Jericho

If you don't know about the CBS show, Jericho, then let me recommend it to you highly.

Jericho is about the residents of Jericho, a small Kansas town, in the aftermath of mysterious nuclear attacks on several major cities in the United States. The residents of Jericho have to deal with several issues - survival, gathering of information, community identity, public order, limited resources, the value of family, and internal and external threats. The show falls into the "24" and "Lost" type mystery/drama, so if you like those shows, you'll like Jericho.

Jericho was initially canceled by CBS due to poor ratings but, thanks to the efforts of its fans (and a several thousand pounds of nuts), it was renewed for 7 episodes to be shown as a "mid-season replacement" (i.e. if one of CBS's new fall 2007 shows fails, Jericho gets the spot or, if not, then it will show sometime in January/Feburary). Wikipedia summarizes the details or check out many of the fan websites.

If you missed Jericho when it was shown last year, don't fret. You can watch all 22 of the first season's episodes for free at CBS's Jericho Video Site, although you will have to watch them on your computer and they do have commercial breaks.

If you like the show and want to support it, you can buy and download all 22 episodes at iTunes (there's a button at the bottom of this post to open the Jericho page directly in iTunes). The advantage of the iTunes downloads is that there are no commercials and you can watch on any video enabled ipod (such as the new Apple iPod Nano, the new iPod Classic or the new Apple iPod Touch and the iPhone) or, you can use Apple TV to watch iTunes videos on your TV (you can also connect video ipods to your TV).

Also, the entire first season DVD is due to be released October 2, 2007 - Jericho - The First Season.

If you like the show, then let me encourage you to buy it either from iTunes or on DVD. The show has not been guaranteed a third season and by purchasing the download or DVD, you can send CBS a message to continue the show. Also, be sure to be watching when season two airs to help boost the ratings.

Finally, as a further enticement to watch Jericho, let me say that if you want to know why suburban survival is important, then the Jericho can shed some light.