Happy July 4th

Blackjack Fairgrounds: Jericho Blog Carnival

The Monster is proud to present this carnival and many thanks go to Amy Vernon and Gwen for allowing it to continue. Thank you to all those who have participated. Let's go!



Phil from New Film Dimension gave permission to post about his blog entry:
Jericho: Still Strong and Supporting It.

This was a nice message of support and a wonderful collage of Jericho photographs.



The Jericho Online Crew gave permission to post about the Jericho Online game.
There is a description of the game on the home page. I played this game in the last round and it's a lot of fun. The next round starts on August 18th. The game staff are very responsive to questions and suggestions. Improvements to the game are made between the rounds. They recently added a forum, so you can talk to fellow players.



Wes at the Wycliffe Papers gave permission to post about his new story.
Wes e-mailed this about his story:
"Jericho -- The Third Event aims to provide, in narrative form, a pseudo-third season for the beloved television series. Characters from the first season will make surprise appearances, obscure and mysterious players from the second season will come into play, and new personae will also be thrown into the fray. The Third Event involves the course of the Second War Between the States, or The Second American Civil War, and consists of the military campaign between the ASA and the USA as well as political intrigue on the national and international level. The adventures involving characters from Jake Green to President Snowden and Valente to President Tomarchio promise to bring a justified extension to the story of Jericho."



Gwen is submitting these three links:
There have been two wonderful articles on Lennie James
Lennie James's Open Letter

Fallout: Damilola was just the beginning but I also stumbled upon this rare treat a video of Lennie James performing a speech by Brutus in Julus Caesar.



Gwen is submitting an article from Naples Daily News on American values in TV shows
AMERICAN VALUES.


Gwen is submitting an article from Helium
Jericho: Fiction or our possible future?


Jane and Beth of Margie and Edna's Basement present:
Exclusive: Jennie Sword Visits The Basement.



Amy of Remote Access submitted:
Jericho keeps making the news.


Terocious from Jericho Junction submits:
Jericho: Small Town on the Big Screen?

Debby submitted this entry from Jericho Junction:

The Great Jericho Rewatch

The next edition of Blackjack Fairgrounds will be published on July 30th, with a submission deadline of July 25th. Submissions can be e-mailed to blackjack@jerichojki.com

The Blackjack Fairgrounds thanks you for your patronage.

Jericho: The Monster Returns

JerichoMonster will return on Monday, May 5th.

I hope you'll stop by and read what I have to say.

Thank you for all the kind, supportive emails.

See you Monday.

Gone Fishing

JerichoMonster is taking a brief vacation.



We will return Saturday, April 19th.

Monster Recap

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Margie and Edna's Basement

Did you miss the fun the ladies of Jericho had this past week?


Monday: Richard Becker visited the basement


Tues.: Such Devoted Sisters


Wed.: Margie and Edna: Moving Out?


Thurs.: Redneck Relatives


Fri.: Margie responds to Redneck Relatives


Sat.: Edna and Margie's Blog of the Week
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Ranger Central

Great links and information.

Jericho: The Fandom

Terocious has a great post today at Jericho Junction. It's an honest, straightforward piece although he will likely be attacked for having his own opinion.

Read for yourself here.



Trish has a new post today titled, "Jericho Fandom: Heading For Disaster." How correct she is about the lack of leadership, the demolishing of ideas and thoughts, and "Unfortunately, some fans simply can not function without leadership. Nothing wrong with some guidance and direction. Most people are submissive by nature, however, if someone steps into that leadership role that isn't exactly doing more than squawking like a parrot - you'll find a whole room full of parrots and not much being accomplished. Sad, but true."



JERICHO Season Two DVD release date has been announced for June 17th. Check out the Cover Art and Extras.

Morgan5318 has written a wonderful piece of Fan Fiction. Read PATTERNS OF LIGHT & SHADOW in the Fan Fic forum.

Jerichofan12 has added more JERICHO crosswords to the collection. Check them out! He also has some other JERICHO goodies such as Screensavers.

All this and much more at Jericho Rally Point...

Jericho: New Media

So much information and only one blog so I will condense some of these for you.
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The Hollywood Reporter says ratings for the NCAA men's basketball tournament
weren't great for CBS but the hours of video and audio streamed were up. Just like we saw with Jericho. Hot online does not necessarily mean great TV ratings.
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Amy of RemoteAccess has written a very moving post about Jericho. Her comments on Nielsen ratings are on target and we all know they aren't worth anything these days as more people watch online.

"Look, I’m in newspapers, says Amy. "The same “new media” that’s affecting television is affecting papers. We’re adapting, changing and trying to figure it all out. Sometimes, frankly, it’s scary. It’s a whole new way of doing business. But it’s necessary, because the consumers are changing their habits and if we don’t follow, we’re going to get left behind.

CBS could have become an industry leader in figuring out how to capitalize on the new media."



USA Today reports that advertisers and marketers will be making large investments in out-of-home media platforms. Why is this?

