Jericho

[Ranger REG]

It is really annoying to me since I think Jericho could have succeeded in remaining more aloft then it currently is if it wasn't for those damn mid-season breaks so many shows are doing these days.

To be honest with you, I don't know why that became a factor in the last season. We routinely have winter hiatus since I can think far back.

So, will the new programming format be: have one set of shows air only during fall and another set of shows air only during spring and damn the repeats/reruns?

I didn't give up on Jericho on its first season. I don't know what the hell is wrong with the mainstream audience though. Even the LOST producers were at a lost when viewers criticize them for the way it was aired in the last two seasons: one when they had the winter hiatus break with repeats, the other began the season in spring with no repeats. Now we have the same as before but with enhanced LOST episodes (basically repeat of the last week with interesting notes popups). But it seems there won't be the enhanced format this week (to be replaced by Ashton Kutchur-produced sitcom Miiss Guided).

 

[Ranger REG]

I'm missing the "old mentor" character, usually Jake Green's father (played by Gerald McRaney).

Heck, mom isn't there either. The actress defected to Eli Stone (last I saw her).

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Oh I continued to watch, but I know though it played a serious part in the loss of the audience and I think it is a daft thing to do when your just beginning to establish a series to take a long hiatus.

Series that are established can do it, since they have a solid, large fanbase to come back too. New shoes aren't always that lucky, and the Jericho fanbase was just too small at the time.

 

[Ranger REG]

Oh I continued to watch, but I know though it played a serious part in the loss of the audience and I think it is a daft thing to do when your just beginning to establish a series to take a long hiatus.

Was it long? I mean in the premiere first season, they did come back in January after the winter break.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Was it long? I mean in the premiere first season, they did come back in January after the winter break.

For a viewing population that now has like 500 different channels, and less loyalty towards a show if your not already a fan... Yeah that can be a long-wait, especially when say said populace had started to watch/do something else and when it comes back.

 

[TwistedBishop]

Was it long? I mean in the premiere first season, they did come back in January after the winter break.

They didn't. The show didn't resume until late February.

 

[Fast Learner]

The bigger problem, imo, is that the first half of the show (all before the break and a bit after the break) was ssssssllllloooooooowwwwwww. I watched the first three and then stopped watching, and only came back after folks her said "it's gotten better, they're moving faster!" Y'all were right, and I did enjoy it, went back and watched the ones I'd missed, too, and am enjoying this season, but if I hadn't read it here, I never would have gone back.

I don't think any show can reasonably survive that.

 

[Banshee16]

I didn't give up on Jericho on its first season. I don't know what the hell is wrong with the mainstream audience though.

Problem is they have the attention span of a newt...

Banshee

 

[Ranger REG]

Problem is they have the attention span of a newt...

Well, I hope the mainstream will make an evolutionary and intellectual leap tonight.

After tonight's (3/18) episode, CBS will have to make a decision and tell the production to air the season finale OR series finale episode next week.