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Newsgasm: Jericho gets Lost - TVgasm

by Tabloid Baby

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Jericho might have its mysteries, but it's no Lost, not yet anyway. But don't tell the programmers at CBS. The network is going to conclude the cliffhanging serial drama's "Fall Season" (that's a new one) after eleven episodes on November 28, then keep the show on hiatus for ten weeks. It's set to return Feburary 21st, with a Lost-style flashback, beginning with life in the small Kansas town before the country is bombarded with a nuke blasts.

So how is CBS going to keep fans hooked through the long nuclear winter?

By driving them to the Internet. CBS will try to hold on to viewers for the 70 days with website action that includes original content, interactive features and sneak previews. The network will also keep streaming all Jericho episodes on its broadband channel innertube broadband channel. Sometime it seems as if those network geniuses are conducting a big Lost-style experiment on all of us...

(Meanwhile, ABC has yanked Six Degrees, the highbrow series fromLost boss JJ Abrams. They claim it's coming back with new episodes in January. Wanna bet?)

--Tabloid Baby


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Posted by Tabloid Baby on November 9, 2006 8:20 AM

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Um, ok, whatever CBS. I'm not quite sure any of this will help the ratings but OK.

Posted by: CrazyTrain [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 9, 2006 9:10 AM(#1 of 5)

6 points for the effort, 0 points for originality, and 0 points for thinking that people are actually going to go along with this. Average: 6/30=0.2

Idea Quality:
1.0--0.8=Why hasn't anybody done this before?
0.79--0.6=Will probably work, but have a plan B, just in case.
0.59--0.4=Long shot, but if you've got nothing else, why not?
0.39 and lower=You're gonna die.

Posted by: JohnEDowney [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 9, 2006 10:12 AM(#2 of 5)

I am pissed! Mabye because I am so TV obsessed, but I really liked both of those shows... Oh well, saves some space on the TiVo I guess...

Posted by: josie488 [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 9, 2006 12:07 PM(#3 of 5)

I personally love "Jericho." I don't WANT to wait ten weeks, but I will, and I'll come back when it's back on. What'll tick me off and ultimately lose me, however, is if it jumps the shark after those ten weeks.

Posted by: mandymax [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 10, 2006 5:28 AM(#4 of 5)

I take it this show is attempting to rip-off LOST to boost their ratings. They'd be better off getting competant writers.

Posted by: Ubiquitous [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 10, 2006 6:57 AM(#5 of 5)

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