# Jericho TV show, what a waste! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676 "2012-03-03T21:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/1 "2012-03-03T21:53:18Z")
I watched this on a tip, and I don’t think I have ever both hated and loved a TV show more. I loved the story about the town and its residents dealing with the loss of all outside information following a nuclear apocalypse. There were some really good ideas and plots there, side characters that were great. They waited too long but when stuff started getting desperate is when it got good(roving bandits, imposter US military, neighboring town going to war) and I was mostly satisfied with the answer to the big mystery(it made sense mostly). But the show seemed determined to fuck this up with light hearted nonsense like soap opera he said she said baby daddy secret crapola. Weeks after a nuclear attack with no word from outside and food running slim the town would organize a dance or whatever, the tone was not dark enough! The antics of the dimwitted cops in town etc. Good show though and I’m glad I watched it though it is flawed. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/2 "2012-03-04T00:00:43Z")
There may be hope yet, send a pack of peanuts to the network showing your support for the show and maybe CBS will… oh wait, that worked 5 years ago, then season 2 came out. Agreed though. It had promise, but it could never seem to get off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/3 "2012-03-04T00:39:01Z")
I thought Jericho was the incredibly rare case of a show that started out so-bad-its-good, then got better and better until it was _actually_ good. And then then died a tragic, untimely death. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/4 "2012-03-04T00:53:47Z")
Nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/5 "2012-03-05T03:31:05Z")
Season 3 is available in graphic novel format (or six separately issued comic books) from IDW but is getting hard to find because it is out of print. It’s helpful for those of us who still want to know what happened after San Antonio. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/6 "2012-03-05T04:18:45Z")
The show had _so_ much potential, but man did it ever fail to fulfill it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/7 "2012-03-05T06:19:54Z")
Some previous threads: > **[I love the "post-apocalyptic" genre, is that shoe "Jericho" any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=417380)** > > Is “Jericho” a good TV show? I don’t really like network TV drama (except for LOST), I’m more of an HBO kind of guy… > **[Jericho cancelled...NOT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423889)** > > In a surprise move CBS is bringing back Jericho for a second season. I gave up after the fourth or fifth show, but apparently Jericho fans are REALLY big fans. I guess we fans of Joan of Arcadia didn’t try hard enough. 🙁 > **[Jericho - worth watching? No spoilers, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439083)** > > ITV have just started showing the post(?)-holocaust series Jericho. The first episode didn’t really grip me, but then I’m not a great TV watcher. Is it worth persisting? Remember, no spoilers please, so as not to ruin it for those of us in the U.K. > **[Jericho Canceled: Final Wrap Up Show On Tuesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460683)** > > According to this Hollywood Reporter Article, CBS has officially decided to cancel Jericho. They had filmed two endings for this season - one with a cliffhanger leading into a potential new season, and the other wrapping up the series. They have... > **[Jericho 3/25 finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461215)** > > I believe it’s a series finale, folks, not just a season finale. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/8 "2012-05-16T01:14:06Z")
> [@Jennmonkye](#): > > Season 3 is available in graphic novel format (or six separately issued comic books) from IDW but is getting hard to find because it is out of print. It’s helpful for those of us who still want to know what happened after San Antonio. Resurrection of an old thread. Season 4 is coming out starting in July of this year in comic form for any who might be interested. IDW announced it in their upcoming titles in May. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jericho-tv-show-what-a-waste/614676/9 "2012-05-16T12:34:31Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > There may be hope yet, send a pack of peanuts to the network showing your support for the show and maybe CBS will… oh wait, that worked 5 years ago, then season 2 came out. > > Agreed though. It had promise, but it could never seem to get off the ground. [Not sure if you are kidding, but Netflix actually is considering resurrecting this show.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/jericho-netflix-revival_n_1468081.html)