The SyFy Channel had set up a complaint line for viewers to call and vent/complain what was offensive to them. Calling this number gave you choices on which was most disturbing. The voice on the recording is that of Slink. (325) 400-3423 Is the hotline for "Blood Drive".
The series takes place in 1999.
The pilot first appeared on the bloodlist; the list of the best unproduced dark - genre scripts and pilots of the year.
To get past the US censors the show used black rectangles to cover any nudity, the positioning of these black bars are a little more creative than usual.