Peanuts brought it back, but in the end, it was low ratings that once again felled “Jericho.”

CBS announced Friday that they have cancelled the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series for a second time, after the show failed to attract a bigger audience.

“Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. “We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try.”

Its final episode will air Tuesday.

The series, which stars Skeet Ulrich and Ashley Scott, received the axe for the first time last May. Fans protested by sending 18,000 kilograms of peanuts to CBS, in tribute to the “Nuts!” remark by Ulrich’s character at the end of the first season.

CBS executives reversed their decision, and ordered seven new episodes which started airing in February.

But a cult following was not enough to save the show this time. “Jericho” drew about 8.1 million viewers per episode at the start of its current run and the numbers have been dropping ever since.






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