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[Thinice]

Direct-to-DVD för serier också är nog ett steg i rätt riktning, jo - en någorlunda hållbar lösning.

Vad blir det då istället för Jericho på CBS? Kid Nation!

KID NATION is a reality-based series in which 40 kids will have 40 days to build a new world - in a ghost town that died in the 19th Century. These kids, ages 8-15, will spend more than a month without their parents or modern comforts in Bonanza City, N.M., attempting to do what their forefathers could not - build a town that works.

http://www.realitytv...ation_anno.html

Ooo...

[Robert Jonsson]

Från TV-Addict:

Who knew JERICHO had so many fans? In the few days since CBS announced their new fall schedule, we at theTVaddict.com have been inundated with emails about the series abrupt cancellation. Turns out we’re not the only ones.

CBS entertainment has heard your public outcry and have issues the following statement:

We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment. Please know that canceling a television series is a very difficult decision. Hundreds of people at the Network, the production company and the incredibly-talented creative team worked very hard to build and serve the community for this show — both on-air and online. It is a show we loved too.

Thank you for supporting Jericho with such passion. We truly appreciate the commitment you made to the series and we are humbled by your disappointment. In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jericho story.

Sincerely,
Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment

Having lost countless favourite shows ourselves (EVERWOOD, FIREFLY, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT to name a few), there’s nothing the TV Addict likes more than a good fan campaign. The following are some ways in which you can help out fellow JERICHO fans. And remember, while JERICHO may not have been YOUR favourite show. This could happen to you! So take a moment to send an email, write a letter and help stop a quality television show from being replaced by more reality TV.

Jericho Lives
Save Jericho Now on MySpace
Save Jericho Petition

[Marie Morot]

Tv-bolaget lyssnar på fansen? *tittar ut genom fönstret och spanar efter flygande grisar*

Den här reaktionen från TPTB kan ju innebära att vi får en avslutande tv-film eller några web-baserade avsnitt som avslutning. Inte så dumt faktiskt.

[Crusader]

Verkar som att vi kommer få en avslutning på den oavslutande storyn iallafall. :hurra Verkligen glada nyheter.
Inte en andra säsong visseligen men bara det blir någon form av avslutning. En film eller miniserie kanske?
Hoppas bara det inte blir en serietidning eller bok eller internet shortstory eller liknande.
Ger de serien i bra och värdig avslutning på ett bra sätt så är jag villig att förlåta dem för att de la ner serien.

Edited by Crusader, 21 May 2007 - 21:20.

[Robert Jonsson]

Jo, jag blev också förvånad då jag läste det. Och glad. Särskilt med tanke på hur kasst sita avsnittet egentligen var. Efter allt de byggt upp så misslyckas de totalt att följa upp det här. Jag är inte alls förvånad om nedläggningsbeslutet kom på grund av den totala kasshet som var tänkt att bli säsongsfinalen.

Dock hoppas jag som alla på en uppföljning och avslutning. En miniserie skulel jag heslt vilja se, men det låter troligare med en film i så fall. Om det här inte är en manöver för att få oss att "forgive & forget".

[Marie Morot]

Serietidning? Nejnejnejnejnej.... det vill vi inte ha.

Film, miniserie, avsnitt som enbart läggs på nätet - jag är glad för vad som helst av det, men inga tidningar. Please, no!

[Crusader]

Agreed. (Utom det där bullshitet om att sista avsnittet var dåligt. ) Ingen serietidning eller så. Live Action ska det vara och tillräckligt för att ge ett värdigt, och inte för hoptryckt, slut.

[Rick Hunter]

Så det finns chans till en avslutning/fortsättning? Det var trevliga nyheter!

[Zaphodile]

Kan de inte avsluta med en film eller nåt.

[cyberhof]

Det hade inte varit helt fel om dom avslutade serien med en liten miniserie på kanske fyra delar...

[Crusader]

Ja, en miniserie hade varit perfekt. En film känns lite väl kort med tanke på vad som finns kvar att avsluta.

[cyberhof]

Nu har fans tydligen börjat skicka nötter till CBS i protest eftersom fansen vill ha serien tillbaka...

