The SciFi Channel reports fans of the twice-cancelled CBS show Jerico are purchasing more than 200 local ads in the Los Angeles area in support of bringing the show back.
Jericho was the CBS series about a small Kansas town that struggles to cope with life after a mysterious conspiracy-ridden nuclear strike devastates several major cities across the United States.
But rather than some cheap, B-Grade Mad Max ripoff, the show is at least as much about the three-dimensional characters as it is the overall plot. The plot itself is intriguing and the storyline always leaves you wondering what will happen next, and whether what you think happened really happened the way you think it did. The combination is a fascinating, compelling show.
So why, you might ask, would such a good show bite the dust--twice? Because the idiots at CBS never gave it a fair chance.
When it first premiered, CBS aired several episodes...and then it just went off the air for several months (networks are starting to do crazy things like that more and more these days). By the time they brought it back several months later, many viewers had already gotten involved in other shows. So when ratings were low, they cancelled it.
But outraged fans fought for Jericho's revival, even sending in tons of peanuts to CBS executives (there's an inspirational story behind that).
So the network brought it back...but didn't get started until around February...many months after the regular TV season starts. "Gee, let's kick Jericho in the head again and see how well it does!" Again, by the time they came back with new episodes of Jericho, many viewers were already embroiled in other series. So again this fine show gets the axe.
But fans are busy at work, fighting to get the show revived on another network--hopefully one that will give it a fair chance.
I hope they succeed. Shows of this caliber are rare. It's too bad the morons at CBS didn't realize what they had--and treat it with appropriate respect.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for spelling out CBS' poor treatment of such a great show! It's truly a shame. I, too, hope another network is wise enough to pick up Jericho and run with it!
Thank you for a well written article and for not holding back when describing CBS's treatment of the show.
Thank you for stating the facts about Jericho.
Gwen
http://www.jericho-kansas.com
Thank-you for the positive article on Jericho. CBS's loss, will be another network's gain. A story-line like Jericho needs to be continued and some very fortunate network will be gaining an awesome show, production team, cast, and crew...and a large international Jericho family. Thanks again!
Excellent article! I totally agree that CBS treated this show shamefully! I am really hopeful another network or cable company sees the value and snaps it up! The producers have gone on record saying that they are "in talks" and that the fight is not over - so Jericho may just rise again!!
Thanks for the great article! You really hit the nail on the head.
The fan spot can be viewed Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBbFL17tqos
And in a better format here:
www.savejerichoagain.com
-Rubberpoultry
Thanks for this excellent article. You've hit the nail on the head. The CBS decision not to continue the series is an opportunity for another network!
SAM
Thanks for the article covering our efforts.
CBS didn't give Jericho a fair chance at all, and you explained it perfectly.
Jericho will be back!!
We're used to be kicked and knocked down, but we always getup!
Almost three months have passed since Jericho was officially canceled, yet the fans are still here and not going anywhere, anytime, soon.
Thank you!
As a Rapid City home town boy and crew member on both seasons of Jericho, I thank you for this review of the show and coverage of the campaign for season 3
Wow!!!! Thank you for telling it the way you did. I know there is a lot of us out here that feel the same way.
You took the words right out of my mouth. CBS doomed Jericho from the beginning with their poor handling. I wonder if they have any regrets at having lost many faithful viewers? I, for one, will take my viewership wherever Jericho goes.
Arwen says....
Thanks for writing such a great article about the Save Jericho campaign. It's nice to hear someone speaking the truth about what CBS has done to Jericho. A fighting chance would've allowed Jericho to have many seasons. Thanks again for the great article!!!
Arwen
AMEN AMEN!!! CBS blew it and is filling in the slots with garbage shows -- some SMART network or cable company will reap the benefits!
Thanks so much for the great article. But I would like to reiterate that Jericho had way more viewers than what were actually counted. Jericho had an extremely high TiVo count, was consistently tops in iTunes downloads, Xbox and however many other ways there is to watch it. Jericho was also CBS's most watched show online. But networks just don't take those things into account. They only go by what Nielsen says and nothing else. And we all know that Nielsen is so outdated that the only place their boxes belong is in the Smithsonian.
I watched it exclusivley on the internet.
Warning to CBS and other Networks:
Ignoring me will make me go away.
If I were a conspiracy theorist I would think that CBS wanted Jericho to fail, but I truly think they're just inept. Jericho fans have proven that they're willing to spend money and I would think that would get the attention of a new network and their advertisers.
Jericho and it's fans never stood a chance when season 2 came back, CBS sticks us in a crappy time slot...they knew dam well it wouldn't make it.I'm starting to think if the people at CBS had brains they would be dangerous.
Thank you. You hit the nail on the head. It was CBS fault that Jericho did not make it. I hope they realize soon that they aced themselves out of a real gem. Probably the best show ever on television. I believe Jericho will do well on another network that knows a good thing when it sees it.
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