Jericho

[DigitalE]

Will I be lost if I start watching from the beginning of season 2?

[Rappy Veteran]

Will I be lost if I start watching from the beginning of season 2?

Probably not because at the beginning of Season 2 they caught us up with the first season run down

episode - I agree I think now the 7 will be it.

[OPaul]

I think they've kind of ruin things now that they've revealed so much. I liked season 1 because it kept you thinking, but now that pretty much all the secrets are out in the open it's kind of lame.

[Mathachew Veteran]

I think they've kind of ruin things now that they've revealed so much. I liked season 1 because it kept you thinking, but now that pretty much all the secrets are out in the open it's kind of lame.

Well that's the problem you can run into with serialized shows. In the case of Lost, this was done, imho, perfectly because they've got plenty to tell. In the case of 24, it has one season for a story, so that makes it somewhat easier, and Heroes is the same, except they're focusing on making the story arcs span part of a season. In the case of Jericho, and Prison Break, they didn't have a good enough story for it to continue to be good, exciting, entertaining, etc. My guess is in order to keep fans happy and garner more viewers, they didn't slowly reveal things. I recall the writers talking about not following in the footsteps of Lost and would give people answers instead of waiting a long time for an answer. If you ask me, the whole premise of Jericho simply isn't enough for it to keep going and going as long as Lost and 24 have. PB got lucky to be where it's at now imho, and because of the serialized nature and the type of story that follows the Terminator series, I don't see the show lasting either (the Terminator story is better served in a movie setting).

Edited February 21, 2008 by Mathachew

[Rappy Veteran]

Jericho was finished as we all know last season but the 7 new episodes will wrap the story up completely at the end even if the show is renewed or cancelled so really if the ratings continue like that then the 7 is gonna be it.

[Rappy Veteran]

Carol Barbee, executive producer of CBS' post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, told SCI FI Wire that this week is make-or-break time for the resurrected show--though she will try to find a new home for it if CBS goes ahead and cancels it after its current seven-episode second season runs its course.

"I think this next airing will probably tell the tale," Barbee said in an interview at WonderCon in San Francisco on Feb. 24, referring to the upcoming Feb. 26 episode, "Jennings & Rall." "Our numbers have been OK, [but] not great. Our [demographic] has been very good; they've been very happy with that. But we'll see. ... If we trend up this week, I think we'll look pretty good. If we don't trend up, or if we stay the same, I think we'll have to wait and see what they want to do with us. I mean, they're going to air all seven; it's just a matter of how they feel about producing more."

Barbee denied that CBS has told her the show is ending, notwithstanding speculation that the network has already designated the seventh episode the "series finale." (Just to be sure, of course, Barbee said producers have prepared two endings: one to wrap the series up and one with a bit of a cliffhanger that would propel the narrative into a third season.)

Just in case CBS does pull the trigger on Jericho, Barbee said she's already begun looking for a new home on cable television. "There were other people who were interested in us to begin with, and now, I think, with the whole nuts [fan] campaign, and also with the amazing reviews that we've gotten for these seven episodes, I feel like we have made this franchise more valuable to a cable network who would want to take us on as a niche market," Barbee said. (The "nuts campaign" was a successful lobbying effort by Jericho fans, who mailed tons of peanuts to persuade CBS to bring the show back after the network canceled it after the first season.)

"So I think it's very possible," Barbee added. "We obviously have a relationship now with SCI FI Channel, because they're running our previous episodes. So I think that's a natural place to start looking. But I think that ... there are other people who would be interested in the show if it doesn't continue on CBS." (SCI FI Channel hasn't said whether it would consider picking up Jericho or not at this point.)

[Sci-Fi]

[OPaul]

Last nights episode was a lot better, except that wishy-washy bit with the Sargent and the Teacher.

[Berserk87]

last ep was best so far(y)

[Rappy Veteran]

On-Air + Online + On-DVR = Many More Eyeballs and Double Digit Percentage Demo Increases

"Jericho" and "Big Brother" Viewer Engagement Across Multi-Platforms Is Far Greater Than Initial Same Day Ratings Indicate

On-air, online and on-DVR viewing are resulting in many more eyeballs for CBS series JERICHO and BIG BROTHER, according to Nielsen Live Plus 7-Day ratings and new data from CBS Interactive Research.

