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JerichoTitle: Patriots and TyrantsFirst Aired: 3/25/08
Thus ends the strange career of "Jericho," not with a bang, but a civil war. The show defied cancellation once, but lightning failed to strike a second time and the trial-run second season will be its last. It’s gone off to that big TV set in the sky, to live on in our DVDs forever. Presumably on the DVD: the other season finale that was filmed, which left the story open for continuation. Which is different from this episode… which left the story open for continuation.
How did they wrap things up? Well, the ending was reasonably satisfying despite the limited time available to tie off the myriad threads, but the central plot was in no sense resolved. That’s for the best, really; any ending that involved the overnight toppling of Jennings & Rall/Cheyenne would be so unbelievable as to be ridiculous. They did bring […]

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This hardly comes as a surprise, but CBS announced last night that Tuesday’s episode of "Jericho" will be the one that wraps up the series, not the one that provides a cliffhanger as a bridge to the future. In other words, the drama about small-town Kansas and the aftermath of a nuclear strike has been canceled. Give the network credit for bowing to fan pressure last summer and picking up seven more episodes. And also blame the network for last season’s scheduling weirdness, which many said kicked the show’s legs out from under it. But the bottom line is that not enough people watched.
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JerichoTitle: OversightFirst Aired: 3/04/08
I’ve said before that "Jericho" has a problem when it can’t decide what kind of show it is. This week it sets its sights directly on being a military thriller, which is the show it does best, and manages to leave you wanting more. The story is heating up, and the focus pays off for viewers. The future of "Jericho" may not be the brightest, but at least it will give the fans something worthwhile to go out on.
Mimi, who is what my grandfather would call "too smart for her own damn good," has been doing her work for J&R and in the process discovered that 10,000 dollars worth of the newly minted ASA’s currency has gone missing. Trish at J&R is more than ready to help get to the bottom of this, but in a turn that surprises no one, Goetz is acting like he’s got […]

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JerichoTitle: Jennings & RallFirst Aired: 2/26/08
It’s business as usual for the folks in Jericho, everything is going to hell but at least they’ve got this nice handbasket. Since it’s not such a big deal having to contend with J&R, Ravenwood, hiding a nuclear bomb and the creepy propaganda coming out of Cheyenne, it’s time to up the ante with a nice biblical plague. And that’s not the half of it. I bet Canada is looking pretty nice right about now.
There’s been much doom and gloom about the ratings for "Jericho" in the
few weeks it’s been on. It hasn’t had the performance that fans (and CBS)
hoped, and there’s a decent chance that this little batch of episodes
will be all she wrote. It’s a shame because many promising scifi shows
have weak starts and then develop into something watchable or even
excellent eventually. ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer" had a more or less
horrible first season, […]

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"Lost" leads the TV nominations for the Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Films. Best Network Series nominees are: "Heroes," "Journeyman," "Lost," "Pushing Daisies," "Supernatural" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." "Journeyman"? Really? (TV Addict)
Lorne Michaels knows that "Saturday Night Live" is in a tough place as it returns to the air this week. (NY Times)
Fox now has the highest average network rating for the season. Yikes. (AP)
I guess "K-Ville" really isn’t coming back. Anthony Anderson is going to replacing Jesse L. Martin on "Law & Order." (Hollywood Reporter)
"Jericho" and "Big Brother" both had really bad weeks for CBS. (tvbythenumbers.com)

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JerichoTitle: CondorFirst Aired: 2/19/08
One of the problems with "Jericho" is that it can’t decide which of four different shows it might be; it might be scifi, it might be military thriller, it might be political commentary, it might be a human drama. This could result in something that appealed across genre lines, but the problem is that it doesn’t do any of them very well. The military thriller seems to be the most interesting, but it’s hard to tell with all that stuff in the way.
This week, Mimi is getting ready for her new job at the cartoonishly evil Jennings and Rall, which she is unable to recognize as cartoonishly evil. Apparently no one in Jericho, even the city girl, has read a John Grisham novel. I guess it’s easy to get distracted by your dumb, lovable fiancé, who has somehow managed to find roses for you despite a near […]

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Martha Stewart chows down on Emeril’s company. (Reuters)
Mocking the new cast of celebs on "Dancing With The Stars." A prediction from here: Don’t count out Penn Jillette. (GMMR)

Appreciating what makes "Jericho" different: "Think for a moment about how often you have heard the name Manolo Blahnik on television, and then consider the last time you heard a reference to Wrangler. A large part of the show’s appeal comes simply from its refusal to play games of coastal narcissism." (NY Times)
"American Idol" and Apple make a love connection, which will make it easier for all fans to download performances to their iPods. (TV Squad)
Deep thinking about CBS’ Sunday ratings problems. In context, "Dexter" did OK. (TVByTheNumbers.com)
Expect "Knight Rider" to return, even though it sucks without Will Arnett as the car. (Hollywood Reporter)
Autism group complains about insensitive comment on "Big Brother." Apparently they’ve neevr seen the show. (AP)

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The premiere numbers for the return of CBS’ "Jericho" (right) are not
encouraging for fans who worked so hard to get it back on the air. In
fact, "all signs point to cancel." (TV By The Numbers)
Kristin Chenoweth of "Pushing Daisies" and mucho Broadway experience will sing at the Oscars. (The Piemaker)
MTV and NBC are coooking up some slick joint plans for the debut of "Quarterlife." (Reuters)
CW’s "Girlfriends" is a goner. (AP)
New NBC honcho Ben Silverman has been sort of a lightning rod throughout the season, in part because he’s young and in part because he has a habit of shooting from the lip. Wonder what people will say now that he’s sold his production company for $125 million. (TV Decoder)
Be glad you don’t work for NBC’s "Last Call." Remember when the network browbeat Carson Daly into being the first late-night host back to work? Well now they fired a bunch of […]

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CBS today unveiled a no-frills list of premiere dates and episode counts for its shows returning after the strike. The plans are ambitious, especially for the comedies. "How I Met Your Mother," "Big Bang Theory" and "Two And A Half Men" (left) are all set to return on March 17, producing nine more episodes for the season. That’s going to call for a lot of extra Skittles in the writers’ room, I’d say. Another Monday show, "CSI Miami," is due back March 24 and expected to produce eight more hourlong episodes, which is, come to think of it, almost twice as much television as nine episodes of a sitcom.
Other shows’ return dates and episode counts: "Cold Case," March 30, five. "Criminal Minds" and "CSI: NY," April 2 and seven each. "CSI" and "Without A Trace," April 3 and six. "Ghost Whisperer" and "Numb3rs," April 4 and six. "NCIS," April 8 […]

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JerichoTitle: ReconstructionFirst Aired: 2/12/08

I’ll admit it, I’m part of the reason that "Jericho" got canceled. Well, not me personally, but I’m one of the many sci fi fans who has yet to be grabbed by the plucky little city that could. I’ve seen a few episodes, but after a couple of tries it ended up gathering dust in my tivo while other people raved about it being one of the best shows on television. After the historic fan uprising in the face of the show’s cancellation, I resolved to give the show a more serious shot. This week marked the big comeback for "Jericho," which is tragically overshadowed by the long-awaited writer’s strike resolution. What do you think, sports fans, did the season premiere live up to your expectations?
There was some scant effort to bring new viewers up to date on what’s
going on, but mostly we were just thrown […]

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