Official word, Jericho bit it. Again.

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#1

Frak.

Ratings Were Peanuts, Too

By Lisa de Moraes
Saturday, March 22, 2008; Page C01

Seven more episodes and 20 tons of peanuts later, CBS once again has nuked its low-rated apocalyptic survivalist series, “Jericho,” and, once again, we’ve been reminded the threshold for success in broadcast TV is very much higher than the threshold for success in other pursuits – including online nut sales.

The March 25 episode will be the series finale, the network said. Producers had shot two endings to this season’s seven-episode order. One is a cliffhanger, the other not so much. CBS will air the latter.
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#2

I never could make it past the third episode…

Kind of hard to watch a “survivalist series” when you quite frankly have very little desire to see most of the characters…er…survive.

Oh well, maybe next time.

#3

Thats too bad that you gave up on it so quick, the early episodes were sort of tricky because they give the impression that the show is a little bit like a WB family show - which turns out to be the furthest thing from the truth. It really sneaks up on you and delivers a very realistic and dark story. Scary really…

#4

i tried watching this when it first started, because it looked promising to be another Lost-type show. yet, i think that proved to be why I didn’t like.

#5

I might watch it again…but everytime I finished an ep I was asking myself whether I would miss any of the characters if the town got nuked…unfortunately the answer was…“not really.”

I have precious little time to watch a scheduled teevee show or even something off the DVR. The show was a beating. I don’t have a Nielson box so I don’t think my watching would have helped anyway.

#6

This is one of many shows getting dumped now that life is returning to normal after the strike. I haven’t watched, wanted to. I do plan to rent the DVD’s or wait for an entire series boxed set to come out. Perhaps it can get new life in an online broadcast.

#7

CBS/Paramount is shopping it around as a niche show. The ratings were high enough to justify that; I’ve always thought that Jericho would have been better off as a cable drama.

Anywho, I’m happy that we fans got to have a chance at a resolution. I’ve posted a review of the last episode at my new site. www.globalscifi.com

And I liked Jericho precisely because I knew that it was going to grow into something epic. You could see that from the beginning. The prodigal son returned and begins to make amends. You don’t. Also, too many shows today aim to shock. When a character died in JERICHO, I felt it.

#8

Maybe Scifi will pick it up since they’re already showing the old episodes.

#9

Yeah Scifi could do good things with Jericho. Like it did with SG-1. If you don’t think Jake and Hawkins are BAMFs then you are no friend of mine, no sir

#10

Beck is a BAMF, too.

#11

And his dudes, in-frakkin-deed

Goetz not so much

#12

I was truly sorry to see this show go. I watched the pilot a while back, was intrigued, and plodded through first season, at times bogged down with poorly executed character drama, to its finale, which blew me away.

The second season has been nothing short of spectacular, even more so because they only 7 episodes and had to air an alternate final episode that in reality should have been at least 6 more.

Maybe Jericho can replace Battlestar as Sci-Fi Channel’s flagship show in Fall 2009. I find the themes very similiar. Massive nuclear attack, one band of humans left, core issues come to the fore. Science fiction at its best.

Word of advice to Jericho if somehow they get a 3rd season: Tie up flat characters like Emily, Gail, Darcy, and bring out several more main characters with political importance. The show works when little things supernova into political crises.

#13

Just watched the first four episodes and we’re all intrigued. Looking forward to discovering this series.