[Movie] CBS's Nuclear Apocalypse Drama: Jericho

I thought the second half was much better, because they started revealing what was going on in the rest of the country, we got some answers on Hawkins' role, and people finally started dying.

STFU, speculative. This series has never placed a high premium on realism, so you shouldn't have expected much. Any episode with a tank, a battle, and a glimpse of the condition of the government (that flag was an awesome touch) makes it better than all the crap we had to put up with the first part of the season with Eric and his love triangle.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So you're suggesting that I should suspend my disbelief in relation to Jericho? Ok, fine, call it what you want, that's what I meant. To paraphrase MST3K, "Just repeat to yourself it's just a show; you should really just relax".

If the show was realistic, the nuclear fallout would have contaminated the ground and made their crops inedible. How could New Bern have come up with that many working vehicles after the electromagnetic pulse?

This is one of those shows that if you think too much, the whole thing falls apart. Just enjoy it for what it is, harmless drama, and don't think too much on the implausiblity.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

As far as I know, it performed much better than CBS was expecting, given the subject matter, and was considered one of the hits of this season. I don't think there's any danger of it not being renewed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah, lots of shows (Jericho, Heroes, Lost) dropped a ton of viewers when they went on hiatus. I don't think CBS will hold it against Jericho.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

IGN says Jericho is unofficially cancelled. The new CBS shows for next fall look so stellar too. [/sarcasm]

I was speaking idiomatically.

Looks like Jericho may not be so cancelled after all. There was an online campaign to save the show which encouraged viewers to send nuts to CBS to protest the cancellation. CBS was so inundated that they've reconsidered their decision, and have agreed to bring the show back mid-season for 8 episodes. All that's left is to sign the actors to new contracts. It's amazing when these petitions to bring a show back actually succeed. Source article.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by speculative

Jericho deserves another chance for the set-up alone, but they need to fire that one bad writer they've got that keeps "cheesifying" things.

This is CBS we're talking about, the network that brought us Matlock, Murder She Wrote, and Dr. Quinn. They have to stick some cheese in there for the old people.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

Well, I think recently DVR ratings were added to the Neilson ratings, but there was some other factor added on to it (like only viewings that took place within 24 hours of the original airing counted, or something like that). Other than that, I'm not sure about the rest of those things. I'm sure they count for something (not for Neilson ratings, but I'm sure CBS still pays attention to them), but there's no telling how much influence they actually have. That's as much as I know.

Besides the problem with DVRs, Nielsen also doesn't measure viewing in non-traditional venues (most notably college dorms). The whole Neilsen system is flawed when faced with today's technology and viewing habits.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?