jPod on CBC = cancelled

[Little Dragon]

well, thank you CBC exec noobs for taking a fine canadian show off the air.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...f-553686c06263

canada never had many great shows recently so why take this one down? they moved it from tues to fri, and only started to promote it recently and then cancel it due to bad ratings. who's fault was that?

too bad cuz the show really started to pick up. i can only hope they finish it cleanly but i would've loved to see more. had quite a season 2 potential.

[dragan69]

Thats dissapointing, I quite liked jPod, one of the very things I watched on CBC. Any chance another network (CTV or Global) would pick it up?

[Alvito]

It's not over yet! Email them and tell them it was a good show, why you liked it, and why they should bring it back.

[gerbil]

umm .. what's jpod?

[cliff]

that's too bad, it was the only show I regularly watched that is/was broadcast on traditional airwaves.

If alliance-atlantis was still independent then there would be a chance of it being picked up for showcase, but now that canwest owns them the odds of them producing new Canadian programming is equal to zero.

[Calmuser]

good, never liked the show!

[dre145]

just saw a TTC train full of Jpod ad's this week.
Never watched the show but its pretty stupid to put so much marketing into the show and cancel it before pulling the marketing.

[1yellowdog]

just saw a TTC train full of Jpod ad's this week.
Never watched the show but its pretty stupid to put so much marketing into the show and cancel it before pulling the marketing.

You expected rocket science from the CBC?
It's just more of our tax dollars gone down the drain.

[jcoltage]

as long as the border is on ... I am happy ... jpod seems pretty stupid .. CBC gets 1 hit each year ... last year Dragons Den - this Year The Border ...

Marketplace and the 5th Estate ... everything else can burn in hell ... oh ESPN or NBC sport's for Hockey... LEAFS SUCK!

[rabbit]

If you want CanCon, go watch Robson Arms on CTV (although s3 hasn't started yet)! It's "hihihi hahaha" funny .

[Exist2Inspire]

Aww man! I loved this show, especially the book.

Though I have to admit watching a show on CBC felt dirty to me, lol

[goob3r]

Wow I can't believe they're cancelling it. First CBC series I've watched every episode of. Hell, it's the only time I watch CBC programming besides the Olympics.

The show gets a decent amount of downloads on torrents too...

If they cancel anything, they should cancel The Border. Leave the big budget productions to US networks, please.

[joshmxpx]

i really tried to like this show, having enjoyed most of the authors books, but couldn't get into it. really bad acting and really predictable lines and situations. felt pretty forced for the most part, and definately felt canadian...

[Goonish]

I thought it was a great show right from the first episode. This is terrible news.

[Raugi]

Dear Friends,

Hi all, Raugi Yu here. I play Kam Fong on jPod. Okay so you have heard that jPod has not been picked up for a second season by CBC. I got the call a couple of days about it.

At first I was upset and disappointed and immediately thought of the great times and experiences I had shooting jPod and how much I would take from that…There was one problem though…I kept wondering why. Why not have a season 2? I started to hear what others were saying. I heard anger, resentment and frustration. So many of you my friends along with thousands, yes thousands, of strangers have expressed outrage over the cancellation of jPod.

I got angry too.

One may think that, “Sure, I’d be angry too if I lost a steady gig like that”. Well that’s not what I’m angry about. Gigs come and go. It is no huge hardship for me to go back to auditioning and booking and living my life as an actor. It is my passion. No. It angers me that the CBC our nation’s television station (yes I know among other things) chooses to cancel a show that is so cutting edge, fun, smart and CANADIAN. So many viewers have gleaned joy from watching jPod week after week. We look forward to it; I dare say we yearn for it.

I’d like to go down swinging. Many of you, who know me well, know that I am quite a loner and I don’t ask for help often even when I need it. I guess I‘m asking now.

I’m a pretty chilled out go with the flow kind of guy, but I recognize that there are times in my life when I’ve got to fight. In surveying the land I recognize that I need a lot of help.

If you feel you can, please call CBC at: 1-866-306-4636, choose option 1 for English programming and choose option 1 again for the “Attendant” then ask for “Audience Services”. Audience Services will answer and at that point tell them how you feel about jPod being cancelled and how you would like to see a season 2.

OR
E-mail them at http://www.cbc.ca/contact/

I alone can reach out to all of you and if all of you can reach even 2 people and we get that people ball rolling…we could possibly be jamming up some phone lines at CBC. Am I being naïve and hopeful? I hope so; it feels better than lying down and taking it.

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate all of you for watching the show and for all the great things you’ve all been saying about it.

Longevity and persistence is the key. Phone or e-mail, if you can do it everyday.

I send my love to you all and just to be clear, that love stays whether you phone, e-mail, write or not.

Thank you all!
Raugi Yu
A.K.A Kam Fong