Frakking fraktardian frakkers. A plague on their broadcasthouse.
I am not loving CBS right now. Even my wife, who is normally apathetic toward my sci-fi love affair was loving Jericho after she got through the first five or so episodes. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com ...... Original Message ....... On Wed, 16 May 2007 12:11:46 -0700 "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >CBS Ends `Jericho' in New Schedule > >By DAVID BAUDER >The Associated Press >Wednesday, May 16, 2007; 2:14 PM > >NEW YORK -- CBS canceled the nuclear apocalypse drama, "Jericho," on >Wednesday, another sign that TV networks are shying away from serial >dramas after overloading on them last season. > >The network unveiled a fall schedule with five new shows, three of them >dramas. > >"Jericho" started out strong last fall for CBS. However, like "Lost" on >ABC and "Heroes" on NBC, many viewers abandoned the show after it went >on a long midseason hiatus. > >"We lost a lot of steam," said Kelly Kahl, CBS' chief scheduling >executive. "I know we had loyal viewers ... but the show sort of lost >its engine and wasn't performing." > >CBS' only new show that is heavily serialized, "Swingtown," will start >in midseason and run uninterrupted until the end of the season. The >series is set in the shag-carpeted 1970s, with Chicago-area couples >navigating the sexual freedom of the era. > >To counter its stodgy image, CBS has scheduled a handful of edgy new >shows for the fall: a musical, a drama about a vampire and a drama about >a Cuban-American family running a sugar business in Florida. > >"For those of you who accuse CBS of being too conservative, you will >feel differently when you see the shows we have lined up," said Leslie >Moonves, chairman of CBS Corp. > >A new reality show, "Kid Nation," will take 40 children and set them up >in an abandoned New Mexico town. Cameras will follow them as they try to >set up their own society without adult supervision. > >Veteran actor Jimmy Smits is the patriarch in "Cane," about the family >sugar business. "Moonlight," about a vampire in modern society, is >another one of a handful of high-concept ideas networks are trying out >next year. > >Hugh Jackman produces "Viva Laughlin," an adaptation of the BBC show >"Viva Blackpool," about a shady businessman. Music plays a central part >in driving the series along. > >The Monday comedy "The Big Bang Theory" seems like a sitcom version of >"Beauty and the Geek," with two brainy guys flustered by a sexy new >neighbor. > >CBS canceled the comedy "The Class" and drama "Close to Home." The >comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" was left off the fall >schedule but will be used at midseason. > >(This version CORRECTS that Hugh Jackman produces, not stars, in `Viva >Laughlin,' and that `Close to Home' is a drama, not a comedy.) ) >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600598_pf.html > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
