For every fan of the TV series, 'Jericho'. As I announced earlier, CBS has decided to cancel the TV series. This show features a deaf character in a recurring role. I am asking all of the fans of the TV series to write a letter to Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President of Programming Operations at CBS. CBS need to be told that we don't want this show to be taken off the air.
Please save Jericho from being nuked off the air!
If you want to let CBS know, you can write a letter or use the template below.
Mr. Kelly KahlI hope we will be able to save 'Jericho'. The truth is, letter-writing campaigns often don't accomplish their missions. However, we can always hope we will accomplish our mission here.
Senior Exec VP of Programming
CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019
To Mr. Kelly Kahl,
I wish to express my disappointment with the cancellation of 'Jericho'. This TV program is beloved and cherished by many TV viewers including the deaf and hard of hearing. 'Jericho' had a large range of strong characters with depth instead of one-dimensional characters including a well fleshed out deaf character, which is rare to be seen on the TV and at the movies.
The show is also unique because of the post-apocalyptic theme surrounding the humanizing stories featured on the program. It would be a great loss to see the TV series fade into oblivion because it wasn't given the chance to prove itself. Today, most TV programs aren't given the chance. They often get canceled within a few episodes. Some were lucky to stick around like 'Seinfeld' which wasn't popular till the third or fourth season.
I know many will be happy to see 'Jericho' stay on the air instead of getting nuked off the air after a great season, which also ended with an exciting cliffhanger. Please give 'Jericho' a chance to prove itself by keeping it on the air.
I hope that my voice has been heard and that it will be taken in consideration. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
Sincerely,
(Your name here)
5/17/2007 3:25 AM
There are several campaigns to save Jericho. You can find a list of them here -
http://www.myspace.com/savejerichonow
5/18/2007 4:40 PM
I found a campaign to save Jericho at Youchoose.net. It has over 400 signatures and was launched 2 day's ago. Check it out.
http://www.youchoose.net/pledge/save_jericho/from/kaneb
5/18/2007 4:47 PM
Greetings, Banjo! There is a massive effort underway to save Jericho from extinction. Please visit my blog at SaveJericho.org for a list of links to fan forums all over the Internet.
Join us; we need to get as many Jericho fans as we can involved in this effort.
5/18/2007 7:11 PM
Thanks for helping the effort to save Jericho. I have taken your advice and contacted numerous CBS executives as well as the local CBS affiliate. Hopefully our efforts will bring great success.
Have a great day!
5/19/2007 9:59 PM
There are several website to help someone in their journey to help Save Jericho.
www.jericholives.com
www.savejericho.info
www.jerichorallypoint.com
The Save Jericho Campaign will not rest until the Return of Jericho!!!
5/20/2007 1:39 AM
Bigger than Jericho -- Its Old vs New Media
In case you have not heard, CBS has cancelled Jericho. And in case you have not heard, there is a fan protest and “Save Jericho” movement afoot. Simply Google “Save Jericho” and you will see what I mean.
Right now it is just Jericho fandom vs CBS -- some random number of four and five figured incomed sweat-suit wearing individuals against a unified core of six and seven figure incomed stuffed suits. It should be something bigger though. This should be a battle of ALL disgruntled and discounted customers/viewers against ALL corporate giants that would dictate to us what we will and will not be watching. If CBS gets away with canceling Jericho, then ALL viewers suffer.
CBS is stuck in this Old Media mode -- bean counting and Nielsen’s. This is very ironic because CBS actually encouraged the use of web based tools with: the CBS forums, Innertube, Countdown, Beyond Jericho, and even YouTube snippets. Yet when push came to shove, CBS’ sole excuse to kill Jericho was the Nielsen numbers.
What did CBS expect when they cancelled Jericho? Did they really expect that millions of web-empowered and fiercely loyal viewers would just meekly set down the remote and be herded like sheep to watch "Kid Nation"? Did CBS learn nothing from their own Dan Rather, who defied and demeaned this very same group as "bloggers sitting at their computer in their underwear"? This very same group that educated Dan Rather about the new way of things and the New Media and forced him to step down a short time later?
Something tells me that some very high ranking people in CBS are quite red-faced right now. They should have known better than to cancel Jericho, but they did so anyway, using Old Media mentality. If Jericho IS brought back, then some top executives will have a lot of explaining to do to Les Moonves, and the CBS board of directors, and stockholders as to why Jericho was cancelled to begin with.
