If there’s one thing the "Jericho" cancellation scuffle - and subsequent reprieve from CBS - has highlighted, it’s the changing relationship between the fans (I like to call them the Rebel Alliance) and the networks (the Empire, natch). As fans realize that they have the right to stand up and have their nuts counted, the networks scrabble to maintain what they doubtless see as their legitimate authority over the industry.
But is it legit? Where is the line drawn? What can the networks reasonably ask and expect from their fan base? When CBS head honcho Nina Tassler (in this analogy, Darth Vader), announced that "Jericho" would be coming back for seven more episodes, she adopted a tone which one might describe as "snippy." Of course, I might be snippy too if I’d just received my lifetime supply of peanuts.
In an open letter to fans on June 6th, Tassler outlined the future […]
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