This was a beautiful show and should have been allowed a second season. Writing was topnotch and the acting was incredible! This will be a cult video..

Canceling this show is a crime. The characters are so amazing, the acting is brilliant. The hour goes by so fast it feel like 5 minutes. How can you cancel a show when we haven’t completely figured out everything yet?

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John From Cincinnatti was the highlight of our summer. Awesome writing, one of the best ensemble casts ever, the show was simply so far ahead of anything on TV, we looked forward to it all week. It feels like a friend has died. Why does HBO keep shooting itself in the foot? We expect HBO to have the guts to let a show like JFC find its audience - give it room to grow. This is why we pay the big bucks for HBO! Bring back JFC!!

An intelligent intellectual show that kept you guessing. Morality, spirituality, reality and the supernatural. John deserves another chance. “Mother of god Kass Kai”……..

Bring it back!
Beautiful story and cast just getting going!
Bring it back!
Great characters, great themes!
Bring it Back!
Let Milch keep his vision flowing!

Some things I know!

JFC took me over this summer. It took nerve and patience and awareness to get into this show, qualities that HBO is quickly losing touch with. The writing was unlike any show I had ever seen, the spirituality bubbling beneath the broken exteriors of its characters is subject matter i have waited a lifetime to watch in a series.

HBO is proving itself no different than the rest of the behemoths out there. Not to give this show a second season, out of simple respect, is a tragedy. How bold to even broadcast it, how typical to pull the plug.

Somebody get Zippy over to HBO pronto… you know.

I’m not surprised that HBO canceled its best series. Its HBO policy under-promote and then cancel all their best shows. I’m tired of HBO getting me hooked into a great show, and then canceling it. So I am now going to cancel my HBO subscription.

Entourage may be flashy with its celebrity cameos but JFC has real substance and will be high on my all-time favorite list from now on.

HBO, I am canceling my subscription and I will renew it when you renew John from Cincinnati.

Don’t pull the plug. This show could be big. Don’t jip the subscribers that have invested themselves in this beautiful program.

Greetings!

Hello. I am John’s father. I tried to tell him when he left on this little adventure of his, but hey. Kids right? I tried explaining to him that if the only original words to come out of his mouth were, “See God”., and “By your words you will hear my father.”, they just wouldn’t get it. Funny, I heard all of their words and even I haven’t got a clue what the hell he meant by that. I asked him just that in our last e mail exchange and his only reply was, “What I meant by that. You should get back in the game Dad. By your words you will know what I meant by that. By your words you will know the words of yours Dad.”, followed by a “smiley face” icon. Why am I surprised? Even as a kid he was a little odd. Maybe I should ask his mother, huh? She always seemed to have a way with him. BTW, If you see him please ask him to call home. If he just keeps repeating, “I’ll call home.”, take him by the hand and lead him to a pay phone. That’s the only thing that seems to work when he gets like this. Ask him for the number. He’ll find it written on a crumpled piece of paper in his pants pocket. Just to be safe you’d better dial it for him. You know, maybe now that I won’t have this show to watch anymore, I will get back in the game. Maybe it’s time you all should too. Thanks.

Regards, John Sr.

It would be a travesty to pull this show off the air - The most engaging show I’ve ever watched.

If this show gets canceled, so does my HBO subscription.

Please reconsider what I think is a bad decision to cancel John

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bring back John!

With the departure of “Sopranos”, the cancellation of “John” and possibly “Deadwood”, There isn’t much that interests me on HBO. In turn I’ve cancelled HBO until I hear otherwise.

In Canada, we view HBO shows over The Movie Channel (and sometimes, Bravo!). I made a point of subscribing to Movie Channel on Demand for the express purpose of watching “JFC” many times, for this program’s richness is enhanced by multiple viewings. Please resucitate “JFC” — it was brainy summer TV with oddball charm and sophistication.

