To Supernatural fans, Richard Speight, Jr is the infamous Trickster from Tall Tales and Mystery Spot but he’s also known for his work on Jericho and Band of Brothers.

Next weekend, he has a very special movie event taking place in San Francisco so he’s written a shout out to the fans:

(message from Richard)

On Saturday, June 13th, there is going to be a charity screening of an independent feature film called NORTH BEACH. Ten years ago, I co-directed and co-starred in this darkish comedy that chronicles a day-in-the-life of a guy trying to salvage his love life in the manic neighborhood of North Beach, right in the heart of San Francisco. The film played 13 festivals in the the U.S. and Europe and received great reviews in The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, on Filmcritic.com, etc.

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Today, at the NBC “Infronts,” the network confirmed that Day One will be on their fall schedule. Day One is a survival story that begins after a “global catastrophe” decimates the world’s infrastructures. Like the cult favorite Jericho, the show revolves around a mixed bag of survivors, in this case the residents of an apartment building in Van Nuys, California, who must band together in order to stay alive.

There are some big guns behind the series, namely executive producer/writer Jesse Alexander (”Heroes,” “Lost,” “Alias”) and director Alex Graves (”Fringe,” “Journeyman”). The cast if full of young faces you’ve seen but probably can’t put a name to including Adam Campbell (”Harper’s Island”), Catherine Dent (”Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), Julie Gonzalo (”Eli Stone”), David Lyons (”ER”), Derek Mio (”Greek”), Carly Pope (”24″), Thekla Reuten (”Sleeper Cell”) and Addison Timlin (”Cashmere Mafia”).

They say it’s a story of hope, about how heroes are born every day — looters and price gougers are also born every day, so we’ll just have to see how this goes.

Click through for a look behind the scenes of Day One then visit the official site at NBC.com

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It’s the time of year to count our many blessings and the b5 Media family is no different than your family. Well, other than many of us never having physically met each other. Now that I think about it, there are countless extended members of my own family I haven’t met (and more that claim they’ve met me that I never recognize) but that’s a whole different story. I thought I’d take the time to point out a few things SFUniverse is thankful for this year.

A Second Full Season of Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles- The days of strong women like Buffy Summers and Xena on TV have returned, at least for the first two seasons of this great show. Though ratings show it’s one of the best shows most people aren’t watching, FOX has agreed to give it a full second season to spread its wings. Perhaps a pairing with Dollhouse on FOX’s new sci-fi themed Friday lineup will be just what both those shows need. And it won’t hurt that Dollhouse features another strong lady in Buffy alum Eliza Dushku.

The Floodgates Opening For Sci Fi and Comic Book Movie Adaptations- The success of films like the X-Men series
means many more of these projects are on the way and in the works. May 2009 will bring us J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek revamp and a Wolverine solo film. Word is that Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool could get his own spinoff from that project.And yes, it’s true all these movies won’t be great. But with any luck there will be more films as great as the first Matrix, and less films like - the third Matrix.

Next Year We Will Finally Find Out Who the Final Cylon Is- Lost in the hoopla of finding an extremely scorched Earth was the question that has plagued Battlestar Galactica fans since the end of Season 3. Who is the Final Member of the Cylon Race? It’s cliffhangers like this that keep us coming to back to our favorite shows despite casting changes, new producers and the questionable things our favorite characters do sometimes.

Our Legion of Adoring Fans: Seriously, without you guys we would just be talking amongst ourselves here. While that’s a lot of fun too, that’s not the goal. It’s a blast debating what our favorite shows, actors and directors should and shouldn’t do.

We love the passion of Jericho fans that refuse to let their show go quietly into the night. We love the Smallville fans, divided between the half waiting for Lois and Clark to figure this love thing out and the half that would like Lois to die in the Doomsday conflict. We love the Supernatural fans and even their wars between the Sam and Dean faithful. We’re not just here for you, we’re here because of you. If a heated debate starts in the forest but no one is there to hear it, it doesn’t make a sound and it certainly doesn’t generate site hits. No, I did the research. Heated Debate in the Forest.com was a dismal Internet failure. I’m still weeping a little about it.

All kidding aside, we love you guys, your passion for the genre and your at times brutally honest comments. I’m talkin’ to you, Carebear. Readers, what sci-fi goodness are you thankful for this year?

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Jericho is coming to back to TV -  in a way, at least. CW today announced it will air reruns of cult favorite Jericho on its Sunday night schedule. This ends an interesting experiment for CW that saw it outsourcing its Sunday night lineup to Media Rights Capital.

