Article: Barbee on New Life for "Jericho".(Carol Barbee)(Interview)

By Marisa Guthrie

Thousands of e-mails-and enough mixed nuts-were sent to CBS' executive offices to convince entertainment chief Nina Tassler that Jericho needed at least seven more episodes to satisfy fans of the apocalyptic drama. (Fans co-opted a lead character's response-'Nuts!'-when surrender was suggested in a scene.) The network will begin rerunning the last 11 episodes of the first season on July 6 at 9 p.m. ET. The first-season DVD will be released in September. And 'with any luck,' says Executive Producer Carol Barbee, those seven new episodes will be on the air next fall. Barbee talks to B&C 's Marisa Guthrie about online TV shows, Jericho 's ...

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