Jericho (tv program)

Fast National ratings for Friday, July 13, 2007 Led by "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," NBC scored a ratings win Friday, while a pair of "Jericho" repeats on CBS weren't so lucky. NBC averaged a 3.5 rating/7 share for the evening to beat ABC, 2.8/5,...

CBS doesn't seem too concerned about the ongoing writers' strike, announcing a spring line-up that includes both the triumphant return of "Jericho" and a new installment of "Big Brother." Let's get the important business out of the way: Rescued from...

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, April 11, 2007 FOX rolled to another ratings win Wednesday night, with "American Idol" expanding its results show to an hour and flattening everything in its path. For the night, FOX earned a 10.6 rating/17 share....

Ready? Set. Watch. As premises for TV shows go, a secret $32 million cross-country road race is right up there in terms of utter preposterousness. But you know what? I kind of liked "Drive," which has its two-hour premiere this Sunday on FOX at 8 p.m....

With the writers strike beginning its second month, CBS may look to corporate sibling Showtime for an injection of original programming. According to media reports, CBS Corp. President and CEO Les Moonves told reporters at the annual UBS Global Media &...

Back in May, "Jericho" ceased to be just another TV series with middling ratings and small-but-devoted fan base. Those ratings were what caused CBS to cancel "Jericho" after one season, but it was that small-but-devoted fan base (and 40,000 pounds of...

Late Thursday (Feb. 14) afternoon, CBS gave Valentine's Day gift to freshman comedy "The Big Bang Theory," plus 10 other scripted hits. The network announced that 11 of its most successful shows, including eight of the 20 top-rated scripted offerings...

Battle Over: CBS gave 'Jericho' a fighting chanceSad fact of life: If you watch enough TV, eventually a network is going to cancel one of your favorite shows prematurely, be it after five episodes or 50 episodes or 100 episodes. Any cancellation is...

As a young writer, Marc Cherry found early success on NBC's hit show "The Golden Girls," then toiled in obscurity for the next 12 years. Two shows he created for Fox and CBS were canceled. None of the TV pilots he developed clicked. In debt $30,000, he...

A trio of guest stars have parlayed limited appearances into regular series gigs on FOX and CBS offerings. Missi Pyle's appearance in the pilot of David E. Kelley's "The Wedding Bells" is getting heavy promotion and, despite the fact that viewers haven't...

ABC has added another new name to "Lost" for the coming season, signing British-born actress Rebecca Mader to a guest role. Elsewhere at the network, Emily Rose will have a recurring part on "Brothers & Sisters," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rose...

Oh dear readers, if you learn one thing from me let it be this: you can't get too attached. The TV industry is a fickle business. Beloved shows are canceled (let's pause once again for a moment of silence for "Veronica Mars") Favorite characters are...