Fans have already started a unique campaign to bring attention to the show's cancellation. When character Jake Green, played by Skeet Ulrich, said "Nuts" to a rival town's offer of surrender (borrowed from US general Anthony C. McAuliffe response to German forces in World War II) in the series finale, fans took it to heart.

Jericho lovers are rallying together to send as many nuts to CBS's corporate offices as possible. NutsOnline.com is hosting the "Nuts to CBS" effort, allowing people to purchase peanuts at a steep discount for the cause. The result is literally truckloads of peanuts--5,690 pounds as of press time, according to the site--en route or already delivered to Tessler or Kelly Kahl, senior vice president of programming and planning at the network.

Läs mera här:

http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho (det går även att beställa nötter till CBS här om man nu vill det)

http://jericholives.com/

[Marie Morot]

Vilka idéer folk har.

[Crusader]

Heh, de brukar göra så. Med Angel så skickade de FOX-Pressidentes favoritChockladkaka till honom i mängder.
Hmm, med Angel kanske de borde ha skickat grisblod istället.

[Robert Jonsson]

Will CBS Rebuild Jericho? Get the Scoop on the Fan Fave's Future!
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Nielsen can measure butts in seats, but it sure can't measure hearts and minds. In further proof (as if we needed more) that the numbers don't tell the whole story about the popularity of a show, Jericho fans are making like the characters on the show and refusing to go down without a fight.

Taking a cue from Roswell's bottles of Tabasco, Arrested Development's bananas and Jake Green's "Nuts!" battle cry in the finale, Jericho fans are inundating CBS with nuts—eight tons of nuts so far! Nutsonline.com (in business—but presumably not online—since 1929) has been the semi-official hub of this effort, so if you would like to toss a few Brazil nuts in the general direction of the Eye network (is it just me or did that sound dirty?), check out the nutsonline.com Jericho support page—and while you're there, don't miss the awesome YouTube video of a Nuts! delivery.

Furthermore, the save Jericho petition currently has nearly 80,000 signatures! If you want to participate in the campaign, sign your name on the digital dotted line and then swing by jerichorallypoint.com and jericholives.com to join forces with other fans!

My inbox is full of reports about your progress, so I thought a rundown might be in order to tie it all together and keep the ball in play. Go Panthers! Er, wait, that's the wrong show. Anyway, I tracked down to a bunch of Jericho peeps to get the scoop on the show's future, and here's what I know:

The Fallout: Jericho castmember Brad Beyer (Stanley Richmond) and I spoke yesterday afternoon, and he told me, "We consistently held 8 or 9 million viewers, even going up against Idol, so everyone was really surprised and shocked that we were canceled. You have to move on and let go, but you see all this fan support and you keep that tiny bit of hope in your heart." And Jericho producer Karim Zreik emailed me to this effect: "We were all stunned when we didn't get the second-season pickup, but our fans have completely surprised us. This outpouring of support means the world to the Jericho cast and crew. Knowing that Jericho touches so many people has completely humbled us. I don't know what's going to happen next. CBS and Paramount are still weighing their options. We hope to know more by next week."

Postapocalyptic Landscape: Brad tells me: "People are auditioning, and the writers are trying to find work. I think our great producers have been really hanging in with the show. They're really still fighting for us." Show runner Carol Barbee has a deal with CBS Paramount, so if the network wants more Jericho from her, she's ready and willing to serve up more story. That said, I'm told Carol's best friend created the new series Swingtown, which is also set up at CBS Paramount, and if Jericho does not continue, Carol would join Swingtown as an executive producer... (If she goes, can Skeet at least become a swinger?)

CBS Has Heard You: As Brad points out, "I think in the end it's CBS' decision, because they own the show." Given that most of their shows cater to the geriatric set, I honestly think CBS had no idea how many young, web-savvy fans Jericho had. CBS president Nina Tassler posted a note praising your efforts on behalf of the show. However, as of press time, CBS was still telling me there had been "no change" in the status of the show.

What Next? As Brad told me, "There are so many different things kicking around right now; I don't know how realistic it is for any of them, but I hope we can wrap it up for the fans—and for us, because we all love doing it so much!"

