[情報] Jericho is coming back

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2007/06/its_official_th.html#more

For weeks, "Jericho" junkies have been firing e-mails (effectively shutting
down InBoxes at CBS and this newspaper), signing petitions and sending bags
of nuts to CBS headquarters in protest.

The assault seems to have worked, "Jericho" creator and executive producer
Carol Barbee said Tuesday. CBS executives are in discussions with the show's
producers and actors to resuscitate the show  -- killed just last month --
for an eight-episode run in mid-season.

"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 said. "They're
making deals with the actors and there's other logistical stuff to work out
too. 'Swingtown' [a new drama] 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."

Barbee said the fan fever for the show did not surprise her-she had been
keeping a close eye on the show's viewers on the Web. But she never expected
CBS to change its mind because of the devotion.

"I was so kicked in the gut when we were canceled," she said. "I was really
upset and angry and mourning over this amazing experience we had this year
and this amazing family we put together and this show we were all so proud
of. I didn't see the end coming so it felt like it wasn't over."

When the fan fight to save the show would not let up, CBS began talks with
producers about a two-hour movie that would wrap up the show, but the writers
were not interested, Barbee said.

"We just felt like that was doing it short-shrift, and it's too big of a
story to wrap up in a two-hour movie," she said. "I really think that what
has been learned here is that networks are going to have to look at numbers
and who is watching their show and who is downloading their show in a
different way from here on out. I think they have to understand that the
Nielsens are not telling the story anymore and that the 18-49 demographic
they're all so keen on is online and that's how increasingly they are getting
their news and entertainment."

Since the fan revolt began, "Jericho" viewers have insisted they also would
not be satisfied with a TV movie or online re-cap that told them how the
"Jericho" story ends.

If the actors sign on the dotted line -- and those deals should be in place
in the next day or two -- Barbee said "Jericho" junkies will get their way.

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