Fans of CBS Show Jericho Send 10,800 lbs of Nuts to CBS

By May 23, 2007

There’s a lighthearted but very serious backlash going on against CBS for canceling the show “Jericho.” We even got a letter about it… and we don’t exactly cover TV. In fact, we don’t exactly watch TV except for Weeds because it’s the greatest thing ever. Anyway, CBS canceled Jericho and the fans have responded by ordering 10,800 lbs of nuts and having them shipped to CBS.

Yeah, we don’t know either. Nice protest, though. We’re with you on that. We also don’t know why it was nuts, but apparently it has something to do with the show. Hey, this is The Consumerist, you can’t expect us to know this entertainment crap. Read an email from a sad Jericho fan inside.

The last several days have literally been NUTS for CBS. When CBS announced their fall schedule and Jericho wasn’t on it, there were email, letter, fax and telephone campaigns to try and save the show from cancellation. The most ingenious campaign was the sending of nuts to CBS, an idea drawn from the season finale. If you’d like to do a story, here are a few websites to check out. I think this would be a good story for your site, not only because it is a case of “consumers fight back”, but an issue of old vs. new media (Jericho had alot of web based content, and a lot of fans who watched the show online.).

CBS.com Jericho message board
Jericho Rally Point forum
Jericho Lives protest resource site
Nutsonline.com Jericho support page – People can donate money here to go towards a bulk order of nuts to be sent to CBS.

This is starting to get some major media attention. There is an effort to raise money for an ad in Variety. TNT and HDNet are showing interest in picking the show up from CBS.
Thanks,
James

We hope they bring the show back, we really do. Good luck!—MEGHANN MARCO

‘Jericho’ Fans To CBS: ‘Nuts!’ [CBS]
(Photo: NutsOnline)

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Comments

  1. zolielo says:
    May 24, 2007 at 10:28 pm

    @adamondi: Good taste but I loved Jericho.

  2. urabl says:
    May 25, 2007 at 3:52 am

    Looking at that picture I can’t help but think, “Go Rutgers!”

  3. loveshinesthru says:
    May 26, 2007 at 12:01 am

    @s00p3rm4n: did you know that nuts in your poop are actually parasites?

  4. ZugTheMegasaurus says:
    May 26, 2007 at 7:56 am

    Hey, anybody else watch “Lovespring International”? I know that nobody watched it and that’s why it got canceled (seriously, a dark comedy on Lifetime? what the hell were they thinking?). But anyway, I totally want to do something like this…

  5. sweat1951 says:
    May 30, 2007 at 2:52 am

    Thank you for your article. First, may I say the nuts aren’t being wasted. They are being sent to our troops in Iraq & to other projects in NYC.
    Secondly, this is not just about Jericho. This is about an outdated Nielsen system that did not count all viewers of Jericho. Your favorite show may be next.
    Finally, this is a show that ranked # 48 out of 142 & it was killed because CBS put it on a long hiatus then put it up against American Idol.A show which has Emmy nominations.
    Nuts to CBS! We want Season 2.

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