CBS' Jericho: A Familiar Story

[MikeD-C05]

I have hated the soap opera parts since the beginning. I have said all along I want to know what is going on outside of Jericho and with the world and what caused the bombs, who caused them, etc. They give you maybe 5 minutes out of an hour on that subject and the rest of the hour is devoted to the characters personal bull sh*t -which I could care less about.

Hell even General Hospital in the 80's did a better job of showing the sci fi plots with Luke and Laura and the Freeze ray that almost froze the world. IT even had Elizabeth Taylor playing the widow of Michos Cassidine: origonally played by the guy who played Baltazar in the first Battlestar Galactica. They got over 50 million viewers and a 54 share when Luke and Laura got married in 1981. That meant 1 in 2 tvs sets were tuned to General Hospital. So soap operas can be done with action and suspense and even Sci- fi. Jericho has not lived up to either side of the spectrum. It isn't a good soap opera and it is not a good sci fi story either.

When they come back from hiatus , they need to rectify this or the show will not survive to next fall new season.

 

[SatelliteGAL]

Sounds like I am not alone in my feelings. I liked it at first and then got a bit tired of the story line. I still want to like the show and I'm not ready to give up on it yet.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I have hated the soap opera parts since the beginning. I have said all along I want to know what is going on outside of Jericho and with the world and what caused the bombs, who caused them, etc. They give you maybe 5 minutes out of an hour on that subject and the rest of the hour is devoted to the characters personal bull sh*t -which I could care less about.

Hell even General Hospital in the 80's did a better job of showing the sci fi plots with Luke and Laura and the Freeze ray that almost froze the world. IT even had Elizabeth Taylor playing the widow of Michos Cassidine: origonally played by the guy who played Baltazar in the first Battlestar Galactica. They got over 50 million viewers and a 54 share when Luke and Laura got married in 1981. That meant 1 in 2 tvs sets were tuned to General Hospital. So soap operas can be done with action and suspense and even Sci- fi. Jericho has not lived up to either side of the spectrum. It isn't a good soap opera and it is not a good sci fi story either.

When they come back from hiatus , they need to rectify this or the show will not survive to next fall new season.

Excellent point. It makes me think of my mother, who has watched GH for at least thirty years. I was a teenager during the Luke-and-Laura thing, and she even had me hooked watching the whole cassadine freeze-ray story-line. It wasn't half-bad sci-fi!

We need to get the writers following our thread... they would learn something from it!

 

[MikeD-C05]

Excellent point. It makes me think of my mother, who has watched GH for at least thirty years. I was a teenager during the Luke-and-Laura thing, and she even had me hooked watching the whole cassadine freeze-ray story-line. It wasn't half-bad sci-fi!

We need to get the writers following our thread... they would learn something from it!

I hate to take this off thread but did you watch the recent SoapNet shows about Luke and Laura on the 25 th anniversary of their wedding? They showed the 1980 episode about when they first spent the night in the department store, then the 1981 episode about them having sex for the first time and then the original 2 part wedding in 1981. They also showed both Luke and Laura today reminiscing about the rape in 79 and the whole freeze ray story complete with Luke cracking the computer code that stopped the freeze ray : Ice Princess. They ended on their recent remarriage on the show last week. I watched it Friday night as well and it was fun looking back on all they did . The funniest thing about the entire Sci Fi stories on General Hospital were due to a writers strike . The scab writers stepped in and wrote all the Sci fi stories that built the General Hospital audience and popularity.


We now return you to the Jericho thread....

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I hate to take this off thread but did you watch the recent SoapNet shows about Luke and Laura on the 25 th anniversary of their wedding? They showed the 1980 episode about when they first spent the night in the department store, then the 1981 episode about them having sex for the first time and then the original 2 part wedding in 1981. They also showed both Luke and Laura today reminiscing about the rape in 79 and the whole freeze ray story complete with Luke cracking the computer code that stopped the freeze ray : Ice Princess. They ended on their recent remarriage on the show last week. I watched it Friday night as well and it was fun looking back on all they did . The funniest thing about the entire Sci Fi stories on General Hospital were due to a writers strike . The scab writers stepped in and wrote all the Sci fi stories that built the General Hospital audience and popularity.


