Jericho

[Betty]

F-ing canceled!?! Oh noes!

I'll admit - it's not my favorite show by any means - but no cliff hanger non-ending.

Now - I haven't watched the last episode as we're on the tivo schedule but - COME ON! (or maybe I have - I don't see one in Tivo)

I simply must know more... I mean the flag in the last episode! and the helicopters coming to (maybe) save the day (and get what's his face that I can't remember his name.)

ARGH! There ought to be a law against not showing the ending to the series. f-ing CBS. I shake my fist at you!

[BarTopDancer]

Not that anyone cares, but the protests over the cancellation of Jericho (and essentially the networks pulling the plugs on serial dramas without giving them a chance) were successful.

Jericho will be back for at least 7 episodes as a mid-season replacement next year. And if it still pulls in ratings it will receive a full season.

[Betty]

Sheesh - I hope I still care by next year...

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Betty

Sheesh - I hope I still care by next year...

That should have said next season. So in the fall.

[NirvanaMan]

Awesome. I think this one of the best shows on tv (trumped by hero's). Lost lost my interest mid-season, though they seem to have rectified it at the end of the season. It is likely easier for the writers now that they know when the show ends. 24 is laughably awful now. And i HATE reality shows - the stupidity of each gets progressively worse with each nauseating iteration. I just saw an ad for BINGO the show. Are you fuking kidding me.

BTW, if we remember back to the small incident in Ohio a couple years back that caused the entire Northeast, part of Canda and the midwest; it seems quite possible that devastating nuclear attacks that wiped out every major city and surrounding suburbs in America could disrupt the nations power grids.

And mind you, we don't actually know the full story yet. We are just surmising at this point. That is what keeps the premise and cliffhangers interesting.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

... it seems quite possible that devastating nuclear attacks that wiped out every major city and surrounding suburbs in America could disrupt the nations power grids...

Yes, but that's not what happened in the show.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Awesome. I think this one of the best shows on tv (trumped by hero's). Lost lost my interest mid-season, though they seem to have rectified it at the end of the season. It is likely easier for the writers now that they know when the show ends. 24 is laughably awful now. And i HATE reality shows - the stupidity of each gets progressively worse with each nauseating iteration. I just saw an ad for BINGO the show. Are you fuking kidding me.

Reality TV must end. They wanted to replace Jericho with some kid-centered reality TV show. Hopefully this protest/outrage over the cancellation of yet another serial drama due to "low ratings" (messing with the schedule, pulling it off the air for a long period of time with no re-runs and little promotion that it was coming back) will start the change of how ratings are calculated. People don't sit and watch TV live anymore. TV is recorded, or watched online at a later time. And because of this networks aren't giving shows time to build an audience. They seem to have forgotten that The West Wing, L&O and The Simpsons didn't have super high ratings from the start. They took time to build a following.

Originally Posted by JWBear

Yes, but that's not what happened in the show.

It's a TV show. Suspend reality. Do you sit there and criticize Lost because it's not realistic? Or Heroes? What about 24? In 24 there is never any traffic, you get cell phone service everywhere, data transfers take a ridiculously low amount of time...

We don't know how we [as a country] would react if this situation appeared. We also don't know who set off the bombs, who the good guys are, who the bad guys are and who the heck that Army is. And what is up with that flag?

[blueerica]

I was actually watching Jericho for a while when it first came out, mainly because I was standing in the McDonald's bathroom line on the way back to Orange County after Comicon last year. They were super nice people, really smart, really funny... and it's great to find that sense of humor on a hot, sticky day when we have to pee that badly and it smells.

I just couldn't stick with it because I have a hard time sticking to watching shows, even shows I love, if I don't record them. I think I need to buy some more VHS tapes.

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I just couldn't stick with it because I have a hard time sticking to watching shows, even shows I love, if I don't record them. I think I need to buy some more VHS tapes.

VHS? Jesus woman! Get a freaking DVR already!

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I just couldn't stick with it because I have a hard time sticking to watching shows, even shows I love, if I don't record them. I think I need to buy some more VHS tapes.

My parents have some of those...