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From Redsox1986:
Fellow Rangers, the numbers came out today and there was a slight decrease in the number of Nielsen numbers from 1.25 million to 1.13 million.
As I said before we have been given one more chance with Jericho on the CW. Right now we need to stand together as a community and not let this small set back detract us form what we are looking to accomplish.
I have seen posts all day making references to not having any official word from the producers or writers in some time. As I mentioned earlier these people, all of them are working on other projects or are looking for work and in my opinion we will not hear from Carol, Dan or Karim any time soon.
As recently as November 19th everything looked bleak, Jericho was dead in the water. We were finally getting the commercial on the UHD channel but there was a group of 5 to 12 people who went around to post a paragraph on community, college, television and media boards with a message regarding Jericho on UHD, announcing the tv ad was coming out and letting people know that CBS had just put the first season of Jericho on Youtube as of 10/30/08. It really was our way of bringing closure to our Jericho experience if you really look at it in hindsight.
The CBS Board had just been disconnected and with the UHD ad being aired it was set to be the epilog on the Jericho experiment. But a funny thing happened on the way to the final party, the CW and it's parent CBS Paramount decided to pull it's Sunday night lineup and put on Jericho from the hundreds of shows it owns and movies on Sunday nights looking for better ratings.
The economy is in bad shape probably the worst it has been since the early 1970's, people are scared, apprehensive and concentrating on keeping their job or looking for work just trying to make ends meet. Television is a business, big business and has been severely impacted by the economic meltdown.
They have put Jericho on the CW and for the past 15 days we have seen little if any promotion of the show. This is exactly what happened with the first go around, especially in Season 2 when they expected the fans to carry the momentum and promote the show.
The current situation we do know is this. Jericho is playing for an additional 27 weeks on the CW and for at least another month if not more on UHD at the same time. Youtube views are at 780,000 and climbing. We are at 13, 250 posts on the UHD Board and climbing, Jericho is on the CW Network every Sunday night and on UHD during the week and on weekends. How many shows current running or cancelled can claim that?
The other facts are these, the show is on at 7:00pm starting on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and the first 5 episodes will air during the holiday season, football especially in the East will continue to overlap and with the NFL being America's number 1 sport after Nascar we are not going to crack those numbers. Once the holidays and football are over we will see people get back to watching tv at 7:00pm on Sundays.
The show has been cancelled twice and off the air for nine months and still drew 1.25 million viewers and it had a slight decrease down to 1.13 million with all the things that I have mentioned against it.
I have used the term this is a marathon and not a sprint several times and for good reason Those who have been around since the end of the beginning and who have fought twice to bring Jericho back know the story. Many have left and/or grown tired of fighting for something without any immediate return on their investment in time, money and energy.
We have spent close to $50,000 on advertisements in Variety, on Bill Boards and on television ads that have run on Time Warner Cable in LA twice. The UHD commercial will finally air on December 11th after much angst and numerous obstacles that had to be overcome.
As I see it we can let nine months of blood, sweat and tears, go out the window, just quit, pick up and move on, leaving Jericho behind to surface someday on TVland or we can chose to stay and fight for something we believe in. I know it is hard to see but it is there, CBS Paramount is looking at the viability of this series as are other networks such as NBC Universal and possibly others.
Someone at CBS Paramount with access to the numbers, DVR, DVD sales, internet views, Itunes sales has looked at the show and made a business decision to see what interest if any is out there remains in the show before they finally discard it. The time, energy and money invested by the fans of Jericho is unprecedented far surpassing anything done by other fan groups that again is something that business people are looking at.
It is easy to just walk away now, but think about it 20 days ago we were dead in the water and now 20 days later Jericho is on 2 networks and burning up the internet.
We need to deliver numbers to the decision makers and those numbers are letters sent out each Monday and Thursday, Feedback Forms for CBS and the CW done every Sunday, spreading the word about Jericho as best we can and most importantly sitting back and watching and DVR the show.
I am not prone to being over optimistic or being a cheerleader that is not my style. I am also a business person and have approached everything I have done here as a business person. The facts add up to one logical conclusion, that CBS has a product that there seems to be a market for, they also have a network another commodity it is trying to save from oblivion after it has invested millions first in UPN and now the CW. Smart business people are looking at this right now, I don't think the producers, writers or actors have much if any input in what is going on right now.
What I am sure is that we are that Jericho continues to be put on the air and people continue to watch in different formats and this community has continued some 9 months after the second cancellation. I choose to see this out, to do what I can to deliver the numbers to the bean counters at CBS Paramount, the CW and who ever else is looking at this little show.
I hope you chose to remain as well, enjoy the show, get people watching Jericho again and keep it in the news. 3 weeks ago we were waiting for the Obituary to be finalized now we are waiting to see if indeed Jericho has garnered another chance at life. I for one am fascinated and want to stick around for the ending.
Stay the Course and Keep the Faith
Rangers Lead the Way!
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From Redsox1986:
NBC Universal Entertainment Spot Placement by Line, Date, Time
Contract: 41685
Advertiser: Save Jericho
From: 12/08/08 To: 12/14/08
Spot ID / Date/ Day/ Schedule Time / Duration/ Brand /Spot Type
Line: 3 Universal HI Sa,Su 6W 07:00:00 p -11:00:00 p $40.00 Time Buy
5661989 12/13/08 Sa Regular 07:37:08 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661988 12/13/08 Sa Regular 08:31:21 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661990 12/13/08 Sa Regular 09:31:23 p:30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661991 12/14/08 Su Regular 07: 16:49 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661993 12/14/08 Su Regular 08:19:16p:30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661992 12/14/08 Su Regular 08:59:53 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
Number of Spots: 6 Billable: $240.00
Line: 4 Universal HlTh,F 15W 08:00:00 a -07:00:00 p $25.00 Time Buy
5662007 12/11/08 Th Regular 08:38:41 a :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662004 12/11/08 Th Regular 11:54:25 a :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662003 12/11/08 Th Regular 01:08: II p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662001 12/11/08 Th Regular 02:05:33 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662008 12/11/08 Th Regular 02:50:50 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662002 12/11/08 Th Regular 03:34:44 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662005 12/11/08 Th Regular 04:59:07 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662006 12/11/08 Th Regular 05:35:07 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661994 12/12/08 F Regular 09:21:22 a :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661995 12/12/08 F Regular 10:28:39 a :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661997 12/12/08 F Regular 11: 17:42 a :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661998 12/12/08 F Regular 12:20:01 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5662000 12/12/08 F Regular 01:43:08 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661999 12/12/08 F Regular 06:05:45 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
5661996 12/12/08 F Regular 06:53:20 p :30 ThelerichoFanCo RDR
Number of Spots: 15 Billable: $375.00
Total Number of Spots: 21 Total Billable: $615.00
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