We now return you to the Jericho thread....

I did not watch that, but it brings back memories from many years ago. I did not know that it was a writer's strike that caused the show to take that path. Good stuff.

Now, as you say, back to the soap opera we call Jericho... So, who killed the old woman in the store???

 

[yaz96]

I did not watch that, but it brings back memories from many years ago. I did not know that it was a writer's strike that caused the show to take that path. Good stuff.

Now, as you say, back to the soap opera we call Jericho... So, who killed the old woman in the store???

Had to be Mitchell, right?????

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Wow.. finally. Radiation sickness! (Either that or those refugees were just dirty!).

This was a good episode; better than many in the past month. Good enough to get me to continue watching after the hiatus. Alas, now we get to wait until February 2007 for the last 12 episodes of the season.

 

[BlackHitachi]

Agreed much better episode.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

www.whodroppedthebomb.com

From CBS:

THE "JERICHO" MYSTERY CONTINUES ONLINE

This Just In

As viewers saw last night on CBS, JERICHO ended its fall season with a big cliffhanger. But fans don't have to wait until the series returns in February 2007 to get their JERICHO fix, because the mystery continues online at whodroppedthebomb.com. Starting today, fans can enjoy a new super-charged web site with great new features, exclusive footage and insider information. At whodroppedthebomb.com fans are able to:

- Watch full-length "Insiders' Commentary" versions of various episodes featuring comments from the show's producers, writers, directors and actors

- Tune into original episodes of the online JERICHO webumentary "Countdown"

- Contribute to the fan-generated Wiki-encyclopedia about anything and everything JERICHO related

- Join the JERICHO community message boards to talk with other fans about the show

- Get a sneak-peek at exclusive footage from upcoming episodes

Also coming up: exclusive interview footage with Hawkins (Lennie James), who reveals insider information about what he knows, and the JERICHO online talk show featuring interviews with the show's producers and actors.

JERICHO concluded its fall season last night and will return on Wednesday, February 14th (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) with a recap special looking back at the first 11 episodes, followed by all-original episodes for the remainder of the season starting on Wednesday, February 21st (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. JERICHO stars Skeet Ulrich, Gerald McRaney, Ashley Scott, Pamela Reed, Kenneth Mitchell, Lennie James, Sprague Grayden, Michael Gaston, Erik Knudsen, Brad Beyer, Shoshannah Stern and Alicia Coppola. Jon Turteltaub, Stephen Chbosky and Carol Barbee are executive producers for CBS Paramount Network Television.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Win a Trip to the Set of Jericho

From a CBS Press Release:

Win A Trip To The Set Of CBS's Drama JERICHO

Try To Guess The End Of The Morse Code-Encrypted Sentence Which Starts: "It Begins With 6 And Ends With..."

The Answer Will Be Revealed On

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Starting now through Monday, February 19th at 8:00 AM, ET, viewers can go to http://www.whodroppedthebomb.com/ to submit the word or phrase (not the Morse Code) that they think the final Morse Code translates into. A random selection of entries will be featured each week on the JERICHO web site. Every entry has a chance to win. The winner will be picked at random and announced on Wednesday, Feb. 21 on whodroppedthebomb.com.

JERICHO concluded its fall season in November and returns on Wednesday, February 14th (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) with a recap special looking back at the first 11 episodes, followed by all-original episodes for the remainder of the season starting on Wednesday, February 21st (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Viewers can see all of the past episodes of JERICHO for free on CBS's broadband channel innertube (http://www.cbs.com/innertube).