And if you ask me, leaving the fans cliffhanging for all of eternity would just be plain...nuts. Ba-dum-bump.

—Additional reporting by Jennifer Godwin

Källa: Watch With Kristin

[Crusader]

8 ton??? Holy macarone, thats alot of nuts. Och till ett värde av $24895 enligt Nutsonline.com
Hoppas det får resultat. Någon form av fortsättning... eller varför inte en andra säsong.

Edited by Crusader, 25 May 2007 - 23:41.

[Robert Jonsson]

Det måste dock ske snabbt innan folk är anställda på andra serier och så. Ju längre det tar, desto värre.

[Marie Morot]

Även om jag när ett litet, litet hopp så tror jag nog mera på en miniserie eller en tv-film om något år som avslutning än på att serien plockas upp igen. Som SoD säger så rinner tiden fort iväg och folk har inte råd att sitta och vänta, de måste betala hyra och äta som alla vi andra och söker sig till andra jobb.

[Robert Jonsson]

Från SyFy Portal:

Other Networks Interested In 'Jericho'
Former showrunner says series still has a faint heartbeat

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Jun-01-2007

Although rumors are persisting that CBS has no intention of bringing back its cancelled post-apocalytic series "Jericho," the series' former showrunner Carol Barbee assured fans late Thursday night that CBS has not given up, and even if they do, there might be a future for the show elsewhere.

"We heard there were some rumors, that some of the [network]affiliates had been talking in Las Vegas, that 'Jericho' was dead and all that. But we wanted to let everyone know that one of the reasons we haven't been on to talk [is that] we are working those channels behind the scenes," Barbee told online radio host Shaun Daily on his audio program. "We are the ones who are trying to broker something with CBS, and there are other networks interested. There is interest."

But fans shouldn't get their hopes up too high, Barbee said.

"It's still a long shot. In the history of television, this [reviving a series] has happened maybe twice."

In bringing any show on the air, even if its a resurrection attempt, requires a lot of different people who have to put an extremely complicated puzzle together, Barbee said. And hopefully for "Jericho's" sake, those pieces can fit perfectly into a second season.

"I cannot say that this will work, I don't know," she said. "We may, a week from now, have to come on and say it's over. I hope that's not what we have to say, and at this moment I don't feel that way."

Fans, however, have been making a difference, Barbee said, with their letters, phone calls and delivery of nuts to executives in both New York and Los Angeles.

"Everywhere we go, people are just amazed and inspired by the fan response to this and the nuts campaign," she said. "I feel like Rocky with people cheering us on as we go by. I had to say thank you. They [the network] are listening, and it is making a difference. It's just been a wild ride, and we cannot thank you enough."

Getting cancelled was a surprise to Barbee and everyone else on the show since all reports (including an early SyFy Portal rumor report) indicated that the show would be renewed for a second season.

"To be cancelled, it was a real gut kick," Barbee said. "We were all real shocked and upset. It was a time of mourning. Then suddenly with this response, the light starts to come back into the room. It's like, 'Oh my God! Somebody cares! People are touched by this, people were passionate about this like we are.' It really just makes all the difference."

Barbee said she's ordered her T-shirt from the New Jersey nut distributor Nuts Online, which is donating all profits to a tornado relief fund of a Kansas town similar to the fictional town of "Jericho." At last check, Nuts Online had more than 33,000 pounds of nuts ordered, worth just under $46,000. The company has already raised more than $9,000 to help out the town of Greensburg, Kansas, which was virtually destroyed by a tornado last month.

To hear Barbee's entire interview with Daily, check out the online show by clicking here.

Thanks to Vendikarr for the tip!

[Robert Jonsson]

Mer hopp!

Exclusive: Jericho on Verge of Renewal

OK, this is nuts!

Multiple sources are telling me that CBS is thisclose to sealing a deal to bring Jericho back for at least eight episodes, possibly at mid-season.

My spies caution that this is in no way official, but it certainly sounds like it could be by day's end. It's now just a matter of signing the actors to new deals and, according to one insider, finding a new soundstage to house the show's sets.

