Many TWD fans like myself may be excited to know that news broke this week that Netflix has approached CBS about re-booting"Jericho" - the CBS series that ran from 2006-08.

For those not in the know, Jericho was a post-apocalyptic scenario in which two dozen U.S. cities (including Washington, D.C.) are nuked. Jericho is a small town in Kansas that is largely unaffected by radiation but which suffers from EMP knocking out the power grid and communications and other challenges of TEOTWAWKI.

The stories center on the community and it's characters' struggles to survive.

Netflix is currently streaming the existing Jericho episodes (29 total) and if you aren't already a Netflix subscriber you can take advantage of their 30-day free trial period.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/netflix-may-resurrect-jericho-canceled-cbs-drama/

Netflix in the past year has embarked on a new strategy of creating original content, including reprising some excellent shows that have committed fan bases but were cancelled by the networks. The Walking Dead never would have seen the light of day on TV if its fate had hinged on one of the three networks. Jericho was ahead of its time - turned out the Nielsen rating system had no way of gauging how many viewers were watching Jericho via one of the earliest streaming efforts on CBS's website at the time and so viewership was undercounted. Jericho was also aired head-to-head against Fox's American Idol at its zenith which was not helpful to Jericho's ratings.

So Netflix has seen the potential in Jericho and that is no doubt related to TWD's tremendous success.