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Saturday, 22 March 2008, 13:37 GMT

TV's Jericho is scrapped for good

A scene from the first series of Jericho Jericho, the TV drama portraying the aftermath of nuclear attacks on the United States, has been cancelled by CBS, despite viewers' protests.

The network said the programme, seen on ITV and Hallmark in the UK, had low ratings despite its "passionate" fans.

Last year some of them sent 40,000lb (18,100kg) of peanuts - a reference to a line of dialogue - to CBS when it announced Jericho was being scrapped.

CBS made seven more episodes, but Tuesday's edition is to be the last.

"Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this programme," said Nina Tassler, the network's entertainment president, in a statement issued to the Associated Press.

"We simply wish there were more," she added. "We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try."

Lennie James An online campaign led to CBS being deluged by deliveries of peanuts last May.

It was linked to a remark by the character played by Skeet Ulrich at the end of the first series.

Towards the end of that season, Jericho had been attracting about 10.5 million viewers per episode.

But when the first of the seven additional shows was screened in February, its audience fell to some 8.1 million people, dropping further as the run continued.



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