To say this would be a huge victory for crazy TV fans everywhere would be the understatement of the frakkin' millennium.

Developing...

Källa

[Marie Morot]

*små stjärnor av hopp tänds is mina ögon*


...men jag litar inte på några rykten, så misstänksamheten lyser fortfarande klart i mina ögon den också.

[Crusader]

Ja, hoppet börjar lysa mer och mer. Känns rätt troligt med en midseason säsong. Men samtidigt vågar jag inte riktigt lita på de ryktena för jag vill intre bli besviken igen.

[Marie Morot]

Det är fler som hoppas:

As far as extending the number of episodes, eight would not be enough for Jericho producer and creator Carol Barbee, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"The idea would not be to bring it for eight and out, but to bring it back for eight with the hope that it would keep going," Barbee told the LA Times. "They're making deals with the actors and there's other logistical stuff to work out too. Swingtown was supposed to take over the same stages so it's a lot about the logistics of how to work out a schedule that works for all of us."

Källa

[Robert Jonsson]

Ännu en artikel:

Barbee: CBS Looking At Big 'Jericho' Picture
Eight episodes would not be a miniseries, showrunner says

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: Los Angeles Times
Jun-05-2007

Fans shouldn't be angry about the rumored eight-episode order that CBS is going to give "Jericho," because that's just the beginning, said showrunner Carol Barbee.

"The idea would not be to bring it for eight and out, but to bring it back for eight with the hope that it would keep going," Barbee told the Los Angeles Times following reports first made by TV Guide's Michael Ausiello that CBS intended to bring back 'Jericho' for mid-season. "They're making deals with the actors, and there's other logistical stuff to work out, too."

One of the roadblocks is the fact that the new series "Swingtown" is scheduled to take over the sets that were vacated by "Jericho," and it appears that it will take a bit of scheduling finesse to work out how the two shows will share, Barbee told the newspaper.

In the meantime, the Internet has exploded with both jubilee and reserved judgment from fans upon hearing the still unconfirmed reports that the post-apocalyptic drama will return.

"All the high-fives and slapping on the back is great, but it doesn't mean anything," one poster by the name of Quad96051 wrote on the official "Jericho" message boards. "The rumors have no impact but raising morale and hope. I hope CBS makes an announcement in 24 hours or less. I don't want to be set up for another disappointment."

"Well, we have overcome what looked like to me was going to be an impossible feat," said another poster named Brendan, referring to the campaign members as "Rangers."

"This is a major accomplishment to all Rangers and deserves congratulations," he said. "However, this does not mean our fight is over. When the show is renewed, the CBS execs will want this top be the top show on the market. If not, we will only get the eight episodes and no more."

Many of the actors on the show have been providing encouragement to fans as they continued their campaign that started just before Memorial Day weekend in the United States.

"Truly your support and passion for 'Jericho' is very humbling," said Lennie James, who played the mysterious Hawkins. "You have stood up when all around you, including myself, gave up. You have reminded all of us involved in this rarefied world of making TV just who we are making it for."

Skeet Ulrich, who played Jake Green, said that if he hosted a party to thank the fans for their efforts, the deck at his house would collapse.

"I have been fortunate to tell many stories in my career, but none has created the kind of discussions that this story has," Ulrich said in a post. "Whether it was us in the lunchroom or people we would meet at events or people at the grocery store, invariably the discussion would turn to things much larger than the show, much more pertinent. And to me, that is a success."

CBS has yet to confirm any of these reports, so it should continue to be treated as rumor.

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Men samtidigt vågar jag inte riktigt lita på de ryktena för jag vill intre bli besviken igen.

Ungefär så som jag resonerar då.

[Marie Morot]

Ju fler källor som säger i princip samma sak är positivt, det ökar trovärdigheten. Plus att Carol Barbees involvering stärker i varje fall mitt hopp till att detta blir av.

Om det kommer till stånd så är det ett stort steg för CBS att lyssna på fansen till den grad att de kan tänka sig att omvärdera beslutet. Det har säkert att göra med att deras lineup i övrigt inte är den starkaste inför hösten och vintern, men jag tar vad jag kan få och är glad över det.