Jericho cancelled....again

[Alistar7]

One of the best shows IMO, kicks Heroes and Lost in the ass. This second season was even better than the first, what a bunch of asstards.....

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Alistar7
One of the best shows IMO, kicks Heroes and Lost in the ass. This second season was even better than the first, what a bunch of asstards.....

have to agree here, Lost and Heroes are garbage compared to this show

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Its not the show content that kills good shows, its the networks screwing with the schedules.
People get tired of hunting for the show.
Lost is the latest casualty, no show for a month, then moving it to 10 pm.
Not canceled but thats usually how it starts.

The same way fox killed futurama and family guy in their prime.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Urgh...WTF? I'm pissed. :frown:

 

[Puffnstuff]

I think there's more to it than their excuses. Look at how closely it mirrors reality and I think somebody put pressure on the network to discontinue the show. In the real world it goes something like this:

Jennings & Rall = Halliburton/KBR

Ravenwood = Blackwater Security

Just something to think about.

 

[imported_Imp]

I started watching a few episodes this season, but still couldn't really get into it. Show feels a bit too claustorphobic to me, and I don't see the "heart".

 

[Kaido]

Aww man, that stinks!

Plus the commercials said "Season Finale", not "Series Finale"

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Aww man, that stinks!

Plus the commercials said "Season Finale", not "Series Finale"

they didn't make any final decisions until recently.

and I really wish they'd just sign off for 3-4 episodes to end it right. I too have a feeling it will get far too rushed.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
I think there's more to it than their excuses. Look at how closely it mirrors reality and I think somebody put pressure on the network to discontinue the show. In the real world it goes something like this:

Jennings & Rall = Halliburton/KBR

Ravenwood = Blackwater Security

Just something to think about.

Ya, as it all unfolded I could hear the faint voices of Bushbots bashing the show and Hollywood. Haven't actually read any negative comments like that, but the parallels as you state them certainly are blatant.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: Kaido
Aww man, that stinks!

Plus the commercials said "Season Finale", not "Series Finale"

they didn't make any final decisions until recently.

and I really wish they'd just sign off for 3-4 episodes to end it right. I too have a feeling it will get far too rushed.

Oh, absolutely. Too much to wrap up in a single episode. Oh well, at least we'll get closure!

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
I think there's more to it than their excuses. Look at how closely it mirrors reality and I think somebody put pressure on the network to discontinue the show. In the real world it goes something like this:
Jennings & Rall = Halliburton/KBR
Ravenwood = Blackwater Security

Just something to think about.

I doubt it's anything that complex. Scripted shows are relatively expensive to produce, and the networks are much more comfortable with "franchise" dramas when they do spend the money. CBS is probably just clearing room on the schedule for CSI: Dancing With America's Biggest Loser

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Puffnstuff
I think there's more to it than their excuses. Look at how closely it mirrors reality and I think somebody put pressure on the network to discontinue the show. In the real world it goes something like this:

Jennings & Rall = Halliburton/KBR

Ravenwood = Blackwater Security

Just something to think about.

Oh dear god. This isn't the first nor will it be the last show that pulled something like this. The new Knight Rider pilot was even more blatant by having a private contractor called Black River. NBC picked the show up for a full season.

That said, the show started getting real good with the confrontation and comeuppance of Getz. Beck's response to the situation was ridiculously stupid though. My wife and I have watched episodes 2 through 6 over the last couple of nights and both agree it is starting to get stupid.

 

[UNCjigga]

Cancelled ALREADY? That's nuts!

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: Kaido
Aww man, that stinks!

Plus the commercials said "Season Finale", not "Series Finale"

they didn't make any final decisions until recently.

and I really wish they'd just sign off for 3-4 episodes to end it right. I too have a feeling it will get far too rushed.

Oh, absolutely. Too much to wrap up in a single episode. Oh well, at least we'll get closure!

Heh, money is way more important then having good content.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Nuts.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Aww man, that stinks!

Plus the commercials said "Season Finale", not "Series Finale"

Yeah, my mom mentioned this weekend about the Season Finale and I said, "You mean series finale... the show's being cancelled... again." She was not happy .

 

[Queasy]

Jericho may yet have life - Though, I don't know where they would go with the story if the finale is supposed to be conclusive...

Jericho Seeks A New Home

Carol Barbee, executive producer of CBS' canceled post-apocalyptic series Jericho, told SCI FI Wire that talks are ongoing to find the show another home, perhaps on a cable network.

"I can't really say [much] about specifics, and, ... partially, it's because I'm not the one having those conversations," Barbee said in an interview on March 24, the eve of the show's final episode. "[CBS] Paramount [Television, which produces the show,] has been pursing it, and our agents have been into that, so, you know, I am pushing those people and coming up with ideas to have those people pursue."

Barbee wouldn't offer details about any talks. "There were several ideas that have been floated, and there was some interest, but we'll have to see," she said. "It wasn't something that could be sewn up before we were going to air the finale. ... It would have been better had we been able to announce one with the other, but it just didn't happen that fast."

