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Are they nuts? CBS brings back 'Jericho'

Article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL) Article date: June 10, 2007

It's not the first time something like this has happened, but it's never happened quite like this.

When the apocalyptic CBS drama "Jericho" was canceled in May, die-hard fans of the show were so outraged, they took a rallying call from one of the characters literally. In the finale, Jake (Skeet Ulrich) responded to a threat by saying "Nuts!", a nod to an incident in World War II when General MacAuliffe was asked to surrender at the battle of the Bulge. He is reported to have replied "Nuts!" and so fans of the show started sending CBS bags of ...

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