‘Jericho’ Season One, Take Two
Learn What Fans Were So Nuts About or Just Relive the Magic Again
Tonight marks the beginning of what Jericho fans were hoping for when they rallied together after the May cancellation of the series, showered CBS executive offices with a cavalcade of nuts, and ultimately convinced CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler and her gang of honchos that Skeet Ulrich and company deserved a second season, abbreviated though it may now be.
At 9pm EST tonight, the Eye Network will start reairing episodes of the post-Apocalyptic sci-fi drama with the killer fan following. Although longtime enthusiasts and newcomers will first get to (re)view the pilot that started it all on September 20 of last year, next week’s installment will fast forward to midseason and the thirteenth episode “Black Jack,” preceded at 8pm by the post-holiday-hiatus recap special “Return to Jericho.”
Fear not, however, if you missed episodes two through twelve, prefer to see them full length, and also are familiar with online video streaming. Anyone and everyone can watch the entire first season of Jericho whenever they want, thanks to CBS’ wise decision to make all twenty-two installments, plus the recap special, available via its Innertube site. If this option floats your boat, simply visit the CBS Web site for Jericho and choose Watch Full Episodes from the Video menu at the top of the page. Upon clicking, Innertube will launch immediately in a separate browser window.
Now is the time for fans of the series to ensure that they are among the viewers each and every time an installment of Jericho airs, original or not. CBS has made it abundantly clear that the show’s cancellation was purely a numbers game, regardless of the fact that the poor ratings following the three-month long hiatus from December to February were entirely the network’s fault, not to mention a common phenomenon among popular sci-fi serials that went off the air for weeks at a time (the same thing happened to ABC’s Lost and NBC’s Heroes following their extended winter vacations, too).
If Jericho fails to make it through its shortened second season or to earn a third due to lackluster Nielsen numbers, not even the most ardent devotee will have the right to cry foul. Tassler et al. have put the fate of Jericho squarely in the hands of fans; so, let’s get a head start in this game tonight by turning out in sizable numbers for the first season’s rebroadcasts.
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Jericho begins reairing Fridays on CBS at 9pm EST starting tonight
Skeet Ulrich/Jericho photo courtesy of CBS
