Comments on: On Jericho

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:44:30 +0000

CBS owns the rights to Jericho, so it’s pretty doubtful that it will find a new home elsewhere. From what I’m hearing, you’ll probably see the the story be continued in some other medium such as books, graphic novels, etc.

I’m not a huge Jericho fan (I watched only a handful of episodes) but it always bugs me when a drama that actually took time and creativity to produce gets dwarfed by mindless reality television shows in the ratings. Nice write up on how Nielsen ratings work Amy—I was completely in the dark about it.

By: twister

twister — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:24:24 +0000

awsome job amy….Jericho has reached out to the whole world..im a fan from Romania…im praying for Jericho to find a new home…everyone that has ever had any contact with it deserves it…

By: harshini

harshini — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:17:47 +0000

great article Amy, thank you – very good point about random samples & Nielsen ratings.
Hanging in there for a new home for Jericho & a season 3

By: erika

erika — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:15:05 +0000

My family was a Nielsen Diary family 25 years ago, and I was the holder of the diarys (I was 14 at the time). I must tell you, I wrote down whatever I wanted, and it had very little to do with what we, as a family, were watching… that said, I wish CBS had sucked it up and went out on a limb for Jericho. We would have been so proud!!

Excellent article, as usual, and I bow to your awesome-ness in keeping the Jericho love alive. Hopefully, we will see more of our favorite Jerichoians in the future, but most of all, I hope we can help ensure that this doesn’t happen to the next ‘Jericho’, whenever it may show up on our TVs/DVRs/Computers.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:56:43 +0000

You rock. This article rocks. I’ve seen a lot of Jericho fan bashing, like we’re the ones responsible for loosing in the ratings. But I’m a recent convert to Jericho and I’ve converted my boyfriend and my parents and have begun working on my co-workers. The word is getting around, Jericho is finding new fans all the times—just so happens none of these new fans seem to have nielsen boxes.

I appreciate what you said and commend you for saying it. Here’s hoping for a new home for Jericho and a season three soon to come.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:47:32 +0000

Great job Amy!

I remember a course in College that said businesses should be thinking five years ahead. That’s why I had hope that CBS would think ahead. Too bad they didn’t!

Gwen

By: Charlene

Charlene — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:57:53 +0000

Any awesome article as usual. Im rellly going to miss this show. I am praying another network will pick it up.

By: Tara W.

Tara W. — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:49:25 +0000

Thank you so much for your wonderful, well-researched article. You clearly care about the show and understand how biased and ridiculous the Nielson system is. It’s good to know you’re on our side, and that you’re educating the public on this issue, rather than making snarky remarks about Jericho’s fans (like some journalists). Thank you!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:40:37 +0000

Wow. Awesome article. 100% agree with you!!

By: N2N2

N2N2 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:31:09 +0000

Amy, it is so true. CBS is talking out both sides of its mouth; one division says you must be in front of your TV sets – but, oh, wait, how would we know that? Another division says – look at us, We Care so we made the show available for you at our site for free; or download it at iTunes and watch when you want because we want the newer, connected viewer – but, oh, BTW we are not going to count you if you don’t sit in front of the TV at the appointed hour – but oh, wait, we can’t count you if you do because you don’t have a Neilsens box. Is your head spinning?

And here’s a question for advertisers – if there is no TV worth watching, how will I see your ads? Oh, right, Neilsens told you that I’m too old to buy your products. Really?

By: realityagent

realityagent — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:34:33 +0000

That was perfect – it laid it all out! And I love the phrase “appointment television”. No kidding, who has time for that these days? I can barely stand to make a doctor’s appointment!

By: PV544

PV544 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:10:30 +0000

Ditto everything.
And thanks, as usual.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:48:31 +0000

Great article and perfectly stated. I keep hoping Jericho will set history again by making a successful transfer to another home. Hey, why not, right? It’s an unusual show. Everyone I turned on to it really liked it even if they weren’t as gonzo as me maybe They would watch it though. Its really true, why offer it if it doesn’t count. What makes me maddest is you would think it was drawing a million viewer instead of an average of 6.2 mil. That’s without the DVRing or other media. It’s truly time for a change.

By: Amy Vernon

Amy Vernon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:39:18 +0000

Thanks everyone. I think we are on the verge of a sea change in how viewers are counted and no matter what happens, we can know that it was Jericho that caused the change to finally occur. That may be Jericho’s legacy, and if so, well, that ain’t too shabby.

And Dan, yes, I did read your article a while back; in fact, I linked to it from my live thoughts on Episode 4, “Termination for Cause.” Interesting reading, all, check it out! (Dan’s post, I mean!)

By: lisa (kystorms)

lisa (kystorms) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:31:37 +0000

well, there ya go. Could not have been said better, thank you Amy for being one of the bright moments each week for Jericho fans.
I hope you continue to follow what CBS does with all this, the needs to remain in the spotlight – I hope the press dogs them night and day, so that they cant do this to another group of fans.

By: SaveJake

SaveJake — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Amy,
You made me laugh, first time in days. Hawkins discussing his Sprint phone! Thank you!!!
This is wonderful and so true. CBS didn’t count us when we were there for them….Wonder how much they will miss us when we are gone from CBS. You know the numbers for The Office, Scrubs, Brothers & Sisters, and yes even Desperate Housewives hit 4 million with Nielsen but those networks believe in their shows and their viewers.
How could CBS send Skeet out last week to talk Jericho when they knew what they were going to do??? They don’t respect the cast and crew how would we think they ‘care’ about the viewers?! They did me a favor by announcing on Friday. I saw lots of people with yesterday being a holiday and they are outraged. No CBS for any of them. I cried a lot this weekend, but the anger that was shown by all yesterday, new and old fans of Jericho spoke volumes as to where the future lies. Jericho as it stands now, has a brighter future than CBS. I was never so proud of my family, friends, and those I had the privledge of meeting yesterday at the Golf Club. Yes it was a large crowd which was all in agreement quickly. Not one Nielsen in the bunch!

By: Dan Mosqueda

Dan Mosqueda — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:15:45 +0000

Great article. I had never heard of the show until a Twitter friend turned me on to it. I watched the pilot and than bought Season 1. Concurrently I DVR’d Season 2. I most certainly did not watch it within 24 hours.

I find the show very enriching. The acting is good, not great, but good. The writing is good, not great, but good. But the show is thought provoking. It makes one think “What would I do in the same situation?” I am also a military officer and it made wonder about the constitutional situation and just how wrong the “ASA” was. I blog about it at http://danmosqueda.blogspot.com/2008/03/cbss-jericho-constitutional-dilemma.html.

If shows like “Threshold” or “Battlestar Galactica” can survive on Universal HD, I hope somehow Jericho could do the same, with the same level of quality.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:53:00 +0000

Amy, that was awesome. Great job. CBS can talk all they like about viewers not being here but we know we were here. Like you, I’ve never known a Nielsen family. I never want to be one. It’s not our fault that CBS doesn’t know how to count us. Until we all join together and show these networks we aren’t going to take it anymore, they will continue to cancel quality shows. And, put on more trash.