Posted by Terocious.

Guest Blogger: Welcome2CHO.

Source: Jericho Junction: The Main Line.

In my scant few pieces of down-time this week, I’ve worked to put together a post about the disappointment felt not only about Jericho’s cancellation, but also by the way in which the bad news was conveyed to us (or not). During the course of this week – has it been a week already? Boy, time flies when you’re having fun (or not!) – my point-of-view and my words have changed a thousand of times already.

Posted by staff.

Source: TGN News.

1. New Amsterdam 8.2
2. Lost 7.6
3. Medium 6.0
4. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 5.0
5. Eli Stone 4.7
6. Ghost Whisperer 4.3
7. Jericho 3.8
8. Smallville 1.5
9. Reaper 1.1

Posted by staff.

Source: Yo! Features, Philly Daily News.

We hate to even mention it, given how things turned out the last time, but fans of "Jericho," which last week was canceled for the second year in a row, are not giving up.

Though they do seem, at least, to have given up on CBS, focusing instead on a possible cable pickup. If you, too, are missing "Jericho" and want to talk with like-minded people, one resistance group meets at www.jerichonet2.com/board. *

Posted by Dave Andrews.

Source: SciFi Studios.

In the face of the second CBS cancellation of the show, a new effort has begun to keep Jericho alive. This time, there will be no “nuts” campaign to CBS to try to get them to renew the show. Still, heartened by the success of the previous effort, Jericho fans are energized and ready to go another round.

Article by Joel Topcik.

Source: Broadcasting and Cable.

Shaun Daily may have lost the battle for Jericho, CBS’ twice-canceled post-nuclear-war drama, but he hasn’t conceded the larger war for quality TV.

Posted by Jericho Returns.

Source: Jericho Monster.

Penny Ronning is an MBA who currently has 3 projects that she is producing: a fiction feature film, a feature length documentary, and a high school history curriculum in conjunction with a website inspired by surviving World War 2 Prisoners of War who were captured in the Philippines.

Posted by CKC.

Source: Bloodredstate.com.

The importance of the Second Amendment was hailed last week from an unlikely source- Hollywood. CBS’s post-apocalyptic thriller series ‘Jericho’, in which over twenty American cities had been destroyed in an atomic attack by terrorists, ended its run last week with an explosive conclusion to the series, as well as an important message about the Second Amendment.

Article by Joanna Weiss, The Boston Globe.

Source: Denverpost.com.

In the series finale of the post-apocalyptic drama "Jericho," in an offhand conversation, a couple of characters voiced one of the show's underlying points: Don't mess with the Second Amendment

Posted by Jericho Returns.

Source: Jericho Monster.

Gwen on Fandoms: Part II.

Source: TV By the Numbers.

I know I said I would never write about Jericho again, but this isn’t my writing so it doesn’t count. This comes to us from Amber who is in support of JerichoNet2.com’s efforts to revive the show. But as long as I’m here… I recently played around with the new service at FriendFeed.com. FreindFeed is sort of an aggregator for all the social networking services avaialable.

One interesting thing resulted. Although I have only ”friended” a few people and only eight people have friended me, two out of the eight watched Jericho. Including me, that makes three out of nine. Since it’s completely random — the people who friended me don’t live in my neighborhood, and the two people who claim Jericho, I’ve never met either of them face-to-face, although one of them I’ve “known” for years. I did pause to think, “what are the odds that three out of nine people (including me) watched Jericho, and Niesen isn’t at least a little screwed up?” I’m still pondering. Here’s the press release:

Editor: Mr. Seidman may have finally seen what the fans have known for a long time - there are a lot more Jericho fans than the Nielsen's show.

Posted by staff.

Source: THE ZOCALO TODAY - March 30, 2008.

I waited a while, just in case there were folks who wanted to see the
last show on-line, rather than watching the finale on Tuesday night. I
enjoyed every moment of this show and the last episode had you on the
edge of your seat the entire time. We as fans got closure -- but the
door is still open for more JERICHO in the future. What happens next?
What happens to JERICHO during the great Civil War that is sure to
come between the Cheyenne and Texas Governments? There is much more
story to tell and I hope that we get to see it.

The creators of JERICHO are shopping the series around so I hope they
find a home for it. While I wasn't always there to watch on whatever
night it was aired, I was one of the 700,000 watching it on the
www.CBS.com website. Too bad there aren't Nielsen ratings for that.

Posted by Citizenman.

Source: Ground Report.

Fans of the CBS show Jericho are trying to make history by getting their show back again. Nielsen, Sci-Fi and CBS seem to be their targets this time around. Although they are mad at CBS this time they are also mad at Nielsen Ratings, who they claim to have been misleading the public. On many Jericho related sites fans claim to be mailing nuts to Nielsen and also sending postcards and angry letters to this company.

Posted by Malcolm.

Source: Last Days Revival.

However there is one show on TV these days, that may be more prophetic than we want to believe. "Jericho" which depicts America after a Nuclear attack, which some of the characters believe was an inside job, is getting increasingly believable.

