Aw Nuts: CBS Pulls Plug On Jericho
Final Episode Airs Tuesday, Promises To Tie Up Storyline
50March 21, 2008
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Jake (Skeet Ulrich) and Emily (Ashley Scott) say goodbye and their "I love you's" as Jake prepares to leave for Cheyenne, on the series finale of "Jericho." (CBS/Michael Desmond)
(CBS) "Jericho" has been canceled, and no amount of peanuts will bring it back.
"The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. "Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more."
The show was canceled after its first season, but was resurrected when fans joined together and sent tens of thousands of pounds of nuts to get the network to change its mind.
CBS ordered a second season of seven episodes which premiered on Feb. 12, 2008. Ratings never equaled the first season's numbers, and have taken a tumble since the premiere.
"We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try," Tassler said. "We listened to our viewers, gave the series an opportunity to grow, and the producers put a great story on the screen. We're proud of everyone's efforts."
Producers hedged their bets by shooting two alternate endings to the final show, which airs Tuesday.
One is a cliffhanger that could have led to a third season and the other ending is said to bring "closure" to fans.
But, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter, there's enough wiggle room in the final episode to make room for new life of the series on cable.
"Jericho" is a drama about what happens in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion in the once peaceful town of Jericho, Kansas.
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Then they also cut it off prematurely and gave it a really long hiatus from the first set of episodes, then took a really long time to bring it back after they decided to do that too.
They stretched out 1 and a Half seasons across Fall 2006 to spring 2008....c''mon!
I REALLY hope a cable channel picks it up and runs with it bigtime.
WB or SciFi or something like that.
The t i t s and a$$ ~reality~ shows with stupid people laughing at other half-naked stupid people, doing stupid things are just awful-----------------but evidently those are what CBS thinks everyone in the USA wants to see. No wonder the young ones go to Cable and video games.
Now I will not be watching CBS again. Maybe if CBS loses enough viewers, they will get the message.
At the rate the networks are going, by the time 2009 and HDTV comes into play, people won''t be watching TV anymore since there won''t be anything on worth watching anyway.
I''m old enough to remember when the first Star Trek series was cancelled. I hope NBC is still kicking itself over that one!!
Keep it up CBS, and let the NUTS fall where they may!
Mikespit
No point in watching any of their new shows. If you like it, they''ll cancel it.
SCIFI Channel
21st floor
30 Rockefeller Plaza
NY.,NY. 10112
So please write to Scifi if you are serious about them picking up Jericho. I plan on writing a letter.