That lineup included the drama Easy Money and sitcom Surviving Suburbia and today’s announcement confirms those shows didn’t work. Joining Jericho on the new (or should that be old?) Sunday night CW lineup are reruns of The Drew Carey Show and theatrical movies. The change becomes effective Nov. 30.

The good news here is that Jericho, one of the best shows most of America didn’t watch, is back on TV. It’s not as nice as new episodes, but it’s something.

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Showbiz Spy is discussing the prospects of a Jericho movie. courtesy of series’ stars Ashley Scott and Brad Beyer. Scott mentioned the pair have heard of a potential movie pitch. She said both would be interested in signing on and Beyer said it would be a way to give Jericho some needed closure.

If the project happens, it would follow cult classic Firefly which became the big screen’s Serenity. Unfortunately, most folks missed that excellent movie just like they missed the excellent TV show. Here’s hoping Jericho fares a little better.

Of course, there’s also talk of movies about Arrested Development and Friends. There are probably even more rumors in Hollywood than there are waiters with script treatments.

Three guesses who those were from. The fans of twice-canceled apocalyptic drama Jericho aren’t about to give up without another fight and are letting everyone know it.

Hollywood Reporter senior writer James Hibberd (you’ll remember him from the Moonlight fiasco) said the THR mailroom got 1,050 pounds of nuts Monday. They’re now good on nuts through the Fourth of July, much of the summer, heck probably until Christmas. All kidding aside, THR is looking for local outlets to donate the forty-two 25-lb. boxes of nuts to.

I can’t begin to predict how things with Jericho will turn out but I think it’s safe to say no entertainment reporter will ever forget the show or its fans.

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SFUniverse isn’t alone in noticing the great works of Jericho fans. The Dakota Voice has a great piece on Jericho Rangers rounding up 219 DVD’s of the show’s second season to support U.S. troops.

Twenty-one of those came from a middle school in Boca Raton, Fla where a teacher challenged her kids to make a difference. Hey, if the next generation is both donating to our troops and watching Jericho, I think they’re going to be OK.

The article notes that Rangers have raised at least $32,000 in charitable efforts, although that number could be much higher. Great job, Rangers! One of the things I love most about sci-fi is the communities it creates and the people that join together for positive causes. Though some people will never understand, it’s about a lot more than a TV show.

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The Save Jericho site has received more than 9,000 visits in less than two weeks with executive producers Carol Barbee and Jon Turteltaub being among the visitors. They called the fans’ campaign “brilliant” and gave supporters hope assuring them that talks to bring the twice canceled postapocalyptic drama back to TV continue.

Jericho Rangers raised $6,000 in less than a month to fund 10 days of advertising with Time Warner. That’s in addition to funding an ad in Variety and purchasing a billboard in downtown Los Angeles. The TV ad can also be viewed on YouTube. On the site, fans can also download Save Jericho postcards for the continued letter-writing campaign.

As you’ve probably noticed, Jericho Rangers have been quite active on our site as well, sparking some of the most passionate debate in SFUniverse history. Whatever happens, this has been one of the biggest stories of the year and you know we’ll keep you up to date. We have been unable to determine the truthfulness of the rumor that CBS is giving Jericho’s old timeslot to new show CSI:Survivor Island.

Our discussions about Jericho and Moonlight have led to some of the most real, heartfelt debate we’ve ever had on this site. We’re all about keeping it going.

Cynthia brought up an interesting point. A guy that paints his chest multiple colors to support his favorite football team gets treated completely differently than a guy who wears Spock ears in public. Both are making a unique fashion statement, but only one of them will likely be accused of living in his parents’ basement.

For what it’s worth, I’m just as likely to be caught wearing a giant football helmet as I am a Green Lantern shirt in public. Some of my earliest memories are watching the original Star Trek and Twilight Zone with my mom. As I’ve said before, my gig here was a natural evolution for me. But since the question’s been talked about a bit, I figured I’d pose it to our readers. Where is the line between someone who’s really passionate about their favorite show and someone who needs mental help? Is there a line? By all means, keep up the passion as this has been the best debate on the channel in my opinion.

With all this heated debate about Jericho going on our boards, I thought we’d poll the fans to see which network they think would be the best fit. This one will allow users to add their own choices in case there’s an interesting scenario I didn’t account for.

The story of Jericho has been a unique one with arguably more twists and turns off the set than on it. Canceled, revived and then canceled again in the middle of the debacle that was 2008’s strike-shortened TV season. Through it all, its fans have proclaimed they’ll follow Jericho anywhere.

Perhaps something about fighting against seemingly impossible odds strikes a chord with fans of a show where characters - well, fought against seemingly impossible odds. Whatever happens with Jericho’s journey and the actors that brought it to life, expect to read about it here at SFUniverse.

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