Jericho Updates

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Submitted by Corinne K. on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 18:57.

CONGRATULATIONS!  LOOKS LIKE WE DID IT!

Jericho will be renewed mid-season next year.  CBS heard our calls.  They ordered 7 episodes, possibly more if we continue to watch.  There will be a new campaign to "rally around them" so stay tuned.  The news and forums can keep you up to date in the meantime. 

Thanks everyone! 

6/6/07 Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment offered the following message to the press and fans of the series:

To the Fans of Jericho:

Wow!

Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard.

As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of Jericho for mid-season next year. In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more Jericho, we will need more viewers.

A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show. But that community needs to grow. It needs to grow on the CBS Television Network, as well as on the many digital platforms where we make the show available.

We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks.

At this time, I cannot tell you the specific date or time period that Jericho will return to our schedule. However, in the interim, we are working on several initiatives to help introduce the show to new audiences. This includes re-broadcasting Jericho on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips from these episodes across the CBS Audience Network (online), releasing the first season DVD on September 25 and continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return. We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of Jericho in such an extraordinary manner. Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone. You made a difference.

P.S. Please stop sending us nuts :)

6/6/07 Resurrection: The fans save 'Jericho'- LATimes

Sometimes going a little nutty is a good thing.

For weeks, "Jericho" junkies have been firing e-mails (effectively shutting down InBoxes at CBS and this newspaper), signing petitions and sending bags of nuts to CBS headquarters in protest.

The assault seems to have worked, "Jericho" creator and executive producer Carol Barbee said Tuesday. CBS executives are in discussions with the show's producers and actors to resuscitate the show  -- killed just last month -- for an eight-episode run in mid-season.

http://www.youchoose.net/views/news_viewer.php?nid=26965

5/22/07  A Statement From CBS To The Fans Of Jericho
To the fans of Jericho:

We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment. Please know that canceling a television series is a very difficult decision. Hundreds of people at the Network, the production company and the incredibly-talented creative team worked very hard to build and serve the community for this show -- both on-air and online. It is a show we loved too.

Thank you for supporting Jericho with such passion. We truly appreciate the commitment you made to the series and we are humbled by your disappointment. In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jericho story.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment

Here is a video from Jericho Cast members supporting the NUTS campaign.

 

Have you contacted CBS yet?  Here is their Feedback form.  http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml

Tell them how you feel about Jericho, maybe even tell them more than once...