Barbee said that she and the show's cast and crew got official word of the show's cancellation at the end of last week, in time to choose one of two endings for the season finale: A cliffhanger or a series ender. "We were told that they were having a meeting on Thursday, ... internally at CBS, to decide which of the endings to show for this Tuesday night's finale, and then we were given the heads up after that meeting that they were going to show the alternate [ending, with the series finale], which obviously to us meant that we were going to finish our run on CBS," Barbee said. Barbee asked CBS to delay its formal announcement for 24 hours so she could inform the cast and crew; the news broke on Friday.

If Jericho is not picked up for another season by a TV network, Barbee said that she could envision it living on in some other form. "There's definitely an Internet series to be had, and we always talked about a graphic novel, and ... a movie," Barbee said. "I mean, there are lots of things that I could easily see as a way to continue the story."

But time may be running out. Jericho wrapped its second season of episodes back in November, just as the writers' strike was beginning. Since then, the cast and crew have been freed to pursue other projects, and the show's sets and backlot have been dismantled and either destroyed or put into storage. Barbee herself has moved on to another series, Swingtown, created by Jericho alumnus Mike Kelley, about the lives of couples experimenting with sexual and social mores in a 1970s Chicago suburb, which will air on CBS this summer and is shooting on the same stages once occupied by Jericho.

Looking back on Jericho, Barbee was pleased that it attracted a core of diehard fans who were responsible for getting CBS to resurrect the show for a second season. "We appreciated the second life that we had, and we feel like we've made the most of it, and we will just be forever indebted to the fans for taking us on this amazing ride," she said. "I think it will always be a highlight in our careers, that we got to be a part of that." Jericho's finale, "Patriots and Tyrants," airs March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

(Fans wishing to write SCI FI Channel about picking Jericho up should NOT use the scifiwire@scifi.com e-mail address, but rather should send snail mail here: SCI FI Channel, 21st Floor, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.)

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Jericho may yet have life - Though, I don't know where they would go with the story if the finale is supposed to be conclusive...

Jericho Seeks A New Home

Carol Barbee, executive producer of CBS' canceled post-apocalyptic series Jericho, told SCI FI Wire that talks are ongoing to find the show another home, perhaps on a cable network.

"I can't really say [much] about specifics, and, ... partially, it's because I'm not the one having those conversations," Barbee said in an interview on March 24, the eve of the show's final episode. "[CBS] Paramount [Television, which produces the show,] has been pursing it, and our agents have been into that, so, you know, I am pushing those people and coming up with ideas to have those people pursue."

Barbee wouldn't offer details about any talks. "There were several ideas that have been floated, and there was some interest, but we'll have to see," she said. "It wasn't something that could be sewn up before we were going to air the finale. ... It would have been better had we been able to announce one with the other, but it just didn't happen that fast."

Barbee said that she and the show's cast and crew got official word of the show's cancellation at the end of last week, in time to choose one of two endings for the season finale: A cliffhanger or a series ender. "We were told that they were having a meeting on Thursday, ... internally at CBS, to decide which of the endings to show for this Tuesday night's finale, and then we were given the heads up after that meeting that they were going to show the alternate [ending, with the series finale], which obviously to us meant that we were going to finish our run on CBS," Barbee said. Barbee asked CBS to delay its formal announcement for 24 hours so she could inform the cast and crew; the news broke on Friday.

If Jericho is not picked up for another season by a TV network, Barbee said that she could envision it living on in some other form. "There's definitely an Internet series to be had, and we always talked about a graphic novel, and ... a movie," Barbee said. "I mean, there are lots of things that I could easily see as a way to continue the story."

But time may be running out. Jericho wrapped its second season of episodes back in November, just as the writers' strike was beginning. Since then, the cast and crew have been freed to pursue other projects, and the show's sets and backlot have been dismantled and either destroyed or put into storage. Barbee herself has moved on to another series, Swingtown, created by Jericho alumnus Mike Kelley, about the lives of couples experimenting with sexual and social mores in a 1970s Chicago suburb, which will air on CBS this summer and is shooting on the same stages once occupied by Jericho.

Looking back on Jericho, Barbee was pleased that it attracted a core of diehard fans who were responsible for getting CBS to resurrect the show for a second season. "We appreciated the second life that we had, and we feel like we've made the most of it, and we will just be forever indebted to the fans for taking us on this amazing ride," she said. "I think it will always be a highlight in our careers, that we got to be a part of that." Jericho's finale, "Patriots and Tyrants," airs March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

(Fans wishing to write SCI FI Channel about picking Jericho up should NOT use the scifiwire@scifi.com e-mail address, but rather should send snail mail here: SCI FI Channel, 21st Floor, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.)

It's basically dead...that hardly ever works. I wouldn't expect to see Jericho again except as re-runs on FIOS.