I will be leaving soon

“John” has been one of the most engaging serials that our family has been witness to in a long time. It was one of the few that we, as a family, watched faithfully AND together! If, by pulling this show, your intention was to “leave us wanting more”, you have succeeded. Consider the fact that we tuned in to watch each episode at least three times each week to digest the dialogue, character interactions, and Mr. Monad’s role… that it actually caused our family to discuss a wide variety of topics from religion to E.T.s to surfing as we waded through the labyrinth of each episode…
There has got to be more… and we want it!

Bring back JFC! Finally a show that made us stop and think - what were you thinking HBO???

bring it back that show was a mastermine i am only elevin but m dad chris loves that show and we watched every episode toghther please hbo bring it backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, seriously. What are they thinking at HBO - taking it off before we have any idea what is going on in the show. At least give it a second season and if you see it’s going no where still, then wrap it up and end it proper. Let the JFC fans know what is going on. Apparently by this uproar, there are more fans that what HBO thought. I have seen all the shows and am hooked - don’t take it away now. Please.

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT HBO IS CANCELING JFC, YET THE CONCHORDS (OR WHATEVER THAT THING IS CALLED REMAINS? WHY DOES HBO FEEL THE NEED TO CANCEL EVERYTHING WORTH WATCHING? THE ONLY REASON I HAVE HBO IS TO WATCH THIS SHOW. NOW THAT JOHN IS GONE, I WILL BE GONE SOON TOO!!!

The Internet is big; 9-11 is big; I used to think HBO was big, especially when its bigshots took a courageous chance on David Milch’s passion play.

Now I’m not so sure.

Prove me wrong, bigshots. Bring John From Cincinnati back from the dead. Only you have the power.

BRING IT BACK…

HBO can suck it if not. Only thing left is Entourage, and one half hour show isnt enough to keep the subscribtion.

I heard about this today and was very surprised. I really urge the exec’s to rethink this decision because there are not many shows that make you think so much. I hold out hope because I think Big Love was being cancelled at one time but they reversed that decision. We can hope, right?

Canceled!?? Nooooooooooooooo!!! I love that show!!

The show rules. BRING IT BACK!!!!

BRING IT BACK! Part of the American public likes a show where you need to think and read between the lines!

This show was the only thing I bothered to watch all week. I have longed for a show with some complexity that pushed me to make my own assumptions rather than spoon-feeding me trite conversations and ridiculous gag lines.
JFC drew me in with wonderful filming The surf scenes are fabulous!) and compelling characters so much that I would watch it a second and third time just looking for clues to support my conclusions.
The only reason I have cable is to wacth what I expect to be cutting edge HBO shows that push the envelope. That is what makes HBO, HBO in my mind. If this show is dropped I will need to reconsider that investment since it appears HBO executives don’t appreacite the audicne they have cultivated.

very sad you are taking it off the air, will not keep HBO if it does not return

HBO…… bring back JFC for another season. My week revolves around it and Big Love….

Every episode is anticipated one of the most original shows i have seen in a while, the show must go on so many questions need to be answered.

we need answers! bring back John!!

there’s another great website about JFC. www.thesnugharbormotel.com
They are organizing mailings and exchanging ideas about how to harrass HBO. Check it out. Please!

This travesty is just another example of HBO’s total disregard for it’s subscribers. How can I continue to follow new series with the constant threat of the Coporate axe falling on what I have become to love? It’s time we all stop making false threats and cancel this Network until they start actually showing some appreciation for our money. Bring back JFC, it’s not our fault the pea brain masses didn’t get it…..

I noticed a couple of people were thinking maybe Showtime would be smart enough to grab this phenomenon so I just sent Showtime an email as follows:

WHY NOT PICK UP JFC? IT WOULD FIT RIGHT IN WITH DEXTER, WHICH I LOVE. I’VE BEEN ON A COUPLE OF SAVE JFC BLOGS AND SHOWTIME KEEPS COMING UP AS A PERFECT ALTERNATIVE SINCE HBO STUPIDLY CANCELLED IT. ANYWAY, YOU COULD HAVE EVIL DEXTER ON THE EAST COAST DOING HIS MISCHIEF, AND JOHN ON THE WEST COAST DOING GOOD. THINK ABOUT IT.