Posted by Brian.

Source: SF Universe.

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.

Article by Joe Mandese.

Source: Media Daily News.

NIELSEN THURSDAY BEGAN INFORMING CLIENTS that it has been understating household coverage estimates for about 20 television networks since at least October 2007, a move that has overstated their coverage area ratings during the period, and potentially inflated advertising buys by millions of dollars.

Posted by staff.

Source: EZTV.it.

So, Jericho was canned. Again. The news has surprised some, infuriated some and then of course there are those who saw it coming a mile away. I must confess, I belong to the latter group. Not because I don't like the show, I do - this last season has been terrific - but when you look at the facts you see that it was just not meant to happen. Here's a few reasons:

Posted by Swinebread.

Source: Atomic Romance.

The Jericho adventure is now over with the series finale last night. I was sad to see it go to the point of clockwatching during the broadcast, counting down the minutes left in the program/series. The tone of Jericho was different the second time around as the plot advanced at warp speed but at least the main storylines were resolved as best as they could be for an abbreviated season. Much of the drama that made the show the first time around, which I in fact made fun of, was striped from the second season. Be careful what you wish for because I actually, *gulp* …missed it.

Review by Tory Ireland Mell.

Source: IGN.

Review of episode 207, Patriots and Tyrants.

Review by Beau Smith.

Source: Comics Buletin.

A review of the series.

The reason Jericho and other shows like Threshold, Drive, Wanted, Invasion, Journeyman and even Surface didn’t make it is because Hollywood is a little too trigger happy when they think they smell the possibility of losing ratings and most of all cash. It shows they’re all afraid of being in for the long haul.

Article by James Hibberd.

Source: ET Canada.

CBS has nuked Jericho, the low-rated post-Armageddon drama that was briefly brought back from the dead by fan demand.

The network will air the season finale on Tuesday, one of two that was shot in the event either of a renewal or cancellation.

CBS you are becoming like Walmart! Every time you find something you like and begin to use (watch) it they discontinue it. It starts by shuffling it around to a different location making it hard to find, then the sales reports indicated the demand for it has gone down ( because no one can find it) so it is discontinued. With this and the writer‘s strike thank goodness I had a DVR this season. If you could of called it a season. Maybe you should take notice as Walmart's ratings are going down and learn a lesson from them. With so much junk on so many channels it amazes me at the decision CBS has made AGAIN to cancel this show. and yet I see CBS bringing back "Welcome Back Kotter" Give me a break. I've watched CBS primarily for 30 years but I'm done It is astonishing at the ever increasing number of TV channels available and yet so little to watch. I certainly hope some network out there picks up and continues the show. Just as my decision to refuse to shop and in turn support Walmart, the time has come to ban CBS. Granted, it's tough at first to break the convenience habit but to lay down and accept being dictated to is shameful. I am a stronger person than that and channel lock helps too. :) I will miss the shows I watch on CBS but in time I am confident I will find other shows on different networks to satisfy my viewing needs. With spring time approaching this to will help also. It’s not that my feelings or opinion will make much difference to the almighty CBS but they better watch out if there is enough people out there that feel like I do and choose to do something about it!

Posted by staff.

Source: Huffington Post.

Oh well! Skeet Ulrich recently taped an episode of "Rachel Ray" to promote his CBS show "Jericho," and it aired Monday morning. Unfortunately CBS axed the show just three days earlier.

(CBS) "Jericho" has been canceled, and no amount of peanuts will bring it back.

"The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement. "Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more."

The show was canceled after its first season, but was resurrected when fans joined together and sent tens of thousands of pounds of peanuts to get the network to change its mind.

CBS ordered a second season of seven episodes which premiered on Feb. 12, 2008. Ratings never equaled the first season's numbers, and have taken a tumble since the premiere.

"We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try," the network said. "We listened to our viewers, gave the series an opportunity to grow, and the producers put a great story on the screen. We're proud of everyone's efforts."

Producers hedged their bets by shooting two alternate endings to the final show, which airs Tuesday.

One is a cliffhanger that could have led to a third season and the other ending is said to bring "closure" to fans.

But, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter, there's enough wiggle room in the final episode to make room for new life of the series on cable.

© MMVIII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Posted by Mary Ann S.

Source: Gather.com

"Jericho" fans are, of course, angry with CBS, but the main focus of their current rage is Neilsen, the ratings company that put the show down by reporting low ratings. 

Article by David Hochman.

Source: TV Guide, March 24-30, 2008 issue.

