LOS ANGELES: CBS Television Network last week nixed cancellation plans for TV show Jericho, thanks to a grassroots fan campaign powered by peanuts.

Once-betrayed fans now praise CBS for resurrecting the show; the network is encouraging their continued mobilization in order to bolster series viewership.

When CBS announced plans to discontinue the post-apocalyptic drama at the end of this season, fans took to the Internet with petitions and pleas for its speedy return. Inspired by a Jericho story line, they ...