In Depth
CBS Renews 'Jericho' for 7 Episode Second Season
"Please stop sending us nuts," writes CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler.
Ms. Tassler today posted a letter on CBS's "Jericho" Web site announcing the apocalyptic drama has been renewed for seven episodes to air in midseason. The network has been bombarded with about 40,000 pounds of peanuts by incensed fans lobbying the network to renew the freshman series, whose season finale cliffhanger found the citizens of Jericho on the verge of war with a neighboring town.
Rather than continuing to pressure CBS, Ms. Tassler urged fans to channel their passion into recruiting more viewers.
"You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard," she wrote. "But, for there to be more "Jericho," we will need more viewers ... we will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks."
CBS plans to re-air the first season this summer, release the season on DVD Sept. 25 and hinted at online extensions to keep fans engaged until the show returns next year.
"Jericho" averaged a 2.8 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen, though the ratings fell off sharply after its midseason hiatus. Nonetheless, CBS appreciated the program for its younger-skewing demographics and heavy online interest.
Bringing back the series in midseason allows CBS to run a second season straight through without repeats-just like Fox's "24" and ABC's "Lost" next year.
(Editor: Romanelli)
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Mary Ivey
Hi!!
I am thrilled that you have renewed Jericho for midseason. What can i do to get more viewers to the show.
E-mail me and let me know how can I generate more inerest in the series Jericho.
Sincerely yours,
Mary Ivey
maryivey@gmail.com
Kelli Fruge
Hello,
My husband and I love the show Jericho and was wondering what date the new season starts? Also let me know what I can do to get more veiwers for the show . Thanks so much.
Kelli Fruge'
kellco25@hotmail.com
Melissa
Looking for date of new season....
Sean
The best estimates is that Jericho will return sometime between October and January...
Until then... Watch the re-runs and buy the DVD!
blueinheaven
check it out, fellow fans, JERICHO returns in January 2008 with, possibly, only faintly possible, a new season to follow:
http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/10/05/carol-barbee-previews-jericho-season-2-and-what-might-follow/
BUT take note fellow fans.. CBS appears NOT to be promoting a thing about this show.. its return.. or the DVD of season 1... keep those cards and letters going... straight to the Eye...
marie
My husband and I love Jericho, even bought the DVD from the 1st series. We cant wait for the new season to air. I did hear that CBS has renewed also. Please E-mail with any up date as to what network and when it will begin.
Thanks Marie
Florida
Jake ths Snake
Bounce Kid Nation and replace it with the new season of Jericho. Get those writers back to work!
Venezuelan Man
I came across this show and all i can say is this:
IT IS JUST AWESOME!!!!
Bare with me for a moment... i live in Caracas, Venezuela, South America, and if this show captured my attention, a person living in a foreign country, with our problems in another continent, then i say this show has GREAT potential... I have watched the 1st season and i am here sitting waiting for the next!!!!
elizabeth bailey-baras
1/6/08 Is there going to be another season? You can't just leave it with Jake and Hawkins in a plane over Texas with a nuclear bomb on board and not even get the the real story line of the men behind the bombs and what happens to the US!!!!!!