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PoizonIvy Posted at 06/06/2007, 14:51
looks like we might get at least 8 more episodes seems like the petitions
and all the nuts made some difference after all. hehe...
jh604 Posted at 06/06/2007, 17:20
first show i've ever watched that has been picked back up shortly after its
cancellation. congratulations to everyone on the show, and a big well done to
those who petitioned.

to quote futtbucker, the starter of this topic:
"why does this warrant a news item? let's face it, an actual petition would do
nothing to sway tv execs away from what they believe to be the right choice. tv
execs won't even know an online petition exists let alone make them change their
minds."

well, i agreed with him. but when i read about the nuts and how successful that
was, i knew cbs would respond in some way.

this makes me a very happy person!
Orming Posted at 06/06/2007, 17:59
the online petitions did bugger all, this is entirely because of the nuts and
phone calls.

but of course this'll lead people to believe that online petitions can work,
leading to even more of them being created and un-necessarily getting people's
hopes up. i remember reading one about a year ago (years after the show in
question got cancelled) where a guy believed that if he got 1000 names on his
petition the wb would bring back "sabrina the teenage witch".


roswell was saved by mailing in tobasco, farscape was saved by the huge
offline movement to save the show, family guy was saved because of dvd sales,
jericho is saved because of nuts and phone calls, none of these were saved
because of x number of names on some random internet petition site.

just wish there was something that summed up "veronica mars" that could be
sent into the network, though aintitcool.com's idea of mars bars is pretty
cool.
spetz Posted at 06/06/2007, 18:28
everwood fans got a freakin ferris wheel and a huge campaign but it did nothing.
the upn and wb merger was lame.
jh604 Posted at 07/06/2007, 00:42
Quote by tvfan
i for one am happy to see that jericho will return. hopefully there
will be more
of an audience to get another full season.


hopefully they won't be putting it up against american idol again!
FPF422 Posted at 07/06/2007, 00:49

deluge of peanuts brings back 'jericho' tv show

an online protest involving 20 tons of peanuts delivered to cbs entertainment in
new york and california has succeeded in bringing back the television show
jericho, which the network canceled last month.

in an online announcement wednesday afternoon, cbs entertainment president nina
tassler called the online outcry a "probably unprecedented display of passion in
support of a prime time television series" and said cbs has ordered seven more
episodes of the show for mid-season.

"we will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the
same grassroots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent
weeks," tassler wrote. (previously aired episodes are available on itunes and
tv.com, which is owned by news.com publisher cnet networks.)

jericho is set in a post-apocalyptic kansas town that survived, through an
accident of geography, atomic explosions that lay waste to major cities
including washington, san francisco, boston and denver.

the show centers on the perils that the green family and other jericho
townspeople face in a world without electricity or a functioning central
government. food is scarce, life is harsh and organized gangs and government
thugs (it's difficult to tell which is which) roam the midwest.

the show aired opposite the highly popular american idol and ranked 48th overall
in terms of prime-time viewers.

and the nuts? that's a reference to the final episode, in which laconic hero
jake green repeats the epithet made famous a half-century ago when general
anthony mcauliffe rejected a request ("nuts!") to surrender to the germans.

fans irked about the series' cancellation signed up with nutsonline and
solicited contributions. by the end of the day wednesday, $54,820 worth of
orders were shipped to cbs totaling more than 40,000 pounds--something like 8
million peanuts.

other online protests have involved star trek enterprise, joss whedon's angel (a
buffy the vampire slayer spinoff), and the critically acclaimed but short-lived
arrested development.

from cnet news.com
Shimonu Posted at 07/06/2007, 02:26
great news! everybody in the us better be watching!
Cloud02 Posted at 07/06/2007, 05:33
to all those who said that tv execs cant be swayed, guess who the joke is
now ...
God Posted at 07/06/2007, 11:38
wow. i'm admittedly surprised. i was one of those that did not think the
execs would be swayed at all.

be that as it may, it should've been axed and i believe it still will get
axed. just a matter of time. but who knows, i've been proven wrong already so
my opinion on this matter is not very credible.
Elrad135 Posted at 07/06/2007, 12:17
at least they have a chance to a proper ending this time
Shimonu Posted at 07/06/2007, 14:27
wondering if the writing team is feeling any pressure?
Krypto Posted at 08/06/2007, 09:59
here's a link to the cnn article and actual associated press release:
h**p://www.cnn.com/2007/showbiz/tv/06/07/jericho.cancellation.ap/index.html

i'd like to point out that the actual press release stated that it will be
mid-season, while less reliable news sources say they have no time period set
for it yet.

on a related note, the official jericho message board confirms that it was the
peanuts, letters, and phone-calls that were responsible, while the online
petition had nothing to do with the decision.
creator_no Posted at 08/06/2007, 17:39
june 6, 2007


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
Futtbucker Posted at 09/06/2007, 00:05

woohoo! it's back! :d

putting aside the fact that the online petition did nothing (yes, that's right,
it did nothing), it's great to see that the show will be back (if only on a
probationary term).

the actual efforts of die-hard fans (ie. sending nuts and snail mail
letters) are to be commended and it's a little sad that their fire is being
stolen (if only marginally) by people who are too stupid to realize why the show
is back. even worse is that people don't seem to realize that while the show
will get 7 or 8 episodes, it by no means indicates that the show is back for
good. note the comments by execs indicating that all they're doing is giving it
a second chance, meaning that should their numbers still fail to reach their
expected targets, the show is still going to get cancelled, which basically
means they realize that the show has potential, but only in so far as ratings
will allow (ie. the show basically has about as much chance as a new show for
staying power). basically, they're getting you to do their work for them
with regards to advertising and word of mouth and all that (which isn't
necessarily a bad thing, but is still manipulation).

what's good about all this (besides getting more episodes and possibly some
closure), is that the first few return episodes will likely have a higher than
average rating due to the publicity this has all created (which makes one wonder
about whether the entire thing was orchestrated as a publicity stunt of some
kind). the problem is, whether the ratings can hold at that level through the
next run, remains to be seen. if it can't, it's simply going to get cancelled
again.

the moral of the story boys and girls, is try to restrain your patting
yourselves on the back. you won't know if your efforts did anything besides get
a few more episodes and some closure (which is in itself a great accomplishment)
until at least another season arises after what cbs has announced for the 7 or 8
more episodes coming up.

at the same time, i did say that the best we could hope for is a made for tv
movie, for which i'm happy to eat crow sadly, i suspect we'll be seeing the
series cancelled again after this short respite of 7-8 episodes. the show just
doesn't have enough continuity to go much farther beyond where the story arcs
are now, at least not without turning into something else entirely (which
wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing) or turning into something completely retarded.

only time will tell that i'm right

fb
Cloud02 Posted at 10/06/2007, 06:33
Quote by futtbucker
even worse is that people don't seem to realize that while
the show
will get 7 or 8 episodes, it by no means indicates that the show is back for
good. note the comments by execs indicating that all they're doing is giving
it

of course this doesn't mean that the show will get picked up again, after the
7-8 episodes shown. but aside from that fact, it's stille a huge step
that the fan-base of a tv-show have made tv-execs take back their decision of
cancellation.
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