Before deciding to watch the show please remember how reality TV shows work...how the networks twist things around to make particular cast members look totally trashy or ignorant. When an adult decides to put themselves up to be a spectacle in front of the public that's one thing. I have a real problem when a network, and the parents, subject children as young as 8 to that kind of ridicule. I don't know if you are a parent or not. Maybe you have neices, nephews or neighbors but I hope that you will consider what the consequences might be for some of these children you are considering "watching" for your entertainment. Child exploitation is a shame and I am sure the CBS has laywers finding every loophole possible so they can put this on the air. I hope as a citizen ans as an adult you will choose responsibility over curiosity. Some things are just wrong!
Hi... I hope that you can appreciate that there are people who view TV programs for only entertainment purposes. Every member of my family enjoys Jericho and finds something that appeals to them. I do watch Heroes but only with my oldest child..and my husband does not care for it. I feel that parts of the story line and content of Hereos are not suitable for my younger children.....especially the girl who "dies" but never really does. A very close family member passed away about 8 months ago and I feel that it would be confusing for them.. My children do have a fairly good grasp on the concept of fiction and non-fiction but I see no real benefit of muddying their perceptions. Jericho is a story that leads to discussion with my kids. They ask questions and the show really makes them think. I am for anything that accomplishes that. Jericho is a story where the characters seem to understand the importance of humanity. Especially when faced with having to find solutions to difficult problems. It is a lesson that I think all people should be reminded of. We choose to use TV as an occasional form of entertainment. We enjoy reading and movies also. I am a mother of five children and I work everyday with "real characters" and their experiences all day....sometimes I just want to relax and enjoy a story and not pick it apart fault by fault. There are more people who watched Jericho than Bones or Prison Break and many other programs that were renewed for another season....(ratings listed on the Hollywood Reporter web site) I think that CBS really messed up and we are exercising our rights as Americans in letting CBS know that we think so. My children are getting a lesson in what the term boycott means.
It sounds like an exciting path you travel and I wish you well on it.
The writers did appeal to our two boys (really young men now) who enjoy Jericho. I think that they enjoy the characters struggle between good and evil and the resounding return to humanity that the show offered...they didn't get into the "romance" side of it but that worked well for my daughters. I think it would have been foolish of the writers not to include the characters personal relationships in the story line. It is a show that makes you think about how you would react in similar circumstances? How would your community fare? In todays society I think it is extremely important for young people, to have examples on TV of everyday people in our socity who try to do the right thing even if when it is not the easiest solution. I am sorry that the show didn't appeal to you..maybe next season with the war started would have at least peaked your curiosity enough to tune in for an episode or two.
You are correct in the fact that CBS does collect revenue from advertisers of thier web page not as much as regular tv ratings...my point is that maybe they should!! You are also correct that other shows have broadcasts on the internet...however, it is a fact that Jericho was consistently rated number one for hits....of ALL OTHER internet broadcast shows. I know that different products advertise in different places. All I was saying is that CBS needs to count online viewers and not dismiss them. With the success that they have had with the broadcasts they should court advertisers to sell in this new forum. They should be embracing the loyal viewers (the consistenly steady numbers) that they have instead of easily dismissing them all. I do not think that they were well enough prepared for the potenial and obivious success of their broadcasts. All I am saying is the current system of things doesn't keep us with the viewers. It is a broken system and it needs to be addressed.
you can visit www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dipslay/telev ision/features/e3ifbfdd1 to see the ratings for the season. Jericho placed number 48 above such shows as Bones and Prison Break and many others that were renewed. Jericho was also consistantly in the top 25 of itune downloads. All I am saying is CBS is losing millions of loyal viewers....and that is what advertisers are trying to reach.
Maybe it didn't appeal to you. It did however to 9 million viewers. The rating for the show held steady at number 2 in it's time slot only after AI. Everyone knows that in this day and age the method of rating viewers is broken. They do not count internet viewers, those who watch on Tivo or DVR or on itunes. None of these venues are counted in the 8 million. Today these computer savy viewers need to be counted. Or, do you think that people who take advantage of technology should be cast aside because they live their life and watch TV programs at their convience and not on the networks schedule!! The CBS website for Jericho is the most popular TV websites ever and has been since it was first created. Just so you know I am not gereatric. Although I think that the older viewers are also important comsumers. I think you got the premise of the program all wrong. It is about a small rural community...who is totally cut off from the rest of the country and they have to join together to survive. It is a story of family, friends and neighbors facing and having to survive in this new world that they have directly before them. They are curious about what is going on in other parts of the country but their struggles are for their own community's survival. It is not a story that tell of what's going on in different parts of the country. It is a story of one towns efforts.
