CBS renews formerly cancelled "Jericho"

[Granite]

The Official statement from CBS says it best!:

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 “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.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler

President, CBS Entertainment

P.S. Please stop sending us nuts

SCIFIwire adds:

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.

Yipee! One of my favorite currently running shows is back and I helped in a small part to save it! It's fun to be a part of something that big! Now I gotta get my friends to watch the show!

[st39.6]

awsome! I loved the show and think the ending was really cool. it would be too bad to let it so opened. thank god for fans!!

[j7wild]

Jericho sucks!!

There are more plot holes and illogical things and continuity errors in each episode than in the entire Lord of Rings trilogy!!

[odj_310388]

Good to see that fan opinion really can make a difference.

[popcopy]

i was so happy to hear that the fan effort worked on this. now i have been watching them re-air the first season on fridays. anybody else doing this? they did an awesome episode 1-11 recap last week. im hooked on the show even more now.