Against all odds, jPod fans are still hoping to convince CBC to revive the one-hour drama series through the website, Save jPod! – Say No to Steve (savejpod.ca), and a Facebook club, Facebook | jPod, the latter of which has more than 4,300 members.

The series, produced by Larry Sugar and J.B. Sugar, also received 15 nominations at B.C.’s Leo Awards (announced April 21), including best program, best direction, four for best screenwriting, and a variety of acting nods.

The series showed promise at the onset, debuting in January to 472,000 viewers, including 293,000 in the highly desired 25- to 54-year-old demographic, but that dropped to 100,000 25-54s by its third week. A timeslot switch with the series MVP, also struggling, did nothing to reverse either’s fortunes, and the pubcaster axed both.

Based on acclaimed author Douglas Coupland’s bestseller of the same name, jPod is about the lighthearted yet shocking adventures of video game gore specialist Ethan Jarlewski (David Kopp) and his four coworkers who are marooned in the basement of video game company Neotronic Arts in Vancouver. Coupland also exec produces.

‘jPod had considerable critical success, we loved the show, but it was unable to sustain the critical-mass audience,’ CBC spokesman Jeff Keay told Playback of the show’s cancellation.

– With files from Ilona Beiks