JERICHO:

According to Nielsen Live Plus 7-Day ratings, JERICHO's second season premiere (Feb. 12) ratings increased by +15% in adults 18-49 (3.0/07 from 2.6/07), +17% in adults 25-54 (3.5/08 from 3.0/07) and by more than one million viewers (8.14m from 7.13m, +14%) compared to its live plus same day ratings.

According to CBS Interactive Research, the second season premiere episode of JERICHO was streamed 520,000 times across the CBS Audience Network during its first week (Feb. 12-18) and 700,000 times over a 14-day period (Feb. 12-25).

JERICHO's other online engagement during its second season premiere week included 760,000 streams of episodes from its first season and 130,000 streams of various clips, upping JERICHO's first week cumulative streams to 1.41 million.

Additional online engagement for JERICHO that week included five times the volume of JERICHO searches vs. the prior four weeks, seven times the daily traffic to JERICHO message boards (compared to mid-January traffic) and three times the average daily blog posts.

Maybe a third season?

[Berserk87]

Maybe a third season?

i doubt it, since they planned to tie everything up in these last couple episodes didnt they?

maybe if those numbers keep going up.

[Rappy Veteran]

i doubt it, since they planned to tie everything up in these last couple episodes didnt they?

maybe if those numbers keep going up.

If it were to end at 7 then the ending would be there but theres talk of them shopping it to another network and there are a few interested so who knows we may get more just not on CBS.

[episode]

Maybe a third season?

Remember, networks don't care about DVRs. They don't get paid on the advertising on DVRs.

[Rappy Veteran]

Remember, networks don't care about DVRs. They don't get paid on the advertising on DVRs.

True I heard somewhere the other day that Sarah Connor is one of the highest DVR'ed shows out there as well...they should make ratings from that important.

[Master Shake]

True I heard somewhere the other day that Sarah Connor is one of the highest DVR'ed shows out there as well...they should make ratings from that important.

I watch EVERYTHING on my DVR.... and I rewind over and over again to watch Cameron on Sarah Connor for at least two hours.

[Rappy Veteran]

This weeks episode was awesome and probably the best of Season 2 so far!

CBS:

8:00pm NCIS ® (10.62 million)

9:00pm Big Brother 9 (6.66 million)

10:00pm Jericho (5.88 million)

Poor Again!

[spacey]

its a fairly good show. i don't have cable though... and even if i did, i don't wanna be watching tv from 10-11pm.

[Huleboeren]

Wow, Bonnie was badass! :|

[Danrarbc]

Wow, Bonnie was badass! :|

:cry:

[Rappy Veteran]

Wow, Bonnie was badass! :|

Yeah totally pwned most of the ravenwood guys except for the jerk who I hope gets killed very soon!

[MrKuro]

Wow, Bonnie was badass! :|

she is badass ...

i assume she is likely dead, at least she took out a few of them on the way out

[Rappy Veteran]

Wow I thought that episode was best yet, only 2 episodes to go till season maybe series finale!

[Rappy Veteran]

I've just been speak to my source at CBS about this article from Hollywood Reporter and he says that the non-cliffhanger ending will be shown and Jericho will not be renewed.

-- "Jericho." CBS must make this decision quickly since only two episodes remain in Season 2 and the network has to choose Ending A or Ending B. Two conclusions to the season have been shot. One puts a narrative lid on the series (lest protesting fans pelt CBS executives with thousands of pounds of nuts again), the other more of a cliffhanger. CBS notes that the show gains from DVR viewership and online viewing, but after its performance the past two weeks, most doubt the citizens of "Jericho" will live to fight another season.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

[Mathachew Veteran]

The last episode was nice, but I just can't see them keeping this kind of momentum for another season.

[Rappy Veteran]

The last episode was nice, but I just can't see them keeping this kind of momentum for another season.

Yeah I thought this weeks was awesome, I think what crippled this show is sthe time slot alot of people just dont want to wait up till 10pm to see and would rather DVR it (which is something that will happen with lost when it changes time slot).

Maybe they could shop it to another network.

[episode]

Yeah I thought this weeks was awesome, I think what crippled this show is sthe time slot alot of people just dont want to wait up till 10pm to see and would rather DVR it (which is something that will happen with lost when it changes time slot).

Maybe they could shop it to another network.

Geez. Give it up, this is the end.