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March 28th, 2008

Jericho Could Be Hot in the Right Hands

Riddle me this: When is a canceled show a potential lynchpin for a network? When that show is Jericho and the rumored bidders are the CW Network and the Sci Fi Channel.
The six million viewers that Jericho bowed out with March 25 wasn’t much to a network like CBS, but would be a huge boost […]

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March 27th, 2008

Jericho Ends With a Whimper, Not a Bang

Maybe it was the anticlimactic nature of knowing the season finale (at least for now) was the series finale. Maybe it was an extension of the malaise that surrounded Jericho’s strike-shortened, star-crossed second season.
But viewers hoping the show gets picked up by another network won’t encourage anyone to look at the series-ending numbers. The […]

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March 26th, 2008

Jericho Could Follow Serenity’s Lead

With a small but intensely loyal fanbase out there, there is some talk that the dearly departed CBS drama Jericho could return as a movie. The short-lived Joss Whedon sci-fi western Firefly came back as a movie that was critically acclaimed but didn’t make tons of money.
But executive producer Carol Barbee told Sci […]

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March 25th, 2008

Save Jericho - Again

The diehards at Jericho Kansas.com are already hard at work trying to find the recently canceled drama find a new home. Here’s the tips they’re offering:
Please be polite in your letters/cards, and if you choose to call then be extra polite. The negative phone calls/letters are hurting the effort to secure a future for Jericho.
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March 24th, 2008

A Look At Jericho: What Went Wrong?

In a TV landscape littered with reality shows, revamps of old hits and spinoffs of current ones, Jericho was a much-needed respite from the same old-same old. So why is tomorrow’s episode the series finale? Here are a few reasons:
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March 21st, 2008

CBS Axes Jericho - This Time for Good

In a disappointing but not at all surprising decision, CBS has canceled post-apocalyptic drama Jericho for the second time in as many seasons. After its cancellation last year, rabid fans sent the Tiffany Network some 20 tons of peanuts. That was a salute to an offhand remark about peanuts a character made in the […]

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March 15th, 2008

Is Your Favorite Show On The Bubble?

The Hollywood Reporter has handicapped the genre shows flirting with cancellation. It believes Sarah Connor Chronicles will return on the strength of a strong-performing season finale and because of the promotional opportunities it provides a fourth Terminator film. 
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March 5th, 2008

Writers’ Strike = Better TV?

No wait a second, I’m serious. In addition to being a sci-fi guy, I’m a big sports fan. One of my favorite NBA seasons, believe it or not, was the strike shortened 1998 season. That year for me exposed the truth that 50 games is not a bad number of basketball contests. At that […]

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February 27th, 2008

Jericho’s Numbers Up - Were They Enough?

One of the best shows most of America isn’t watching scored its best ratings of the strike-shortened season Feb. 26. The question now is if they will be enough to earn it a third season, a decision that could come as early as next week.
Jericho earned a 4.3 overnight rating but at least some […]

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February 27th, 2008

Jericho: Termination for Cause

Jericho
Episode: Termination for Cause
Air Date: March11, 2008
Jake (Skeet Ulrich), Stanley (Brad Beyer), Emily (Ashley Scott) and Eric (Kenneth Mitchell) barricade themselves in the hospital to protect Mimi, whose life is in danger because of what she know about Goetz.

Photo Credit: ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
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