ▁N BC ' s ▁Bur bank ▁stud ios ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁show , ▁even ▁as ▁the ▁show ' s ▁sets ▁were ▁being ▁dis m ant led ▁at ▁Sun set - G ower ▁Studios , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁fil med . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁been ▁reported ▁that ▁American ▁Dream s ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁can ce led ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁Jonathan ▁Prince ▁mentioned ▁in ▁a ▁Miami ▁Her ald ▁article ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁get ▁four ▁additional ▁episodes ▁made ▁by ▁having ▁companies ▁such ▁as ▁Kraft ▁and ▁N ab is co ▁pay ▁for