Watching Jericho

NOTE: Please don’t click “Play” on the video below unless you would like to see a sneak peek of what’s going to happen (and have some questions answered on the time directly after the end of season one).

In other words, this video needs a splash screen that says “SPOILER ALERT”.

After reading and hearing about this season two preview on the most wonderful youtube, I finally got a blissful moment this morning to go on the hunt for CBS’s Jericho Season Two Preview set to “Tick Tick Boom” by the Hives (one of my favorite bands of the moment to make this just a little more special).

As I sat around doing overtime at my day job during the holidays, weeping into my festive alcoholic beverage of choice when I could because of the 4400 getting canceled (along with Journeyman not getting picked up for more episodes, for those playing at home), and trying to figure out how best to spend my time to help out those glorious causes and get even more decent programming to stay on the air, the one thing that really kept my spirits up was the announcement that I would only have to wait until February to see my beloved Jericho back on the air. And now to keep me just a little more patient CBS has given me something to keep me going in this season two preview, which I appreciate.

My thoughts on some of the scenes (ok, actually just one that blew me away) in this preview are below the fold, in case anyone doesn’t want to know at least some of the outcome after the end of season one.

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I’ve cross-posted something in a similar vein over at Watching the 4400. If you’re like me and adore both Jericho and the 4400, go on and check it out.

I’m hoping that since you’re a reader of this blog, that you, like me, love a good television show that keeps you on your toes and keeps you thinking. If so, please tell me that you’ve checked out Journeyman over at NBC. I’m not the only one of the people that were involved in the Save Jericho Campaign that has become really invested in this new show on NBC, as Shaun over at Shaun O’Mac Radio tonight will be talking about a new campaign that he’d love to see get off the ground to Save Journeyman by sending Aspirin to NBC.

I’ve been getting into Journeyman lately, first as something that snagged my attention away from obsessing about when CBS was going to start showing the seven Jericho episodes that were in the can (listen, if there’s a Writer’s Strike going on, wouldn’t you be putting on things that are already done instead of more Reality Television?). Now I’m completely invested in Journeyman, for the same reasons that I’m invested in Jericho and The 4400. If you haven’t seen Journeyman yet, you can check out the episodes online at NBC.com.

So, check in to Shaun’s show tonight (10pm ET or 7pm PT) on Blog Talk Radio and I’m going to try and get my voice back enough to call in and you might hear something special that I’ll be doing with this blog and the Watching the 4400 blog to help support Journeyman. I’ve got a bad cold, so if my voice just isn’t up to it, just check back tomorrow here or on Watching the 4400, ok?

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Yeah, I’m just a little behind lately.

It hasn’t helped that the Writer’s Strike, while starting to wind down, is the only thing that I can find anything about on the Great and Powerful Interwebs when it comes to Entertainment News. Jericho made a little bit of a splash in regards to the Strike when it first began, because it’s one of those shows that CBS could pull out of the can and show if the Strike lasts longer than what’s on its current schedule, but I have this strange feeling that they are trying very hard not to recognize that. Maybe it’s my latent pessimism.

On a more optimistic note, I noticed that Hannah over at Watching Supernatural had a wonderful post a little while back about a new group called We Are Fandom. What’s it about? The promote_spn community over at LiveJournal has much to say on this.

There are lots of different fandoms online, and some of them are in the same boat we’re in — their show is in danger of not coming back, or has already been cancelled. We’ve all seen ‘Save Our Show’ campaigns mounted by hopeful fandoms, and some of them seem to be successful. At their core, those fandoms are a lot like us, and they need the same thing we need — viewers. So we thought, what if we combined our numbers? Why not get fans of a couple of shows working together to support both shows? Both shows will benefit, both fandoms will benefit.

They cite The Nuts Campaign as one of the shining points of fans bonding together to save a show, and propose a collective grouping for Jericho and Supernatural fans to support one another.

Arabelle’s Alley has been posting Jericho/Supernatural posts over on their blog, getting the ball rolling, so to speak. Why don’t you help out too?

P.S. I am planning a big Christmas in Jericho Giveaway starting in the beginning of December… keep your eyes peeled for some great stuff.

Things are just a touch hectic around my own personal world right now, but here are some links to keep your appetite up for all things Jericho while I try and work on some real posts. Mainly this list is in thanks to the Jericho Times, which helps keep me on my toes and in the know (sue me, I HAD to do that) in regards to news of Jericho. Why aren’t you subscribed yet?

