Posted by staff.

Source: TV Guide, March 10-16, 2008 issue.

Burning Question:
I noticed that Jericho's shady President Tomarchio is played by Goerge Newbern. The town that Jericho was at war with is called New Bern. Was this a coincidence? Just curious! - Candy McCracken, Centerburg, Ohio.

"It's a total coincidence," says executive producer Carol Barbee. "I'm from North Carolina and there's a lovely little town near the coast named New Bern. But now folks from home want to know why I hate New Bern!

I don't. My writers came up with the name and it stuck. Also, I worked with George Newbern on Providence and when the role of the presdient came up, our casting directors, Sherry Thomas and Sharon Bialy, suggested him. I thought it was a great idea. He's awesome and creepy as president of the Allied States."