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So they did it. Jericho was left off of CBS’s Fall lineup. Turns out the final words of “FIRE!” uttered by Jake weren’t orders to his rag tag bunch of commandos, but instead was a suggestion as to what I should douse the heads of CBS with.

I wish I could say I was boycotting CBS, but Jericho was the only show I actually watched on that sorry excuse for a network. To hell with you, CBShit. I know, I’m so witty and clever, I sometimes even surprise myself. But do you know what the best part of it all is?

There’s actual a fairly large backlash against CBS going on right now.

It started with a petition that’s already up to 50,000 signatures. The official message boards for Jericho on CBS.com say a huge spike in users, both old and newly registered, who came together to voice their disdain. Before long, the phone number for every CBS executive was plastered all over the web and despite calling them all dozens of time, I’ve yet to be able to leave a voicemail message since they are constantly filling up within minutes of being emptied.

New websites, such as Jericho Lives, Save Jericho.info, and Jericho Rally Point, have popped up and are sharing ways for people to voice their opinion. Hell, a few thousand people have even started an old fashioned letter campaign (I sent mine off a few minutes ago.)

Chances are none of this will make a difference and then again, who the hell knows. It’s entirely within the realm of possibility that CBS might see this and rethink their decision. Or maybe another network, such as TNT or SciFi, will look at the 8 million viewers Jericho routinely pulled in and figure that’s not a bad draw for a cable network show. We can only try, right?

In the mean time, I’ll be off hitting redial on my phone for the next few months.