• Jericho Junction breaks down the major timelines for the Save Jericho campaign and asks Where is CBS now?
• The Randomness Blog is asking for Everyone to Digg Jericho and gives you some great reasons why you should.
• Copywrite, Ink, one of the best blogs out there who’s been with the Nuts Campaign since it began, also chimes in about Digging Jericho, with Digging In: Jericho Rangers.
• Jericho Central has a great Jericho Scavenger Hunt going on, which I adore the idea of. Of course, I’m just a sucker for a good Scavenger Hunt.
• Watch with Kristen may have some good news for us if this lead pans out, when she tells us that Jericho may just be back on Sundays, at 8 p.m., which would put it opposite of football and Extreme Home Makeover. So, somewhat good and somewhat not - so - good news. (story is about half-way down page)
• BuddyTV has a sweet article about how Skeet Ulrich is really proud of Jericho’s Success, spotlighting the fans as the best asset to the Nuts Campaign.

Have you read anything really great recently in regards to News about Jericho that I haven’t spotlighted above? Leave a link in the comments.

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Yesterday we posted about Shaun of Shaun O’ Mac Radio was hospitalized on Monday. I’m happy to say that he has been released now, and he posted to his Blog Talk Radio blog that he’ll be back on the air Monday, October 15.

I am so happy to see that’s he is back in the comfort of his home, and that he is taking some time off to help get better. Feel better, ok?

I got a very disturbing alert email from Jericho Times saying that Shaun (of Shaun O’Mac Radio) was admitted to the hospital yesterday (October 8, 2007) with excessively high blood pressure and a bleeding ulcer. I watched my grandfather deal with a horrifically bleeding ulcer when I was a kid, so I’m a little more aware of what he’s currently going through than the average bear, and I really hope that he gets the care that he needs and starts to feel better very soon. In the meantime, the Jericho community has really rallied around him, because without him, would we really have had the Nuts Campaign? While that is up for debate, I know that Shaun has been such a driving force in the Jericho community that if you’re a serious Jericho fan, you know who he is.

What can you do to let Shaun know that you’re thinking of him? The Jericho Times has a great list that they mailed out with the notice.

ALL RANGERS:

1. Please take a few minutes to pray for Shaun’s full and speedy recovery.
2. Send Shaun a postcard at University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
Click here: http://www.umc-cares.org/forms/postcards.asp
3. Donate what you can to send flowers to Shaun.
Click here: http://www.jerichorangers4ourtroops.com/jericho/index.htm

Shaun’s sister originally posted to his blog last night to let us know what was going on with Shaun. I really feel for them in this too, as I know it has to be horribly stressful for them.

And while you’re here, why don’t you head over to Shaun’s BlogTalkRadio blog and leave a little note for him there also. I’m a big believer in sharing positive energy.

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I got my cute little Google Alerts for Jericho this morning in my inbox, and I found a link that really got me. I mean, this is a great question, and I really wanted to share this with y’all after all of the things we’ve been through with the Nuts Campaign.

Arabelle’s Alley says that they asked on the CBS Jericho Message Board a while back on How the Nuts Campaign Changed You and was it for Better or Worse? They’ve posted some of the answers, which I just adore beyond words, and they’ve also posted a second set of them in a post entitled Jericho: Changed by the Nuts.

What’s so surprising to me when I read through these is just how much people were changed by saving Jericho. I mean, seriously, it’s a television show. One that I adore beyond reason, needless to say, but what happened with the Nuts Campaign really went far beyond what I expected, and it really became its own creation which is still really, deeply touching people even now. Friendships have been made that will outlast the television show itself, and lives have been changed in absolutely wonderful ways. People have stood up for something that they believe in, sometimes for the first time in their lives, and others became more involved in the online community and have made friends from all around the world. This campaign took Jericho from being just another canceled television show into a movement that doesn’t look like it will slow down for a long, long time.

And since I didn’t see the post on the message board originally, I’d like to add my answer here.

The Nuts Campaign showed me that if you give something to people that they are truly passionate about, they will react and make sure that they are being heard if you take it away. I’ve been a part of other “Save Our Show” campaigns in the past, to the point that I used to think that if I liked a show, it was a guarantee to be cancelled, but there’s really not been anything quite like the Nuts Campaign before. It really showed me that it was a good thing to believe in people and what they can do, given a chance.

So, how did the campaign affect you?

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Jericho Message Board User Rubber Poultry has put together a beautiful graphic Thank You Card to the Cast and Crew of Jericho for all of their wonderful work on the show, and has asked anyone who would like to add their own personal message to comment in the post over there on the message board. I really love this idea, and since today is the Official Release Date for the Season One DVDs, I think it’s perfect for today’s post.

Rubber Poultry mentions in his post that he apologizes in advance for missing any names, as he pulled the information from IMDB (see the full cast and crew notation here) and my screen grab of it, reduced down for the content size restrictions of this blog, really doesn’t do it justice. Go see the full size version over on the message board, and see what a gorgeous job he’s done with it. Sometimes I wish I was more active on the message board over there, as there are some lovely people who I’ve talked with on Shaun’s Radio Show, Rubber Poultry included. But as with most of the message boards, once you miss just a day or two over there, you can be completely lost as to new threads and just sheer quantity of posts, which make it hard at least for me to keep up with.