Maybe somebody is realizing what Jericho fans have said all along: we don't just watch TV anymore. Busy people with busy lives watch TV when and where they want and not where networks tell us.
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Jericho photos from the Finale.

Jericho: No More Nuts

Here's the best idea I've heard yet and I'm in total agreement.

"Nuts were really effective in the original Save Jericho Campaign and in my opinion that is where they should stay. There are far too many ways for the use of nuts in a new campaign to be used against us. Rather, I think we should use our imaginations and come up with an original center piece for saving season 3. I think it would be best if this new approach were achievable without spending much money."


"CBS Television Stations has launched a new program to get its local news headlines onto blogs and social-media sites, the CBS division said Monday.

Called the CBS Local Ad Network, it's a way for participating region-focused blogs to pull in extra cash by embedding CBS news widgets on their sites and splitting the revenue of accompanying ads with CBS.

Bloggers can't just embed a widget and hope for profits, CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group president Jonathan Leess told CNET News.com. "There's a screening process, obviously," he said. "We have to figure out or get some visibility into what the content is on that site, and then we screen, but we have a third party (Syndigo Networks) that administers all this for us."

CBS: Digital Ads

"Unlike Disney (DIS) and NBC U (GE) -- both of which have boasted $1 billion in annual revenue derived from digital -- CBS has made no such claims. But CEO Les Moonves said CBS sold $200 million in digital ads in 2007, and that figure would grow 30% to 40% over the next few years."



Blackjack Fairgrounds: The fifth Jericho blog carnival



"The CBS chief was defensive about the network’s older viewers, chastising rival networks for favoring the 18-year-old consumer over the 50-year-old. He derisively noted seeing a reference to “upscale” 18- to 34-year-olds: “The only 18-34 upscale people I know are my children, and they come to me when they want to buy a car … It’s a bullshit demographic.”

Similarly, Moonves said the notion that the older demo was set in its ways in terms of purchases was “a great old wives’ tale. We think the boomer is still where the money is and where we want to go.”

Jericho: The Positive

"Finally, the big boy — “Jericho.” CBS has yet to decide this show’s fate. The LIVE viewing numbers haven’t been great, but they also haven’t been that bad. Anytime a network can garner 6 to 8 million consistant viewers to sit through a one hour show week after week with all those dreaded commercials is a good thing. More importantly, CBS is looking at the DVR numbers for the show and are ecstatic. Will this be enough to keep the show on CBS? We should know within a week or two. If the final episode (there’s only two left in Season Two) is a wrap up with no hanging threads, then we can be sure CBS will not give it a third season. However, if the show ends with a big cliffhanger, then that is a sign to fans that “Jericho” will return for Number Three. Keep watching!"


I bet Mr Orth would like Jericho. Because, no kidding, Jericho teaches American history like he did. Well, almost like he did because what Jericho is really good at is supplementing the knowledge passed down from our history teachers. Replanting seeds that grow into impulses to investigate anew to see if the writers are really referencing what we think. I can actually envision some progressive history class of the not so distant future using Jericho as a sort of Transformer who can twist, turn, invert and oscillate to become the real deal."
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CBS: Embracing New Media

You can look most anywhere and find debate about Nielsen ratings and Jericho or online viewing and Jericho plus a number of other debates. There's old media vs. new media, how to save Jericho again, and email vs. snailmail.

It appears to me the bottom line is money. CBS wants to sell ads, advertisers want you to buy their products, and you want Jericho to have Season 3. So, I asked myself why CBS should be embracing new media.
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"CBS seems to have been a little self conscious in the way it has handled Jericho", says Terocious of Jericho Junction. "This is understandable because I believe the whole industry has been watching and enjoying a free education. We should be concentrating on getting CBS to see the advantages of being at the center of the storm; advantages such as having as much web traffic as the other big three combined."



I then decided to ask Rich Becker of CopywriteInk,"What's in it for CBS by embracing new media?"

"CBS, like all networks, are recognizing that a growing number of viewers — sometimes equal or more than live viewing — are watching original programming when they want. The devices don't mean as much to consumers as much as the quality of the content. This trend is tied to the eventuality that almost everything will be on demand, with little regard to what devices they are being watched on. While old school thought is tied to live programming, especially by rating system proponents, the future clearly points toward the convergence of broadcast and Internet. Those who say this will take five years or so have no understanding that the networks are moving faster than ever to make the changes. When I first noted the trend a little more than a year ago, it all seemed like science fiction to some. But now, within that year, some programs have already been brought back to life. And, even more importantly, fans are becoming more engaged then ever — they talk about their favorite shows online as opposed to simply seeing what's next. So, a single show has three to four times more entertainment value for them than a single hour its broadcast time."

Additionally, Rich states,"There are only two minor bumps in the road, which are short term challenges: Monetizing future programming and bandwidth. Both are very short term because the networks are already finding ways to generate revenue streams on the Internet and they are quickly learning that most people do not watch the same programming at the same time. It already seems like a long time ago that people used to plan their lives around entertainment. Nowadays, they just do what they want, set the DVR, or download a missed show. The only exception seems to be live programming such as contests, awards programs, and sporting events. Personally, I look forward to the day when people will be able to create their own prime time lineups with the click of a few buttons."



