Resurrection: The Fans Save Jericho
Posted on June 6, 2007 - Filed Under General, News
It looks like the rumors about Jericho coming back for a mid-season run are true according to the LA Times.
For weeks, “Jericho” junkies have been firing e-mails (effectively shutting down InBoxes at CBS and this newspaper), signing petitions and sending bags of nuts to CBS headquarters in protest.
The assault seems to have worked, “Jericho” creator and executive producer Carol Barbee said Tuesday. CBS executives are in discussions with the show’s producers and actors to resuscitate the show — killed just last month — for an eight-episode run in mid-season.
I hope that this shows CBS and other networks that the Nielsen Rating system needs to be examined. The ratings system does not count viewers that TiVO or watch the shows online via their own offerings (like me) and this is a perfect example of why things need to change.
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Your comment “I hope that this shows CBS and other networks that the Nielsen Rating system needs to be examined. The ratings system does not count viewers that TiVO or watch the shows online via their own offerings (like me) and this is a perfect example of why things need to change.” I couldn’t agree with you more. I also watched some of the episodes online. Hopefully this campaign will persuade the networks and neilsens to come up with a ratings system that works. Thank you for your coverage.
Happy to post about it. This is one of my fave shows and I think the fan effort to bring it back is awesome.
I’d like to see a similar effort put towards pressuring the Nielson folks to look at the way they compose their ratings, and fix it.