Nuts

Ok, so many of you may or may not know by now that my new favorite show this year, Jericho, has been mercilessly canceled by CBS. What the eff am I supposed to do now!? Survivor is finished until next season, America's Next Top Model is done, 24 is offline for the next 6 grueling months. I seriously have nothing left to watch.

My prime time boredom aside, I'm legitimately upset that Jericho has been canceled. It really was the greatest new show on TV but the douchebags at CBS decided to pull a Lost a put the show on hiatus for a few weeks while it was just starting to get consistent ratings. When it came back the only people who even knew it was back on were the die-hards who would be checking for it every week. Needless to say, viewership dropped because no one knew what the hell was going on with the schedule.

Why do the networks think it is a good idea to do this? It worked for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire but has yet to prove to be a good strategic move for a prime time drama series with a consistent episode-to-episode plotline. It's stupid, it's irresponsible, and it's not fair to fans of the show.

For those of you who don't know, Jericho, is/was an hour-long drama series that started this year on CBS. It stars Skeet Ulrich and is set is small town Kansas in modern times. The premise of the show is a troubled 30-something returns home only to have nearby Denver nuked to smithereens and he's forced to stay and figure out what the flip is going on. Communications systems get wiped out and as the story unfolds the townspeople find out that other major US cities have also been bombed. Not knowing whether or not help is coming or even if the government they thought they knew is still even in power, the Jericho residents deal with personal problems amidst their crisis management which includes food rationing, threatening outsiders and even all out war with neighboring towns who have all found themselves in the same situation and are desperate to survive.

The show ended in a heavy gun battle between a handful of out-manned Jericho residents and those from neighboring New Bern. When the New Bern sheriff radios Skeet's character, Jake Green, to demand a surrender, he responds with a simple "Nuts" - a reference to a World War II quote. (When General MacAuliffe was asked to surrender at the battle of the Bulge, he simply replied "NUTS!") Guns eventually start going off and the show ends...... That's it and that's all.

This is unacceptable! Thankfully I'm not the only one who feels this way. A slew of fans have launched aggressive campaigns to convince CBS to put Jericho back on the air. The JerichoLives.com website has started a "Send Nuts to CBS" campaign and with the help of NutsOnline.com (a web-based nut vendor) and their "Nuts For Jericho" program, over 13,000 pounds of peanuts have been sent to various CBS offices in the States. Various other petitions and lobbying efforts have gotten the attention of CBS, but unfortunately has yet to convince them to issue more than a statement saying that they will try and find some way to bring closure to the Jericho story.

So, yea. For the past two weeks I have been basking in the misery of knowing that Jericho will not be renewed. I'm interested in finding a new show to watch but it kinda feels like I'm looking to replace a dead child by adopting a new one. Anyways, I just felt like I needed to get that off my chest. Pan's Labyrinth review will be up soon. I'm just doing my best to try and remember it right now :-P

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