Jericho to be saved once more, this time by cable?
According to Sci Fi Wire, there are ongoing talks to find a new home for CBS’ Jericho, most likely a cable network.
Sci Fi anyone? I can’t imagine a more perfect place for it. I seriously hope these talks amount to something.
Executive producer of Jericho, Carol Barbee had this to say:
“I can’t really say [much] about specifics, and, … partially, it’s because I’m not the one having those conversations,” Barbee said in an interview on March 24, the eve of the show’s final episode. “[CBS] Paramount [Television, which produces the show,] has been pursing it, and our agents have been into that, so, you know, I am pushing those people and coming up with ideas to have those people pursue.”
“There were several ideas that have been floated, and there was some interest, but we’ll have to see,” she said. “It wasn’t something that could be sewn up before we were going to air the finale. … It would have been better had we been able to announce one with the other, but it just didn’t happen that fast.”
If you’ve been following Jericho on this blog at all, you’ll know that tonight’s season (series?) finale had two endings filmed for it. One in case there was a renewal and one if the show was canceled forever.
Supposing the show ends up saved by a cable network, it will be sort of a bummer to see a series finale, but hopefully it still leaves plenty of room for more seasons.
I guess the fact that there is no quick fix for the entire country being blown apart by nuclear bombs, should lend itself to a plethora of more stories to tell.
Even if the show doesn’t get picked up, it doesn’t mean it’s entirely dead. It appears Barbee is thinking along the same lines as Joss Whedon and his Firefly series. She says that if there is no second life on cable, she could still envision a movie or a graphic novel, both of which Whedon did with Firefly.
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