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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4157558" data-attributes="member: 2525">NEWS!I just heard from an insider that Jericho may be getting the same deal that Friday Night Lights got from Direct TV, but from Comcast.The Friday Night Lights deal is:DirecTV will help defray NBC’s production costs and in exchange will receive the right to show “Friday Night Lights” first.  The show will have its debut on DirecTV on Oct. 1. It will move to NBC sometime after the Super Bowl in early 2009. Mr. Shanks said DirecTV hoped to sign up “tens of thousands of subscribers” through the partnership.  “If fans are passionate enough to ditch cable and come to DirecTV, we can help keep shows alive,” Mr. Shanks said.This article mentions the Friday Night Lights thing and a rumor concerning Jericho.  This rumor in this post is not from that article, but from someone else (in person).<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/business/media/07direct.html?ref=media" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/business/media/07direct.html?ref=media</a>This source said that as part of their deal for Friday Night Lights, DTV will air new episodes 4 months before NBC can rebroadcast them, and to make this work, they will need a handful of shows that fit this model, shows that have a big enough fan base to boost subscriptions, but not big enough to drive ratings.  The source said Jericho is getting picked up not by DTV, but by Comcast in response to DTVs Friday Night Lights deal (which they view as a threat).  Source said that cable giant Comcast decided to set up a similar deal, where they would help budget shows in exchange for having first-airing rights as part of their video-on-demand service. The are picking up Jericho as part of that bid.I hope the rumor(s) are correct, though I do not have Comcast.  I don't care...if they make more episodes, I can wait to watch them on regular TV later.</blockquote>

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