So I just finished watching the second season of “Jericho” today - a fantastic (at least in my opinion :p ) series surrounding a small town in the US of A (or is that AS of A? - Subtle reference to season two ) post a nation-wide nuclear attack on various US cities. It is a witty post-apocalyptic drama which explores some very interesting concepts and philosophies in a post terrorism world; and it’s setting (small town called Jericho) brings an emotional warmth to the series without sacrificing its provocative and challenging ideas and situations.

For those of you who aren’t aware of Jericho’s history, it was originally cancelled by its network in the US (CBS) at the end of its first season due to poor Nielsen ratings (More on those later). By that stage the series had picked up a significant fan base which didn’t appreciate the sentiment. In the final episode of Season One in a very dramatic scene one of the characters responds to another town that has declared war on Jericho “Nuts to you”. So what did the fans do in response to its cancellation?

They rallied together and sent more than TWENTY TONNES of unshelled peanuts to the CBS head office. See the video below for day three of the deliveries:

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