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Posted Oct 5th 2009 11:28AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free, Gone Too Soon
The modern poster-child for a show that's "gone too soon" is
Jericho. The impassioned fans buried CBS under a ton of nuts, which got the show renewed for a shortened second season. Your mileage of the quality of that season may vary, but the fact remains that the fans did something none of these internet campaigns today will be able to.
What people don't realize is that when
Jericho came back for the second run, the ratings weren't any better than when the first season ended. So when they cancel your favorite show and you start mailing in bizarre objects and setting up your web petitions because "it worked for
Jericho," remember that the networks remember
Jericho as well. They remember that it failed to find a sizable audience twice.
Continue reading Gone Too Soon: Jericho
Posted Jan 15th 2009 1:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free
If
According To Jim is the comedy show that will not die,
Jericho might be the drama.
The canceled CBS drama (
saved by a nut campaign which helped it come back for short second season) is not only airing Sunday nights on The CW (and getting better ratings than some shows the network has had on that night), they're going to make a big-screen movie. Producer Jon Turteltaub tells IfMagazine.com that
a feature film is indeed in the works, and that the original cast will be back.
Continue reading Yup, they're making a Jericho big-screen movie
Posted Jun 5th 2007 4:15PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Jericho, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals
Maybe
Jericho's fans aren't nuts after all.
After the serialized apocalypse-themed program was canceled by CBS, its rabid fans sent the network
thousands of pounds of nuts, egged on by a well-organized internet campaign to save the show. Now, the ever-tuned-in Mike Ausiello is reporting that the network brass is listening, and is
in talks to bring back the show for eight episodes, to possibly air at mid-season.
Continue reading Jericho may be coming back
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