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So who all here stuck with the show Jericho?

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AtomSmasher:
Another show I can't believe that was cancelled was Drive.  There were only a couple of episodes aired, but it looked like it could be a really good show.  The same producer also did the shows Firefly and Wonderfalls, which are both some of my favorite shows even though they were cancelled after a few episodes.

shardian:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on May 11, 2007, 02:02:51 pm ---Another show I can't believe that was cancelled was Drive.  There were only a couple of episodes aired, but it looked like it could be a really good show.  The same producer also did the shows Firefly and Wonderfalls, which are both some of my favorite shows even though they were cancelled after a few episodes.

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Drive didn't have a prayer. It was set up to fail from the beginning. I made a vow to not even watch it, because I couldn't bear to get hooked on a show that gets yanked before it finishes again.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: billf on May 11, 2007, 12:46:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: CCM on May 11, 2007, 12:37:26 pm ---Jericho is one of my favorite shows!  I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the will definitely be back for a second season.

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Don't bet on it.  Here is what the TV and radio columnist of my "local" paper said about Jericho:

CBS' "Jericho" ended its first (and possibly only) season Wednesday with the death of Gerald McRaney's character, the town patriarch. The fact that first-tier characters survived week after week was a serious flaw in what could have been an edgy, paranoid thriller about life in a small town after mysterious nuclear blasts. It felt more like a '70s drama than something from the '00s.

More damaging to the residents of fictional Jericho, Kan., was what everybody in the TV biz now agrees was the disastrous concept of the winter hiatus.

Hot shows like NBC's "Heroes" and ABC's "Lost" took major ratings hits after their lengthy disappearances. And when CBS unveils its fall schedule next week, don't bet on "Jericho" being there.

Oh and for the record, I watched the first two episodes before giving up.

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Yes and as we all know, the columnist of your "local" paper runs cbs and therfore because he gave a bad review it'll be pulled.  Jericho is cbs's highest rated show outside of survivor.  It's almost guaranteed to come back next season. 


I liked drive too but I almost knew it'd be cancelled because

1.  It's on fox. 

2.  It had acting and producing talent from firefly, which links them back to Josh Wheadon.  Fox can say what they want, but they are still pissed at him for giving the wb buffy instead of them (even though they own the rights to buffy and still get a chunk of the change). 


Every single show or movie they've approved from him or even shows with people related to him have been cancelled.  Of course mindless crap like "the world's blank-edy-ist blank" are still aired on fox constantly.  Other networks have a little bit of artistic merit and will ride out a critically acclaimed show with poor ratings.  Not fox though, they'll cancel you on the second episode if you dip too far. 

AtomSmasher:
I remember reading one of the reasons they cancelled Drive was because it aired before 24 and a recent episode of 24 had the lowest ratings the show ever had.  Of course it had to be Drive's fault, not the fact that Heroes is on at the same time as 24 and Heroes was airing its first new episode in a while. 

hypernova:

--- Quote ---Jericho is cbs's highest rated show outside of survivor.
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Am I missing the sarcasm or something?  I must be taking that out of context.
Season ratings

CSI
CSI Miami
Without a Trace
Two and a Half Men
CSI NY
Criminal Minds
NCIS

All appear in the top 20 for the 2006-07 season.

Jericho is nowhere to be found.

Even the week of 4/30 - 5/06 didn't have Jericho in the top 20.

Ratings for the finale

I caught all the episodes up until the hiatus.  I, like many people, was waiting for something to happen.  Or at least for them to give us some tidbits of information about what the hell was going on.  It didn't seem like they were giving us any bait to bite when it came to juicy storyline bits. 

Saw the last five minutes of the finale.  It finally looked like they got something going.  Looks like it may have been too late, though.

I may watch again if they renew it.

Anybody with half a brain could see Drive wouldn't make it.  From the previews, it just didn't have it.  And like mentioned before, Fox likes to jump off the wagon miles before it even approaches the cliff.

I watch 24, tape Heroes.   :)

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