I wonder right now if CBS feels that they have created a "Frankenstein’s Monster" in the form of Jericho's fan base. Are we the fans not everything that CBS asked for? They wanted smart viewers that could embrace and discuss highly controversial topics and issues. They wanted savvy viewers that could navigate the net. They wanted resourceful viewers that could integrate the web based tools and tie-ins for those nights that they could not watch it as scheduled. They wanted loyal viewers who would carry a serial, and patient viewers who would be willing to wait for the payoff during long story arcs and even a hiatus.
Well CBS should have been careful of what they asked for, because CBS got it with the Jericho fans. And their Old Media mentality of wanting to simply treat and dismiss these fans as irrelevant low Nielsen numbers, to shuffle off to a new project or experiment isn't going to work.
We the fans are New Media. We don't do Nielsen’s like CBS may want us to.
We do blogs. We do forums. We do networking. We do petitions, viral videos, emails, faxes, cellular phone campaign, and yes -- when it suits us -- snail mail. We also do online nut delivery.
We cannot be turned off at some Programming Director’s whim. And we can't be tossed out like yesterday's expired demographic.
I see this current fan uprising as more than just saving a show. I see this as a very high stakes game of chicken -- Old Media and New Media in a head-on collision. For CBS, careers and reputations are at stake. For us the fans, our value as individuals, our value as a collective fandom, and our choices and future of quality programming are at risk.
I don't know how the “Save Jericho” campaign is going to end. But I suspect that a lot of people are watching right now. And I suspect that this movement to save Jericho will be a key pivotal point in how the networks provide future programming and interaction with their customer, the viewer.
Good luck, and hang in there all you Jericho fans. We have a chance for something big here – bigger than ourselves.
5/20/2007 9:36 AM
It looks like they are hearing us. They released an official statement about it.
Keep it up!
5/21/2007 10:25 AM
After reading your aticles about the demise of Jericho, I started following the different efforts in trying to convince CBS the error in it's ways, and renew Jericho. I had a different approach, but first I would like a second opinion on it's value (or lack of), and also, someone who might be in a better position to gather and disseminate this information.
How about adding a listing of the companies that are national sponsors of CBS, and particularly Jericho, and see if many tens of thousands of letters gathers their attention. (In Canada, we have other networks that show Jericho, with their own local, regional and national advertising, but it has little (if any) direct or indirect influence on CBS unfortunately).
Tis a scummy approach to go after CBS's financing, but it appears the jugular may be the most effective approach.
5/22/2007 1:31 PM
I am glad to find more and more people with many different reasons they loved Jericho. I am beginning to realize what a very broad, diverse fanbase appealed to.
Thanks Banjo for being part of the fight to save Jericho!
Chad Boyd - Kentucky
5/23/2007 8:34 AM
FYI, I tried to send an email and it bounced. I read elsewhere that they have changed the emails of the execs. Great idea, though! I've also contributed to NUTS for Jericho!
5/23/2007 4:10 PM
The kkahl@cbs.com email address has been disabled. Use audsvcs@cbs.com for email, but print your letter out and send a hard copy, too.
Visit jericholives.com for more information, including additional contact info.
5/25/2007 6:38 PM
I would not mind so much if only they would resolve the story.
It is really nuts that the Sci-Fi Channel will probably be running reruns of the show next season, even wihout a resolution.
5/29/2007 6:27 PM
Another cool support Jericho event taking place tomorrow night on PalTalk...a live chat!!
Tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST, log onto http://www.paltalk.com/newstalk/jbraverman_episode.shtml for a live video chat with “NUTS for Jericho” visionary Jeffrey Braverman regarding his unprecedented grassroots campaign presently driving CBS execs, well, nuts. Since May 16th, Jericho fans have deluged network offices with nine tons’ worth of nuts in protest of the show’s recent axing; CBS has called it the most emphatic display of support it has ever witnessed by fans mobilizing via the Internet to protest a cancellation.
NewsTalk is a PalTalk-exclusive interactive video chat in which award-winning host Gary Baumgarten invites people from all around the world to talk directly to his newsmaker guests.
PalTalk is pleased to assist Jericho enthusiasts’ impressive, unique efforts to revive their favorite show. Help maintain the fight by logging onto http://www.paltalk.com/newstalk/jbraverman_episode.shtml tomorrow at 5 p.m. EST, and telling friends and family to do the same!
5/31/2007 2:05 PM
I wanted to let you know that YouChoose also has an active petition to Save Jericho. We also allow signers to create their own personal page in support of the show. As we are the first social network to combine networking with activism, we would appreciate your support and a change in your link to our petition on YouChoose.
http://www.youchoose.net/pledge/save_jericho/from/xavierr