Maybe some of you could do the same. I don’t know if it will mean anything but the internet is huge.

Bring back JFC now, it was the best, most intriguing thing on TV all summer and had no time to find an audience after the Sopranos burn out.

I was very disappointed, when I learned that John F Cin had been canceled.

Each week, I made sure that I watched it and most weeks, I watched it 2-3 times. The show required that the audience actually think about the dialogue. Most TV viewers are looking for nothing more than killing and fluff.

If they do not want to continue to run this series on a long term basis, I wish they would come back for a few more episodes so that we can get some ends tied up.

This is the only show I sat and watched regularly all summer!!! I will definately miss it!!!!!!!!!!

What is up with HBO? I’ve been a loyal subscriber to HBO via Comcast (Portland, Ore.) and Adelphia (Los Angeles) for over eight years, and I’m sick of HBO cancelling unfinished shows. Carnivale, Deadwood, and now John from Cincinnati. I don’t know why HBO can’t give these types of shows a better chance–I think the execs just want total smash successes out of the gate within the first season, but hey, the world doesn’t work that way any more! We have PVRs, Tivos, DVD releases, and so on. We don’t watch TV the same these days, HBO. I only started to watch John from Cincinnati this past week with Comcast On Demand, and I watched the whole first season in about four nights. HBO, do you know why I only watched the first season after it aired? My first baby daughter was born this summer, that’s why! Maybe you should take into consideration THAT portion of your aging demographic too, when it comes to why it might take more time for a new show to gain momentum. You’ve disappointed me, HBO. I don’t know if I’ll give ANY new series from you another chance–maybe it’s time to switch my subscription dollars over to Showtime.

Bring it back!

Carnivale, Deadwood, and now John. Why must HBO kill good shows before they end and let the Sopranos live far beyond its prime? I don’t know Butchie instead.

How can HBO ever expect new shows to develop a large audience when they don’t even give them time to catch on. There is so much garbage on now and JFC is so intelligent and refreshing. First Deadwood now JFC. Viewers are going to stop investing their emotions and time in watching HBO shows for fear they will be cancelled everytime we really get attached.

Please bring thiis show back!!!!!!

It was just getting started!

Please bring back the show!!!

PLEASE BRING THE SHOW BACK.

JFC is unpredictable, and that’s why I watched. The most original series I’ve seen.

Wierd is good. Keep John!

It really shocked me, and at the same time it didn’t shock me when I heard JFC was cancelled by HBO. This seems to be a trend lately. Produce a quality and thoughtful show with great potential… only to have it shuttered before letting it evolve.

Sienfeld would never make it in today’s climate. It took time to get it going.

Dead Like Me… Arrested Development…. John From Cincinnati

I was delighted to see that someone has scrawled SAVE JFC across the glass doors at the HbO headquarters at 1100 (0’s and 1’s) 6th Avenue. They also made monads out of the o’s in HBO which is pretty cool since there’s a lot of them. I hope the suits at HBO get the message!!

I am surprised this show wasn’t a huge hit. It definitely got me hooked.

I don’t know Butchie instead.

Please, PLEASE revive JFC. History will view HBO kindly if they just do the right thing here and resurrect this triumph of storytelling. HBO needs to let it play out. Don’t cave in to the critics. Please give this show another chance. Thank you.

Bring back JFC!

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HOLY crap… jeeeesh..bring it back..don’t let this show end.. my god is HBO that lame to not finish this.. just another corporate crappola deal as far as i’m concerned… let the artist finish the vision.. at least one more season… silly silly silly.. rescue me stays on at FX and that’s suck since the second season..and it keeps going… give John a chance… I got MY EYE ON YOU.
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We were very happy to have our music in this amazingly weird and original TV series !! We hope it shows over here in the UK and goes on for many series to come.

Please don’t cancel JFC. With only 10 eps we just started to get to know the characters and the plot had me hooked from day one. Don’t let another great show be lost. I am already having Rome withdrawals.

