Why Jericho will die... again.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Ken Fisher posted an article on ars tecnnica about the fan uprising that convinced CBS to bring back the series Jericho that they'd originally decided to cancel. This cross between The Day After and an ABC After School Special wasn't a bad show, but it wasn't great either. The only reason I watched it was because it was on the DVR, or I was able to get it at my desk streaming late at night while I was working. (Twice I wanted to take episodes with me and therefore bought them from iTunes.)
The (first) death of Jericho though is blamed on me. Well, on my behavior anyway. In the article Ken talks about CBS blaming DVR's and the internet for the poor ratings of the show. Brad Beyer was quoted from another interview saying:
The biggest problem with our show is that so many people were watching it on the Internet or Tivo (which doesn't count toward Nielsen ratings), so I think the fans are now aware to watch it when it's onThe president of CBS Entertainment was also quoted, saying:
if fans want the show to live, they need to watch the broadcast because that's how the money gets made. Stressing that live viewing is "of primary importance," Tassler said that "We want them to watch on Wednesday at 8 o'clock... and we need them to recruit new viewers who are going to watch the broadcast.Perhaps they actually believe this, or they think we're so stupid that we will. The fact is, times have changed. Network execs have got to either learn to think outside the
Labels: jericho, media, network television
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