Since the JERICHO fall finale in November, more than one million fans have flocked to the show's website (http://www.whodroppedthebomb.com/) and participated in a number of online activities, including:

- Talked to the producers and other fans on the community message boards;

- Contributed to the fan-generated Wiki-encyclopedia;

- Seen exclusive interview footage with Hawkins (Lennie James), who reveals insider information about what he knows;

- Saw a sneak-peek at exclusive footage from upcoming episodes;

- Watched full-length "Insiders' Commentary" versions of various episodes featuring comments from the show's producers, writers, directors and actors;

- Tuned into original episodes of the online JERICHO webumentary "Countdown."

Upcoming, on Thursday, Feb. 22nd at 10 AM, PT/1 PM, ET and on Thursday, March 1 at 10 Am, PT/1 PM, ET online viewers can tune into the new online talk show "Inside Jericho" featuring the stars and producers of JERICHO taking calls directly from fans.

JERICHO stars Skeet Ulrich, Gerald McRaney, Ashley Scott, Pamela Reed, Kenneth Mitchell, Lennie James, Sprague Grayden, Michael Gaston, Erik Knudsen, Brad Beyer, Shoshannah Stern and Alicia Coppola. Jon Turteltaub, Stephen Chbosky and Carol Barbee are executive producers for CBS Paramount Network Television.

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[dfergie]

'Jericho' Producers Promise Several Answers


By Daniel Fienberg
January 18, 2007

Ashley Scott

LOS ANGELES -- Although CBS decided that TV critics needed only a small panel discussion with the "Jericho" team, a room overflowing with reporters turned up to hear what's coming up on the post-apocalyptic drama.

Amidst a mushroom cloud of mystery, "Jericho" went off the air at the end of November, starting a multi-month hiatus that won't conclude until Feb. 21. During that time, denizens of the Internet have been left to buzz about a first-year series that has, thus far, been more of a solid performer than a bona fide hit. That left critics to inquire how "Jericho," recipient of mostly tepid reviews, has developed its following.
More at Source: zap2it

 

[TNGTony]

I'll tell you why people watch it... It sucks, but it sucks less than anything else int he time slot. At least that is why I watched it.

See ya
Tony

 

[MikeD-C05]

It has a very interesting premise , but I hate the soap opera story surrounding the townspeople. I could care less who is screwing who in the town and I am more interested in what happens in the bigger picture with the country and the world.

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep, and making two entire shows about driving to a town 30 miles away to get medicine for dad surely didn't hold my attention. Hopefully, the writers (new ones I hope) and producers (new ones I hope) will get this series back on track...drop 50% or more of the human interest crap and deal with the "bigger issues" at hand.

 

[Sean Mota]

just had the chance to watch last episode from November/december.... what a yawn.... more soap opera... compare this to 24 and this show is buried "six feet under" ...

 

[riffjim4069]

CBS' Jerico: "Return to Jerico"

A recap of the first 11 episodes of the show to air this coming Wednesday, 2/14. Ok, I'm going to catch the recap and give this show one or two episodes for the writers to impress me. If not, then I'm going to drop a Nuke on 'em and delete the DVR timer. The new and improved Jerico reminds me of my sisters game of "Mystery Date" - will it be a dream or will it be a dud.:shocked

 

[dfergie]

Damn, I gotta watch Vox Popli now... still on the 622 from pre E* nukeing CBS days...

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Damn, I gotta watch Vox Popli now... still on the 622 from pre E* nukeing CBS days...

Ha! I still have the last episode on Eureka on the 622DVR, but that's just SD....

I hope the return of Jericho gets rid of the soap-opera. I want to see some radiation sickness...

 

[riffjim4069]

Damn, I gotta watch Vox Popli now... still on the 622 from pre E* nukeing CBS days...

That's funny because I still have it sitting on my Sony HD DVR....I haven't had the heart to delete it, and I haven't had the stomach to watch it again.

 

[dfergie]

I watched about 10 minutes...and had a phone call or something, and haven't got back to... I like Jericho but find it hard to watch most of the CBS lineup now with no HD source...My best PQ is from FTA...