Sign the card here. (You must have an account with the Jericho Message Board - CBS Official Site to post)

Hat-tip to Jericho~On~CBS.

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Note: I’ve been battling a monstrous cold this week, and I’ve been neglecting my blogs. I’m so sorry about that. I’m on an up-swing, finally, so I hope to start going back to a more regular posting schedule.

But, because of the Cold that is Kicking Me All Over The Place, here are some links that will be more interesting than counting out all the tissues I’ve run through this week.

• Want to win a copy of the Jericho: Season One on DVD? TheManRoom has you covered.
• Speaking of the Jericho: Season One on DVD, JerichoBlog.net has the official Press Release from CBS on their site.
• Jericho On CBS has found a great photo set on flickr from Banacek11 which just makes me squeal in fan-girl delight!
• It looks as though Kid Nation isn’t doing so well in Jericho’s old time slot, as the Miami Herald’s Changing Channels is reporting.
• Over on the Jericho Wiki, dawkici asks why Jericho doesn’t pull the “Dallas Dream” with Johnston?
• SprintTV will start showing Jericho in early 2008, Reiter’s Mobile TV is reporting.

Well, I’ll let you go and read some of those links below, while I try to figure out how I can make Theraflu taste better than lemonade that has been sitting in your car all day in the middle of summer. Have you seen any good stories or articles around the Great and Powerful Interwebs about Jericho recently? Leave a note and a URL in the comments.

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When I was on Shaun’s show last Friday, one of the callers was Jeff, the wonderful man who runs Jericho Times, a weekly newsletter (and lots of other stuff - check out the site), which I thought was an absolutely wonderful idea, and I’m glad he called in, otherwise I probably would have missed it.

What’s it all about?

REPORTING FOR JERICHO TIMES CENTER

There are three ways to report!

Email: poll@jerichoarmory.com
(YOUR EMAIL WILL NOT SOLD OR SHARED)

Forum: See below!

CBS Message Board: CLICK HERE

So, if you’ve got any news to report, or see something on here that hasn’t been submitted to them (hint, hint) feel free to use their handy form on the site to send in news or links of interest to Jericho fans.

Jericho Times

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While I had neglected to mention it here on the blog, I was a guest on Shaun’s show last night, pimping out the panels at Dragoncon that I’m running about Jericho and talking about the upcoming Fall Season in general. I had a blast, as usual, but also because I finally got to actually talk with wonderful Margi who writes for Watching Battlestar Galactica and the brand spanking new Watching Bionic Woman. Along with Margi, Kenn Gold from MediaBlvd.com and the BlogTalkRadio’s show, The Two Doctors, which I don’t get to listen live to due to the time difference, but I adore their podcasts while I’m at work.

Don’t forget, if you’re going to Dragoncon this Labor Day weekend, stop into the Hilton and look for the Apocalypse Rising Track. Final schedule has my Jericho Season One Review at 2:30pm ET and Jericho: Where Do We Go From Here? on Monday at 11:30am ET. I’d really love to meet some of y’all!

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Did you see? Go to the Official CBS Jericho site and scroll down to “Jericho Links”. I’ll wait here while you go look.

SQUEEEE!

This blog got linked by the official site. I’m completely and totally flabbergasted!!

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Shaun has kindly invited me to chat with him and all of his callers tonight on his radio show, along with a chat on Sunday night, both at 9pm ET 10pm ET. The show starts tonight right in the middle of the Jericho two-hour block with the recap episode, Return to Jericho, followed directly by Black Jack.

While you’re waiting to see the episodes tonight and listen to the show, take a look at the above video, where not only do you get to see the famous Shaun talk about the Nuts Campaign.

**EDIT**
Yes, I am an idiot who can’t remember that Las Vegas is three hours behind, not two… let’s try 10pm ET as the correct time.

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I really, truly have no words for this, other than I think that this is the best fan video that has ever been.

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Stephen Battaglio over at TVGuide.com has a great interview with Skeet Ulrich, talking about how surprised he was at the fan response to the cancellation of Jericho, prompting CBS to renew the series for out “mini-season”.

TVGuide.com: Which was inspired by the line in the season finale in which you say “nuts” to New Bern’s demands that Jericho give up in the war for food.
Ulrich: Which to me is just bizarre because that line was the toughest one I had to deliver all season. It’s such a non sequitur. To see it turn into this rallying cry of petitioning and fighting for the show is really interesting. It was insane following it and then for it to have an effect.

TVGuide.com: Were you reading any of the fan reaction online?
Ulrich: I was hearing most of it word of mouth, but I would check in periodically and see what was going on on the message boards. I saw the cast start thanking everybody and that’s when I jumped in. I don’t know how to describe it all. I find myself giggling alone in corners every once and a while.

I adore the idea of Skeet, off in some corner, giggling over the response that his show garnered.

Read the whole thing here.

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