Well stated. Jericho is a quality tv program that every member of my family enjoys. I think that the writers do a fantastic job including story lines that would appeal to every member of our family. Our family of 7 (ages 42 to 10) is proud to support the Save Jericho campaign. We decided that this quality program was worth investing our time into. I get up a little earlier and go to bed a little later writing emails and snail mail, we call and yes we have ordered nuts also. For my family this show is wonderful entertainment. We monitor what is viewed by our children and not once during any episonde did I have to cringe and turn off the TV due to language or content. Jericho is an interesting and entertaining program that we would like to see back on the fall schedule.
I don't think it is appropriate to exploit children for any reason. Many of the "cast" of this show are as young as 8. My family WILL NOT be watching the "experiment" as you called it. To me it seems like LORD OF THE FLIES meets SESEAME STREET! What a disgrace!!
I think that maybe you missed the point on this. We are parents of five children ages 10 to 17. We monitor very closely what is viewed on the TV in our home. Jericho is the only prime time program that we have watched this year. As a mother, I was impressed that the writers were able to write story lines that appealed to every member of our family and I was even more impressed with the fact that they were able to write Jericho without putting in language and content that would have made me cringe and turn off the TV. Our children are involved in many activities such as sports programs, music lessons, dance lessons (for the girl's)and they are all on the honor roll at school. We also go out to dinner occasionaly and they all attend youth group meetings and activities at our church. I am proud to say that my family is one of the many who are joining this campaign to save Jericho. We need to let the entertainment industry know that we want quality programming. We have limited amounts of time for TV in our schedules.....and during that time we want interesting and entertaining programs to enjoy.
I am guessing that you are not a writer for TV. If you were you would understand that it is their responsibility to appeal to as many viewers as possible. Actually, I think that the writers did a fantastic job leading the characters through their experiences. In difficult times, such as those portrayed in Jericho, it is our relationships with others that become the most important aspect of our lives. Their very survival depends on working together. This show is about a rural community joining together. They are basically cut off from the rest of the country, and they are curious about what's happening elsewhere, but they have to deal with their own struggles and not what's happening four states over. For the writers to have discounted the past, current and future relationships of the characters lives would have been a geat disservice to the story line of Jericho. Each viewer decides for themselves which part of the story they chose connect with. Whether it is the love triangles, the strong ties of the Green family, the basic struggle for survival or the "Hawking" good or bad guy question. The fact is that my family...all seven of us (parents...early 40's and five kids ranging in age from 10 to 17) found Jericho was the ONLY program worth watching on TV. It reinforced for my children the lessons that we try to instill in them. Things like the importance good character and humanity even when faced with the most difficult of times. It is a shame that CBS decided to take a entertaining story and replace it with more reality TV crap...Just what the kids of today need! (being sarcastic!)
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Before deciding to watch the show please remember how reality TV shows work...how the networks twist things around to make particular cast members look totally trashy or ignorant. When an adult decides to put themselves up to be a spectacle in front of the public that's one thing. I have a real problem when a network, and the parents, subject children as young as 8 to that kind of ridicule. I don't know if you are a parent or not. Maybe you have neices, nephews or neighbors but I hope that you will consider what the consequences might be for some of these children you are considering "watching" for your entertainment. Child exploitation is a shame and I am sure the CBS has laywers finding every loophole possible so they can put this on the air. I hope as a citizen ans as an adult you will choose responsibility over curiosity. Some things are just wrong!
Hi... I hope that you can appreciate that there are people who view TV programs for only entertainment purposes. Every member of my family enjoys Jericho and finds something that appeals to them. I do watch Heroes but only with my oldest child..and my husband does not care for it. I feel that parts of the story line and content of Hereos are not suitable for my younger children.....especially the girl who "dies" but never really does. A very close family member passed away about 8 months ago and I feel that it would be confusing for them.. My children do have a fairly good grasp on the concept of fiction and non-fiction but I see no real benefit of muddying their perceptions. Jericho is a story that leads to discussion with my kids. They ask questions and the show really makes them think. I am for anything that accomplishes that. Jericho is a story where the characters seem to understand the importance of humanity. Especially when faced with having to find solutions to difficult problems. It is a lesson that I think all people should be reminded of. We choose to use TV as an occasional form of entertainment. We enjoy reading and movies also. I am a mother of five children and I work everyday with "real characters" and their experiences all day....sometimes I just want to relax and enjoy a story and not pick it apart fault by fault. There are more people who watched Jericho than Bones or Prison Break and many other programs that were renewed for another season....(ratings listed on the Hollywood Reporter web site) I think that CBS really messed up and we are exercising our rights as Americans in letting CBS know that we think so. My children are getting a lesson in what the term boycott means. It sounds like an exciting path you travel and I wish you well on it.
The writers did appeal to our two boys (really young men now) who enjoy Jericho. I think that they enjoy the characters struggle between good and evil and the resounding return to humanity that the show offered...they didn't get into the "romance" side of it but that worked well for my daughters. I think it would have been foolish of the writers not to include the characters personal relationships in the story line. It is a show that makes you think about how you would react in similar circumstances? How would your community fare? In todays society I think it is extremely important for young people, to have examples on TV of everyday people in our socity who try to do the right thing even if when it is not the easiest solution. I am sorry that the show didn't appeal to you..maybe next season with the war started would have at least peaked your curiosity enough to tune in for an episode or two.
