Quoted:
After all the talk on here, I finally went to CBS.com and watched the entire series of Jericho over my weekend. If you haven't seen it, please do. I am amazed...how did this show manage to get on the air in the first place now days? And does anyone else really feel that it was discontinued not because of the ratings, but possibly because the powers that be don't like such a show getting a lot of interest from the masses? I mean, it sends a messege more conservative than Glenn Beck, and louder and more popular to a bigger audience. I try to generally shy away from the tinfoil section, but...I think I understand after watching that show from beginning to end. Dear leader can't have something like that on the airways. Who else thinks the guys who cancelled it should get their mancards revoked, permanently? I was also amazed at the firearms handling displayed for a TV show. I saw far better trigger discipline than I normally see coming out of hollywood.
-Ben
ok,
1). jericho first aired in sept of 06.
2). 11 episodes and then a hiatus.
3). 11 more episodes with still low numbers.
4). may 16th 2007, jericho declared dead.
5). sites like jerichorallypoint.com, etc, started and campaign by shelling with peanuts started.
6). june 6, 2007, nina tassler gave decision to renew jericho for 7 episodes with ultimatum that to continue jericho past season 2, the ratings had to be higher. season 1 started with 12 million and dropped to 9 million with season 2 average of 6.5 million. granted that these numbers only represented nielsen families.
7). jericho was canceled once again after the airing of season 2 as a result of low ratings even though cbs had at least this show running new episodes while other networks were running re-runs. having s2 running new episodes was also another reason that jericho was renewed.
now, having stated all that, the idea of the government had any influence of jericho being canceled is all tin foil paranoia. if anything, a lot of people that watch t.v. want t.v. that is simple. jericho made people think about something that could be a reality. i mean really, who wants to come home after a hard days work and watch something that makes you think about how you were going to survive in a post apocalyptic world when you could be watching who the next american idol was going to be?