Jericho Fans Never Give Up, Out To Save The Show Again
By fred | June 13, 2008
I’m not sure who it is who tuned in to watch that new post-apocalyptic TV drama called Jericho CBS premiered a while back, but obviously those guys are not your usual TV show audience, they’re more than just regular viewers, they’re freaking nuts. And here they go at it again !
As you know, once before they sent billions of nuts to CBS and eventually got their favorite show a second season. Sadly, and despite that new (brief) season being stronger than the first, the show was canceled, again. But fans aren’t done with the show yet, and now they have created a fan-funded and -produced television spot that will be running for 10 days (over 250 times) in the Los Angeles area during the second week of June.
After funding an ad in Variety and a gigantic billboard in downtown Los Angeles broadcasting the need for a new home for their favorite show, Jericho fans – or Jericho Rangers, as they’re often called – have put together over $6,000 to purchase TV advertising in what may be a first for a fan community seeking to show support for a beloved show. Here’s the (very nice & well-done) ad :
Clearly those guys are nuts, I think at this point it might be best just to bring the show back, really.
Seriously though, when I first heard of this I wondered if they weren’t pushing things a bit too far, at some point you have to realize the show is dead and move on. After all, it’s only a TV show. [wait, isn't that the most important thing in the world??] That being said, and as much as I like the show, I had to admit I never considered Jericho to be the best show, or even my favorite. Though when you look at things really, this might have been the best CBS drama in a while, especially if you’re sick of the half a dozen of CSI’s and all the other procedural cop-dramas they have on.
And while I may not go nuts for Jericho myself, I have a couple of TV shows I love behind reason, and should they ever be treated by their network they way Jericho has been, I can only hope for such a strong community of fans to stand up and fight for it that well. After all, CBS did kill the show halfway through its first season, imposing a long hiatus without reruns, they’re responsible for the audience drop and they know it. And for the second season, CBS just put the show on their death slot, Tuesdays at 10.00 Needless to say, they clearly never really had any hopes for it.
The show is dead when it comes to CBS or any big network, but who knows maybe something can be worked out with a cable network. And whether it happens or not, those guys proved without a doubt that Jericho was more than just another drama-to-be-canceled, and that it did deserve better than the way CBS treated it.
What about you : Do you support this and hope for a third season of Jericho ? What network do you think/want as the new home for the show ?