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"A new study released earlier this week indicates that online video has had an affect on the way people watch television.

The research would seem to indicate that some viewers do indeed watch shows across multiple platforms, a theory that NBC has pitched to Madison Ave, saying that advertising across multiple platforms will accumulate a broader reach and different levels of engagement with viewers.

The research also indicated high levels of brand recall and other metrics among NBC Rewind users."



Amy Vernon of RemoteAccess sums it up very well:

"Leading the way can be scary. You make mistakes, have missteps, sometimes get lost. But if you’re leading, you still get to the destination first.

When you follow, you always are trying to catch up. No matter what you do, you’re always behind. Is that where you want to be?"

Breaking News

Attention Rangers:


Thanks to you, Jericho is back! What an amazing job you have done so far. Now it's time to take it to the next level and CBS wants to arm you for the battle.


Each week, we will send the Rangers (and only the Rangers) a link to an exclusive clip to the upcoming episode. Only Rangers and their friends and families will be able to watch it. Feel free to send this link to everyone on your e-mail list. You are their key to seeing an exclusive clip of the show long before it airs. Let's make this thing grow!



Now here's the capper... if we get 1,000,000 hits to this website, CBS will send you a link to get the secret, alternate ending to the series! No matter what ending airs, you will be able to see the other ending.


So go nuts, again. Support Jericho and get a part of the show no one will ever see.


Here is a link to an exclusive clip from next Tuesday's episode. This link is a password protected link just for you. Below is the link with logline and password info:



http://www.cbs.com/nuts

Login: rangers

Password: jerichonuts



Jon Turteltaub and all the writers, producers, cast and crew of JERICHO

Ratings and Losses

Interesting news from Carol Barbee.

A Jericho videogame? Graphic novel? Action figures?

Read here.



Ratings for Jericho's premiere.

Go here.



Bad TV ratings and loss of viewers.

"When the walkout started, ABC was averaging 11.6 million weekly viewers, Nielsen Media Research stats show. By the time the pickets signs were put down, it was 2 million viewers lighter.

CBS likewise was a big loser, falling from 12.2 million viewers to 11.1 million."

When You Care Enough To Watch The Best

Jericho Returns tonight on CBS at 10:00 EST

Free Jericho Calendar

Thank you to Gwen and selini44 for this wonderful Jericho calendar.

Title: Free Jericho 2008 Year-At-A-Glance Calendar

The free Jericho 2008 year-at-a-glance calendar is now available for downloading and printing.

This full-color calendar contains images of characters from the show and highlights several key Jericho events (with additional dates are listed on our website).

This calendar is available to all Jericho fans. Post it in your work cubicle, give it to your friends to remind them of airdates, hand it out during your Jericho premier party, or simply put it on your refrigerator.

Special thanks to Selini44 from www.Jericho-Kansas.com who came up with the idea and gathered the information for the calendar.


Amy's daily Jericho Fix.

Thanks Amy.

Jeritopia Rocks

Special Announcement:

Jeritopia Rocks.

Chats ahead:

Monday Feb. 4-- Townsperson Jennie Sword--9 p.m. CST

Wed. Feb. 6-- Carol Barbee-- 11pm ET



What's your opinion?

Jake and Heather or Jake and Emily? Give your reasons a voice.

Check Amy's Daily Fix of Jericho and join the debate.

Jericho Countdown

Amy has today's Daily Fix.

Check out the Jericho countdown clock to Season 2 in the right-hand sidebar. Go ahead and snag a copy for your own blog, or create a new one through Widgetbox.

Thanks to Amy the days are passing more quickly now.


The Post-Apocalyptic Workout

If Jericho happened today would you be physically fit enough to handle it?
Learn more.

Counting Down

Get Your Daily Jericho Fix with Amy.

Remote Access rocks.




While you wait for Feb. 12:

Thanks Kricka

Jericho: Daily Fix

RubberPoultry

See this. A real winner.



"OK, you guys are the best and are helping to keep me honest in my vow to blog daily on Jericho until the premiere.

Before I get to the good stuff, a reminder that I’m looking for guest bloggers for Season 2. What’s that, you ask? Check out the summer rerun guest bloggers. Margie & Edna are taking care of the premiere, while Yvonne (Aunt Vonna) has ep 2, Erika (kricka) snagged ep 3 and newbie (to Jericho guest blogging, that is) Clarke Ingram (gushing fanboy that he is of Sprague Grayden) will tackle episode 5."


Thanks Kricka. You're awesome.

The Countdown Begins

First, I want to mention a TV blog I found recently. I went there to read an article about Jericho but this blog covers a lot of other interesting shows. I hope you'll visit because I think you'll like it. I do.

The TV Show Blog


Many kudos to Kricka for this photo.