CBS cancels "Jericho"

[Garrett]

Wow, looks like CBS isn't ready to put this one to bed yet. Perhaps we're looking at another mid-season call back? Makes me wonder what kind of research they have; there must be something that's showing up on the radar screen...

 

[JeeperOne]

Shopping the show around is a long way from having a shot at getting it picked up.

[snip...]

FX: As good as I would argue Jericho is, it doesn’t have the FX “edge” to it, a la Nip/Tuck or The Shield.

And let's not forget this little fact. For the first few years, FX was the first home of 24 reruns before its big sister network and the show's producers pulled the plug.

Imagine how Jericho would fare on this network and take it from there.

And that’s about it for the networks with the budget to support a show like Jericho.

There's still Spike TV. It's been known to air a few shows with cult followings (The Star Trek trilogy being the biggest).

There's also service subscriber-exclusive networks such as DirecTV's The 101, which airs reruns of Passions & (Maybe) the similar service DISH subscribers get too (Talk about being in DIRE need of decent programming). If Comcast can ever get its act together with its CET channel (what a joke that channel is), I'd throw that one in too, but DirecTV's The 101 dances circles around CET. Can't speak for the ones offered by Cox, Time Warner or DISH Network (Though from what I hear, the latter seems to be a pretty good channel).

JMO....

Cheers

 

[imhomerjay]

Spike, however, has not invested heavily in original dramas yet--and a show like Jericho isn't cheap (not saying it's the most expensive, either, but Spike hasn't reached the stage of supporting originals the same way USA, TNT and FX have.