Is Jericho really that great? Well remember when I said CBS’ Jericho had been, without a doubt, cancelled? Yeah, well I guess I was wrong. Sorry, because now it looks like Jericho could be coming back from the grave yet again. Apparently DirecTV wants to work out a deal where they can show episodes of Jericho earlier than the regular network broadcast:

The newspaper said that CBS may follow NBC’s recent example with Friday Night Lights in which it sold the DirecTV satellite service the right to air the series before it goes on network TV. The Times said that CBS is considering a similar option in negotiations with cable provider Comcast. Meanwhile, although DirecTV executives have expressed confidence that the Friday Night Lights deal could drive new subscribers to their service, some analysts are expressing skepticism about its ability to do so and forecasting that the DirecTV episodes will wind up being pirated on the Internet.

Sounds like that plan would make Jericho cheap enough that CBS would consider running it again. Geez, CBS. Keep yanking the chain of your audience and see how many of them are willing to stick around. I’ve never watched Jericho, but this sort of teasing would drive me nuts. