Save Jericho

[Slaughter]

To the Fans of Jericho:

Wow!

Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard.

As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of "Jericho" for mid-season next year. In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more "Jericho," we will need more viewers.

A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show. But that community needs to grow. It needs to grow on the CBS Television Network, as well as on the many digital platforms where we make the show available.

We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks.

At this time, I cannot tell you the specific date or time period that "Jericho" will return to our schedule. However, in the interim, we are working on several initiatives to help introduce the show to new audiences. This includes re-broadcasting "Jericho" on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips from these episodes across the CBS Audience Network (online), releasing the first season DVD on September 25 and continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return. We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of "Jericho" in such an extraordinary manner. Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone. You made a difference.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler
President, CBS Entertainment

P.S. Please stop sending us nuts :-)

Jericho, in my opinion, was one of the best shows on TV (Right up there with Heroes). Sure, it got off to a slow start... but it was worth it. The three month hiatus in the winter is what killed it for most people (and it going up against Idol right when it came back)

Say whatever you want about the writing, but unless you watched the series all the way through you really don't know how it all flourished. The show became even better than it started, picked up nicely in the middle(after the hiatus... though the "recap" show right after the hiatus was stupid too) and had a massive cliffhanger at season end.

If you didn't watch it all the way through, I suggest you hold your reservations about the show until you have. CBS is going to reair the entire season this summer, Season 1 DVD set comes out Sept. 25. Check one of the two out and watch the whole series.

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[Bassiswild]

I am really surprised that CBS ordered more episodes. I have to agree that it got off to a slow start in the begining, but at the end it really had you guessing what was going to happen next.

I guess they are finding out that Nielsen is not as accurate as they thought it was. Technology is here to do away with Nielsen, I think the Nielsen is the only ones that want TV to think that they are an asset. It is old and out dated. Time to shelf them and go with a new medium. A new invention out there is called the internet.

Good to see the AK crew is still around. Maybe one day when I can stay at home for more than a day I can hop on BF2. Been a while since I played.

[[AK]The Beast]

The show didn't hit its stride until the Mysterious Black Dude replaced the Big Dumb Farmer as the second-most-central character and the neighboring town of New Bern started causing problems. I almost didn't come back after the hiatus but there just wasn't much to watch after the hockey games were over, and after a weak first couple of episodes I got hooked in (once the shooting started and the body count of regulars approached that of The Sopranos).

[[AK]Squidly]

Jericho, in my opinion, was one of the best shows on TV (Right up there with Heroes). Sure, it got off to a slow start... but it was worth it.

Put together 5 incredibly dumb episodes to start a series, and you've lost me.

More than the plot holes, bad acting, and horrid writing, they took the whole damn premise into a direction that nerfed the wonderful initial premise.

Next.

[Slaughter]

Put together 5 incredibly dumb episodes to start a series, and you've lost me.

More than the plot holes, bad acting, and horrid writing, they took the whole damn premise into a direction that nerfed the wonderful initial premise.

Next.

Personally I thought the acting was good, the writing was wonderful and there were plenty of avenues on the Jericho website (http://www.cbs.com/jericho) to fill in the perceived plot holes you mention.

Either you're overly critical, don't give things a chance to develop, or just don't know good television...

[Bassiswild]

There were a lot of holes in the begining. It was kind of like who what where and when. When they brought it back in mid season they started filling in a lot of the plot holes. Heck the Season finale showed one of the key characters being killed. Almost as if Tony Soprano had been killed. The plot twists and turns with the wind are just what makes it so compelling. Again this did not really happen for me until it returned in Mid-Season. Squidly had made some really good points in his post.

Not bad coming from a fish that is a good apitizer dish that is best served fried with a nice sweet and sour sauce lol.

[[AK]Bribo]

There comes a time when your patience runs out and you realize you're wasting your time watching this shyte. :P

With Jericho that point came around the third episode. It was just awful.

[Slaughter]

There comes a time when your patience runs out and you realize you're wasting your time watching this shyte. :P

With Jericho that point came around the third episode. It was just awful.

Again, personal opinion... Everyone should check out the entire, yes entire... it got a lot better after the hiatus, first season and make judgments for themselves.

[Bassiswild]

I still can't believe that Jericho was actually beat in the ratings by American Evil I mean Idol, oops my bad, sorry it was a slip of the keyboard . I work in the entertainment industry and that whole thing is nothing more than a big joke. For some reason these people people think that they can be as popular as Kelley.

What Jericho did when it came back from being off air they did a show that filled in a lot of the plot holes and explained quite a bit about what led up to the bombs going off. I do not think that you had to really go on-line to fill in the plot holes. In the begining there were a lot of plot holes and it was aggravating. I was glad when it came back and was able to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

CBS plans to re-air the 1st season over again in its entirety. They want to gain new fans that they lost when they pulled it early on. Nice that they are actually turning to writers again. I am really getting tired of Reality shows. The only one that I watch is Hells Kitchen. I love seeing Gordon Ramsey yelling at all the people. Reminds me of work .

[[AK]Squidly]

Personally I thought the acting was good, the writing was wonderful and there were plenty of avenues on the Jericho website (http://www.cbs.com/jericho) to fill in the perceived plot holes you mention.

Either you're overly critical, don't give things a chance to develop, or just don't know good television...

You shouldn't have to go to a freaking website to fill in plot holes.

What kind of nonsense is that?

The writing was 'wonderful'?

In the first 5 episodes we had 5 different emergencies which had nothing to do with the fact that a Nuke has apparently gone off. We've got a mayor in a on again off again power play with his wife, his son, and a would be election opponent. We've got a greedy grocer. We've got a bag-boy in love with an girl who thinks he's too un-hip to love. We've got a mysterious cia/military/police/secret agent guy new to town, keeping secrets from both his family and his neighbors. We've got dueling bandits making grabs for food. We've got town BBQs and medical emergencies, heart attacks, emergency air fan repair. We've got intertwined love triangles.
To hell with all that, we gotta save those books burning in that thar Library!!!

Jeezus.

Good writers know pacing. They don't take 42 events and jam them down your throat in 4-5 episodes. They've mastered the art of exposition.

These guys haven't.

And as far as acting, Skeet Ulrich can't act his way out of a paper bag.


The dismissive "you don't know good television" is funny. I can just as easily say "no, you don't."

So yeah, whatever.

[[AK]Bojan]

Its entertainment, depending who you ask, some folks like it some folks dont like it.

Personally, I doubt ill ever watch it, I could care less if it ever airs again, but reading all these post crack me up so keep em coming.

PS. I watched some Tribute reels of Jeriwhatever on youtube. If those were the best of the best, then yeah I think they made a good call pulling it.

[[AK]Jackle]

Oh, and just in case anybody didn't know, CBS did pick the show up for at least 7 more episodes next year. I would have been fine with it gone, but I am happy with any show that isn't a reality/game show.

[Slaughter]

Its all based on opinion, in the end.

Wouldn't you expect a lot of chaos and un-organization after a nuke went off a couple hundred miles away? I sure would. I would expect a lot of stuff to be going on and I think the writers did an excellent job capturing that.

The website was an addition to the show, as Bassis said they filled in a lot of your "plot holes" in the second half of the season. If you were part of the website it would have started filling "them" in prior to that. Personally I've always found "plot holes" to end up being a part of every show as they're going to want an audience to stick around to figure everything out... you can't have everything handed to you on a silver platter like a stupid reality show.

Jericho, in the end, was a very intelligent show... it was meant for intelligent people that have the patience to stick it out and see what happens. If you don't have the patience to stick it out, then the show is ultimately not going to be for you.

[[AK]Hylander]

Jericho, in the end, was a very intelligent show... it was meant for intelligent people that have the patience to stick it out and see what happens. If you don't have the patience to stick it out, then the show is ultimately not going to be for you.

Stop.. please - just - stop. You are going down a one way road the wrong way again all while yelling at the people going the other way. Yes, I watch alot of BAD, BORING, SLOW shows for a whole season waiting for it to "get better" if I just "stick it out". Whether you liked the show or not is irrelevant at this point because your 'logic' in your argument is just nonsense.

Now as far as Squidly not knowing good television... well, he does watch Survivor and Lost so I can't totally disagree with that statement.

[Slaughter]

Now as far as Squidly not knowing good television... well, he does watch Survivor and Lost so I can't totally disagree with that statement.

Survivor was good for its first, maybe second, season... everything besides that is repeat garbage. American Idol is the same way, I don't know how people can watch that drivel.