The end is near for Jericho Or is it? Although fans rallied to save the end-of-the-world drama from the clutches of cancellation last season, the CBS series may one again require a postapocalyptic miracle to survive. "We've shot two separate endings and one's more final than the other," says Skeet Ulrich, who plays sheriff Jake Green. CBS isn't saying which ending they'll go for tonight, but either one should make for riveting viewing. Says Ulrich, "We want to give the fans a finale that pays them back in a big way." All season, the townspeople of Jericho have been adjusting to leadership out of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Through it all, they put their faith in Jake to maintain a sense of calm--even as he was occasionally getting his butt kicked. "My least favorite part of this role was torturing Skeet," says Esai Morales, who play Colonel Beck, the honcho charged with turning Jericho around. "Skeet's such a good guy, and here I am having to go Guantanamo on his ass!" The finale will put Jake through the ringer yet again, as he teams up with Hawkins (Lennie James) to retrieve the bomb the Cheyenne government took from Texas. "The big question, " says coexecutive producer Dan Shotz, "will be whether Jake and Hawkins can make it out of Cheyenne with the bomb and with their lives."

The article is 1/2 page on page 44.

Posted by Sam.

Source: Slice of SciFi.

Finally, the big boy — “Jericho.” CBS has yet to decide this show’s fate. The LIVE viewing numbers haven’t been great, but they also haven’t been that bad. Anytime a network can garner 6 to 8 million consistant viewers to sit through a one hour show week after week with all those dreaded commercials is a good thing. More importantly, CBS is looking at the DVR numbers for the show and are ecstatic. Will this be enough to keep the show on CBS? We should know within a week or two.

Interview by staff.

Source: TV Watch, People.

Jericho’s loyal fans may have saved the show — about a post-apocalyptic town in Kansas — from cancellation, but they couldn’t save series regular Shoshannah Stern’s character from the evil and powerful Jennings & Rall, a corporation looking to install a franchise government in what’s left of the Western U.S.

Review by Sarah Jersild.

Source: Zap2it.

Review of episode 205, Termination for Cause.

Posted by James.

Source: The Mahatma X Files.

I'm not sure how many of my readers have followed the series Jericho. If not, it might be a good idea to check a few episodes of the series out as its story is pretty fascinating. The basic premise is that of a rural community in northwest Kansas (the fictitious town of Jericho) cut off from the rest of the world in the wake of a set of nuclear explosions which end up destroying a number of major urban areas around the US. Over the next several months, the residents struggle with basic survival, maintenance of some semblance of social order, developing some contact with surrounding communities, and redefining meaning in life in what is now a radically different world.

Posted by staff.

Source: inthenews.co.uk.

Jericho Season One DVD to be released in the UK.

Posted by Ratkeeper

When I first saw the ad for WonderCon, I thought it would be an opportunity to pass out some of the JKI year-at-a-glance calendars and get some borderline fans to the Jericho websites. I was pleasantly surprised to see the cast of Jericho was going to be there too. When JKI approached WonderCon, we found out that CBS also thought flyers were a good idea, and the CBS contact asked JKI to help pass out the CBS flyers.

Sean and I had decided to stay in the city and attend all three days of WonderCon. That would give us the opportunity to scout out the location for the Jericho panel and figure out how to distribute both flyers.

Saturday night we sat in the hotel room trying to think up questions for the cast, since we heard the audience at the Los Angeles convention had been shy about the Q & A session. While doing this we turned on the TV, and of course being Saturday night, there was nothing on. I turned the hotel TV to TV-on-Demand and noticed that the Jericho premier was available for $5.99. We of course purchased it and watched it while thinking up questions. I was also surprised to realize it was the ONLY CBS show in the on-demand category.

We got up early on Sunday, to get down to the convention center to get in line early for hall A. I wanted to get front row seats for us and the two volunteers who had agreed to help pass out flyers. We met Shaun o’Mac and agreed to save a seat for him too. I sat in the front row and spread the stuff out over the five seats.

Shaun o’Mac delivered the big stack of CBS flyers and took some with him. Sean went to find the convention staff and iron out the details about handing out the flyers. I waited for the two volunteers who were showing up later that morning.

Before the movie trailers, I answered questions from the fans behind me and was pleasantly surprised to see the hall was very full. As the trailers ended, I caught up with Robert and Stephen (our two volunteers) and directed them to the front row.

Then the hall began to empty, and I thought we would end up with a very small crowd. (It turned out that the Terminator cast had just begun to sign autographs and the hall emptied as people got in line). As episode three began Sean came back, and took Robert, Stephen and a few convention volunteers and got the CBS flyer and the JKI flyer passed out. All of the handouts went flying across the rows and disappeared into the hands of the eager fans.

As the episode played, the people who had gotten autographs came back into the hall and by the time the Jericho cast came out there was about 1000 people in the audience.

Here is a link to the panel discussion and the Q & A session:

TV.Com Link

Fortunately, the fans had a lot of questions, so JKI only asked one. Robert asked about the TiVo Most Recorded Show List and how the cast/crew felt about Jericho’s high ranking on that list.

I think it was a great turnout for Jericho, and there were a lot of appreciative fans in the audience.

I'd like to thank Robert and Stephen for volunteering to hand out flyers.

Please note:

The JKI year-at-a-glance calendar is available to download here:

Calendar Link

The JKI photo gallery is located here:

Photo Gallery Link