More ‘Jericho’ May Be on CBS’ Horizon
Revolting Fans Manage to Get Their Way—Yes!
By all accounts all over the Web, CBS is inching closer and closer to giving the unceremoniously axed freshman drama Jericho another seven or eight episodes, to be aired mid-season. Some of these optimistic reports even go so far as to predict/speculate that when and if the network makes an official announcement, the series will regain life not just to resolve any hanging plotlines and peter out after those reprieve installments, but rather to work its way up to becoming a full-fledged series yet again.
Are Jericho fans nuts or what? This is wild news. For those who have been living in deep space or a hidden underground cave for the past few weeks, followers of the rookie post-apocalyptic serial Jericho went figuratively and literally nuts when CBS canceled the show soon after announcing its 2007–2008 lineup last month. Web-savvy and persistent, some fans immediately took to the Internet, creating dedicated Web sites for the show where other disappointed fans could unite and list the private email addresses of CBS employees to annoy the heck out of, forming online petitions that ultimately acquired thousands upon thousands of digital signatures, and, most importantly, allying with the online family retailer NutsOnline, which turned out to be owned and operated by individuals who would become as dedicated to the NUTS to CBS cause as the original fans are. Taking orders at cost, NutsOnline has sold and arranged for the delivery of almost twenty tons of nuts worth over $50,000 to CBS headquarters on both coasts.
Was it the regular and continuous arrival of yet more nuts in the time since Jericho was canceled, the repeated annoyance of having the inboxes of their non-public email accounts flooded with messages from Jericho supporters, or sheer old business common sense that motivated the Eye Network to renege on its own programming decision and resuscitate a deserving show? Who knows? Who cares? All that matters is that for once in TV Land, it looks like fans have not only made themselves heard, but made a network reconsider its ill-advised cancellation of an excellent series. And when/if Jericho returns to the tube, we can be sure there will be no more ridiculous three-month long hiatuses, thanks to the unrelenting and massive protestations of fans everywhere. Bravissimo!
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Jericho photo courtesy of CBS