You are correct in the fact that CBS does collect revenue from advertisers of thier web page not as much as regular tv ratings...my point is that maybe they should!! You are also correct that other shows have broadcasts on the internet ...however, it is a fact that Jericho was consistently rated number one for hits....of ALL OTHER internet broadcast shows. I know that different products advertise in different places. All I was saying is that CBS needs to count online viewers and not dismiss them. With the success that they have had with the broadcasts they should court advertisers to sell in this new forum. They should be embracing the loyal viewers (the consistenly steady numbers) that they have instead of easily dismissing them all. I do not think that they were well enough prepared for the potenial and obivious success of their broadcasts. All I am saying is the current system of things doesn't keep us with the viewers. It is a broken system and it needs to be addressed.
you can visit www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dipslay/telev ision/features/e3ifbfdd1 to see the ratings for the season. Jericho placed number 48 above such shows as Bones and Prison Break and many others that were renewed. Jericho was also consistantly in the top 25 of itune downloads. All I am saying is CBS is losing millions of loyal viewers....and that is what advertisers are trying to reach.
Maybe it didn't appeal to you. It did however to 9 million viewers. The rating for the show held steady at number 2 in it's time slot only after AI. Everyone knows that in this day and age the method of rating viewers is broken. They do not count internet viewers, those who watch on Tivo or DVR or on itunes. None of these venues are counted in the 8 million. Today these computer savy viewers need to be counted. Or, do you think that people who take advantage of technology should be cast aside because they live their life and watch TV programs at their convience and not on the networks schedule!! The CBS website for Jericho is the most popular TV websites ever and has been since it was first created. Just so you know I am not gereatric. Although I think that the older viewers are also important comsumers. I think you got the premise of the program all wrong. It is about a small rural community...who is totally cut off from the rest of the country and they have to join together to survive. It is a story of family, friends and neighbors facing and having to survive in this new world that they have directly before them. They are curious about what is going on in other parts of the country but their struggles are for their own community's survival. It is not a story that tell of what's going on in different parts of the country. It is a story of one towns efforts.
Well stated. Jericho is a quality tv program that every member of my family enjoys. I think that the writers do a fantastic job including story lines that would appeal to every member of our family. Our family of 7 (ages 42 to 10) is proud to support the Save Jericho campaign. We decided that this quality program was worth investing our time into. I get up a little earlier and go to bed a little later writing emails and snail mail, we call and yes we have ordered nuts also. For my family this show is wonderful entertainment. We monitor what is viewed by our children and not once during any episonde did I have to cringe and turn off the TV due to language or content. Jericho is an interesting and entertaining program that we would like to see back on the fall schedule.
I don't think it is appropriate to exploit children for any reason. Many of the "cast" of this show are as young as 8. My family WILL NOT be watching the "experiment" as you called it. To me it seems like LORD OF THE FLIES meets SESEAME STREET! What a disgrace!!
I think that maybe you missed the point on this. We are parents of five children ages 10 to 17. We monitor very closely what is viewed on the TV in our home. Jericho is the only prime time program that we have watched this year. As a mother, I was impressed that the writers were able to write story lines that appealed to every member of our family and I was even more impressed with the fact that they were able to write Jericho without putting in language and content that would have made me cringe and turn off the TV. Our children are involved in many activities such as sports programs, music lessons, dance lessons (for the girl's)and they are all on the honor roll at school. We also go out to dinner occasionaly and they all attend youth group meetings and activities at our church. I am proud to say that my family is one of the many who are joining this campaign to save Jericho. We need to let the entertainment industry know that we want quality programming. We have limited amounts of time for TV in our schedules.....and during that time we want interesting and entertaining programs to enjoy.
I am guessing that you are not a writer for TV. If you were you would understand that it is their responsibility to appeal to as many viewers as possible. Actually, I think that the writers did a fantastic job leading the characters through their experiences. In difficult times, such as those portrayed in Jericho, it is our relationships with others that become the most important aspect of our lives. Their very survival depends on working together. This show is about a rural community joining together. They are basically cut off from the rest of the country, and they are curious about what's happening elsewhere, but they have to deal with their own struggles and not what's happening four states over. For the writers to have discounted the past, current and future relationships of the characters lives would have been a geat disservice to the story line of Jericho. Each viewer decides for themselves which part of the story they chose connect with. Whether it is the love triangles, the strong ties of the Green family, the basic struggle for survival or the "Hawking" good or bad guy question. The fact is that my family...all seven of us (parents...early 40's and five kids ranging in age from 10 to 17) found Jericho was the ONLY program worth watching on TV. It reinforced for my children the lessons that we try to instill in them. Things like the importance good character and humanity even when faced with the most difficult of times. It is a shame that CBS decided to take a entertaining story and replace it with more reality TV crap...Just what the kids of today need! (being sarcastic!)