By Chris McQuillan on May 8, 2008 in News and Analysis | 0 Comments
Esai Morales, best known as Major Beck on Jericho, has joined the cast of SCI FI Channel’s two-hour pilot for Caprica, the proposed television prequel to Battlestar Galactica, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
According to reports, he will portray the character of Joseph Adama, the father of William Adama (played by Edward James Olmos in […]
By Chris McQuillan on Mar 21, 2008 in News and Analysis | 1 Comment
From The Hollywood Reporter CBS has nuked "Jericho."
Producers were told Thursday the show is ending its run on the broadcast network, sources said.
CBS will air the season finale next week with a resolution that helps give closure to fans.
After the first season concluded with an abrupt cut to black, fans famously […]
By Chris McQuillan on Jun 16, 2007 in News and Analysis | 1 Comment
SyFy Portal have posted an article on the pressure platform on which Jericho has been set for its second season.
In an exclusive interview with TV Guide, Skeet Ulrich (who plays Jake Green on the program) admitted that although the initial order for Season 2 is only seven episodes, the network will be watching the performance […]
By Chris McQuillan on Jun 6, 2007 in Featured, News and Analysis | 2 Comments
In an unprecedented U-turn, US television network CBS has bowed to fan pressure and given Jericho a seven-episode mid-season pickup.
CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler issued the following statement at the Jericho forums:
June 6, 2007
To the Fans of Jericho:
Wow!
Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of […]
By Chris McQuillan on Jun 1, 2007 in News and Analysis | 1 Comment
“Jericho” co-executive producer, Carol Barbee, this morning announced on Shaun Mac Radio that:
Other networks ARE interested in Jericho
CBS is open to moving it and is preparing to talk to the other networks.
Good news for the Jericho fans. Could the nuts have saved the show? Makes you think; what if the “nuts” line hadn’t […]
By Chris McQuillan on May 19, 2007 in News and Analysis | 0 Comments
To the casual reader, it may appear as though I’m developing an obsession. However, there’s a really great site out there doing its best to get CBS’s recently ignominiously cancelled series “Jericho” back on the air in some form (all the while causing as much grief to CBS as possible).
They’ve got a handful of […]
By Chris McQuillan on May 16, 2007 in Ramblings | 0 Comments
Still bitter about the Jericho cancellation (which hasn’t been officially announced yet, actually), I found a post on TrekBBS by NX01_Mark. It’s his list of the “best” decisions taken by US TV Networks this year (edited slightly by myself).
How To Run A Network
* Let’s move our most popular show, Lost, to 10pm and then […]