The Mentalist fans are making a bid to keep their favorite show off the cancellation chopping block.

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Part of E!'s annual "Save One Show" event, The Mentalist is tapping into it's fanbase to show execs how much support their show really has. The "Save One Show" voting system has previously managed to save Chuck, One Tree Hill and Community by allowing fans to vote and/or tweet their support for a failing show that they would like to see kept on the air.

Now in its sixth season, The Mentalist is one of 20 programs on this year's ballot. Pitted against many programs that are currently struggling through their freshman seasons, the CBS drama made the list for a very different reason.

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The Mentalist lost its driving force and placed Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) into an entirely new environment. While this move has the potential to lose viewers, series creator Bruno Heller did not seem overly worried about a possible drop in viewership.

"Not really concerned ... It felt to all of us like that chapter of the story was done. I think, frankly, the great asset of value of the show is in Baker's head and what he does. Red John never even appears as a character until this last episode. He was a feeling in the show and an objective, but in terms of moment-by-moment pleasures of the show, those are delivered by Simon Baker and [the rest of the cast], not by Red John," Heller explained to Entertainment Weekly during the fall. "I think it's going to be a great show after Red John. Then it's up to the audience to decide if they like it or not."

However, the series presence on the "Save One Show" list shows Heller may have been wrong in his prediction that viewers would follow Jane to whatever end. Despite this, making the list also shows that the series has a strong fanbase that could help champion it to a seventh season.

The Mentalist airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. Click the video below to see a preview for the series' most recent episode, "The Golden Hammer."

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