JFC was HBO’s last chance. Too many great shows tossed down the tubes from over-paid idiots who obviously do not know their customers. The name John from Cincinnati may have not been the most appealing name for this show, but the writing, and the acting can not be touched. Once people give this show a chance, I am positive that they will love it as much as all the people I have gotten to watch it. We even have friends over just to watch the show on sunday nights. It always sparks great debates and conversation. A show that makes people think in a world of american idol and next top model is a waste to see thrown away. JFC is priceless and I just don’t think I will forgive HBO for this one. I am still hurt over Carnivale. Screw me once.. shame on you.. Screw me twice… Shame on me… Aint happening again. If I don’t hear in the next couple months that this is being reconsidered, HBO IS GONE!!!!!

JFC was smart, fun, well-written and filled with wonderful actors. A genuine original. This show is too good to cancel. Bring it back, HBO!!

Bring JFC back!

I believe 10 episodes is absolutely not enough time for shows like this to catch on with viewers. It’s a different type of show. It’s not fair to throw away the show so quickly. Nothing has been answered, all it’s done is anger viwers. HBO should know better. It shows us they only think of ratings and their pocket.

I started paying to watch HBO because of the Sopranos and like everyone else who was an avid watcher of the show, when it ended all I could think was that nothing could replace it. But it was replaced….and replaced by something magnificent, enthralling and completely amazing. Like most, it took me becoming totally engulfed to really understand it and catch on and often times I said, “it’s so strange, but I love it!” JFC is one of the most amazing shows I have ever watched. It touched me to the core and made me feel that the world was really changing and in a positive spiritual direction. I loved the fact that I would have to rewind and rewatch to pick up on things that I had missed. Thank God for a show that actually makes you think! I was just discussing with my husband the fact that I would not wait to buy the season and how I wait with breathless anticipation for the new season to begin. And then I hear this?? Please let this show live. The characters are exquisitely drawn. The dialogue is mesmerizing. I imagine this is as ultimate an experience for the actors as it is for those of us who understand what a gift this series is. HBO was my refuge from mundane television. Sometimes with a show with this much character it takes a bit of time to catch on, but when it does it becomes a classic!! People for years to come will chant “I don’t know Butchie instead” and we all want to hear what John’s father has to say. HBO, if you say good bye to JFC, I say good bye to you. PLEASE don’t let it die.

HBO don’t give up on John yet - Shows like JFC are the reason many of us pay the extra money to our cable and dish monopolies to get HBO in the first place. JFC makes the viewer think, so even through we might be planted on the couch we are still working out at least one vital part of our body. Without JFC my money might have to switch over to Showtime as their line-up continues to get better and better. Maybe a Showtime or even USA network or TNT should look to pick this little gem up…..

Man, what a bummer. At least allow the series to get some sort of closure before canning it. Knowing it’s only 10 episodes does not make it a compelling buy as a DVD. Anyways, just bring it back!!!!!

I agree, Nick. I think a lot of us feel that way
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It would be a shame to end this series prematurely.

First Carnivale, then Deadwood, and now this HBO has shown no resposibilty to its subscribers. I think we need closure in all three cases!

John from Cincinnati is “El Camino”. Bring it back please.

I had to at least vent for myself and email this note to HBO… it made me feel a teeny weeny bit better:

I have signed the petitions, i have bantered about with others on the web, and even if this remotely passes by an interns eyes, it will still make me feel better to directly express my sadness and disgust at the narrow vision HBO programming has been guilty of now.

You dont even HAVE a John From Cincinatti option on this page to submit queries for shows? If it was so bad, why bother airing it? Why bother trying to actually tap into an intelligent sector of TV viewers, mining for people who have the mental and emotional capacity to handle this show, only to destroy them after one measly SUMMER season?

How much could it possibly cost to respect your subscribers enough to at least give Milch and Nunn the chance to tell their story through another season? First Carnivale, then Deadwood, now JFC.

I used to tell people if I had to choose between the 500 channels on cable and HBO, I would take HBO. But the recent choices made by your suits and superiors have shown that it IS JUST TV… not anything more special than that.

