Ha Ha, made ya look. In reruns, you gullible doofus!
Starting November 30th, those not watching 60 Minutes from 7-8 on Sunday
nights (That’d be all of us, right?), can re-watch the show that
put the fabled town of Jericho, Kansas on the map. Of course that was
before the map went up in a massive wave of mushroom clouds.
The show premiered on CBS in September of 2006 and immediately became a hit, although an ill-conceived 11 week hiatus—ironically to prevent disruptions to the rest of the season—caused viewership to plummet once it returned. Then the network decided to drop a real bomb and cancel Jericho after its first season.
Well, fans went, ahem, nuts. Yes, you’ve heard the stories of the CBS Headquarters being bombarded with over 20 tons of peanuts as an homage to Jake’s final words, “Nuts,” at the end of that season.
(CBS should consider themselves lucky that the last thing he said wasn’t “Crap!”)
Long story short, the network caved and ordered a seven-episode run (a.k.a. Season 2), but just as die-hard fans basked in the thrill of victory, CBS once again canceled the show, this time for keeps.
Which brings us to this Sunday. While I’m forcing down the last bit of Thanksgiving leftovers, tryptophan still pumping through my system, I can once again enjoy:
1) Skeet Ulrich’s man bangs.
2) Stanley and Mimi: The best hate/love relationship since Sam and Diane.
3) That creepy new flag.
4) Robert Hawkin’s uncontested scowling streak—although Jake came in a very close second.
5. Emily’s inexplicable perfectly maintained eyebrows even in the wake of an apocalypse. Sure there was no food, but thank God she still had her tweezers.
Folks, I have to be honest. I really loved this show and I was disappointed when it got canceled, both times, but I’m pretty sure a network showing reruns of a show is referred to as syndication, not exactly ground breaking news.
In fact, I’m not sure why this deserves to be a post on Mamapop. Except for the fact that the look on your face, when you thought that a new season of Jericho was coming back for real, was priceless.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
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