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[meirwen_1988]

From ISN News: The Zocolo Today:
"JERICHO RENEWED!!!!!!!
Fantastic news this morning! CBS has renewed JERICHO for another seven episodes, to air sometime mid-season. Nina Tassler, president, CBS Entertainment, made the announcement on the official JERICHO message board on June 6. "Wow!" Tassler wrote. "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 e-mails and collective voice have been heard. As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of JERICHO for mid-season next year." Tassler added that the show, about the residents of a small Kansas town who struggle to survive in the wake of a nuclear disaster, would still need to bring in viewers. "A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show," she said. "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."
CBS offered no date or timeslot for the show's return. But it said that it would rebroadcast JERICHO reruns over the summer, stream them online and release the first season on DVD on Sept. 25. The network also plans on "continuing the story of JERICHO in the digital world until the new episodes return," Tassler wrote. "We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on."
Tassler added: "Please stop sending us nuts :)"
The latter was a reference to the tons of peanuts that fans have sent to the network to protest its earlier cancellation, a campaign that CBS credited for its change of heart.

Also see http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_en_tv/tv_cbs_jericho;_ylt=AmBVcAHCBA6QC1JTNIEBJN5X24cA
and
http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho

Comments

[deadised.livejournal.com]

Awesome. But did you catch the "out" they left themselves? "okay folks... quit sending us the damn nuts and oh, by the way... if you don't double the number of people watching the show... we'll cancel it again on you!" Gotta love how they blatantly admit that this is all about numbers and not about compelling and good TV.

[theboomboom.livejournal.com]

Since when is anything corborately decided about what is compelling and good?

[diablu.livejournal.com]

It's always been about numbers. TV is a business. Look at the original Star Trek. Saved for 3 seasons by massive fan mail campaigns in the 60's