CBS Promises Closure For Jericho

CBS canceled Jericho earlier this month despite the show looking very promising for a second season pickup. The public outcry surrounding shows cancellation prompted CBS’ entertainment president Nina Tassler to post the following message at CBS.com over the weekend:

To the fans of Jericho:

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

Will this closure be in the form of a TV movie? A miniseries? I would think that if the network got that much feedback in favor of the show that instead of just closure, CBS could give the fans what they want and go ahead and greenlight Jericho for a second season. This statement is nothing more than corporate double talk to try and save face for cancelling a show that built a pretty large following in it’s freshman season. I think this closure is probably going to end up being something online through CBS.com and Jericho will never see the light of day on CBS again.