Twofer column today, starting with a look at the end of
"Jericho" (again):
Behold, "Jericho," the show so nice, CBS canceled it twice.
The first time was last spring, when the network left "Jericho" off its fall schedule, only to be overwhelmed by the best-organized Save Our Show campaign of all time. Fans deluged the CBS offices with phone calls (some network execs had to change their numbers) and peanuts -- 20 tons of peanuts in all, inspired by a line in the show's finale (which was, in turn, inspired by the Battle of the Bulge).
So all those nuts inspired CBS to uncancel the show for a make-or-break mini-season of seven episodes. But the numbers were even lower this time than they were last spring -- last week's episode drew 5.7 million viewers, as compared to the 7.7 million who watched the cancellation-level season one finale -- and CBS decided to cancel it again, and for good this time.
The second item, meanwhile, reviews HBO's
"Autism: The Musical," which is very honest and very sweet and deservingly tear-jerking. To read the full thing,
click here.
Twofer column today, starting with a look at the end of "Jericho" (again):
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