To cut a show, any show off at the knees after one season, especially one that lends itself to more developed human beings as viewers is a shame. I can only wonder what is next for HBO programming.

Your recent choices as of late have me thinking… reality show?

Sincerely, sadly, and questioning ny subscription,
(JFC) Jason from Chicago

Long live John!
This show must come back - like Shaunie and the bird!

John from Cincinnati was the most creative show on television. I was glued to my seat each Sunday night and thought about the show for days afterwards. We need more shows like this…great characters, writing, plots that make you think, symbolism, and overall creativity. Please bring it back.

We would like more John from Cinci! Thoughtful, clever, unpredictable. Great stuff

Please bring JFC back. I recently started contacting cable providers to subscribe to HBO. I currently have to go to my boyfriend’s house to watch JFC. Thank God he loves it so much he is willing to watch it 3 or 4 times. We are both very depressed with the news of the cancellation. It is a great show. Please bring it back!!! I guess if it does not come back, I will save money on my cable bill as I won’t have to subscribe to HBO after all.

My husband and I truly enjoyed JFC, and well as Deadwood! Loved the acting, and the unique story line. It’s a great disappointment not continue with the show. Frankly, without the Sopranos, or these other shows…perhaps we just need to cancel our HBO subscription. Bring the show back! Most of the audiance doesn’t even know that these have been cancelled. After all, we just found out ourselves!

If Alex likes it its must be good and should be saved.

I am grieving over the best HBO series EVER. People that don’t “get it” even enjoy it. It leaves you wanting more with each episode. I think the actors were amazing. Try it again in the fall. Maybe you’ll pick up more viewers. I am so depressed about this one leaving. PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!

I have never been disappointed by HBO until now. I’ve watched every series an John From Cincinnati was your best. Dexter is coming and with poor decision making like cancelling John, Showtime will kick your ass and you will have deserved it. Do yourself a favor, Bring John back.

Do not be surprised that we, and many others will unsubscribe to HBO if you go through with your decision to cancel “John” You finally have a show unlike any other in the history of television. We really did look forward to Sunday night at nine.Give it some thought.

HBO how about focusing on who did watch as opposed to who did not! Entice me, give me 10 wonderful and ambiguos episodes then cancel the very next day after the season finale, leaving me with a million questions. What a slap in the face!!!! I think this all that needs to be said about your money hungry, grubby newtwork. I’m done, I can’t even bother begging for a JFC return. Showtime here I come….

This show deserves another season! It would be a crime to leave everyone hanging. It was very entertaining.

this show is destined to be as huge as the sopranos given a chance. it would be a shame to see john go back to cincinnati when we so desperately need him here.

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Please don’t cancel JFC………we LOVE it and watch it over and over again!!!!

Please bring it back.

It was such an immense pleasure to get caught up in something as unique as JFC. The locale, imagery and landscape was completely new and I found myself getting caught up in its world. The completely disfunctional qualities of the characters was refreshing. Rebeccas de Mornay and Ed O’Neill performances were just stunning. I crave the show like a great song you just want to listen to over and over again. Thanks, HBO, for putting something as refreshing as this on. Please give it a try for at least one more season!

HBO should get back in the game! I loved all those catchy phrases that John came up with that inspired other catchy phases from the rest of the cast. I find myself starting to say “I don’t know Butchie instead” when I am at a loss. “I DON’T KNOW BUTCHIE INSTEAD”! Why did HBO CANCEL JFC???

I’ve already posted my plea to continue JFC for the all same reasons that everyone before me has, however, I feel the need to reinforce, that JFC is an amazing piece of work. I am watching the entire season now for the 3rd time and I am even more impressed than the first time. The show just gets better and better with each viewing. The cast is incredible, especially Brian Van Holt. He’s portrayal of Butchie Yost is amazing. He deserves an Emmy. Hopefully, those who recognize great talent, will see his work on JFC and open up opportunties for him in diversified roles. Its nothing short of crime to have cancelled JFC without so much as second season (which many shows need). I would delight in another season of JFC, so we can enjoy more Butchie and the rest of the Yost clan.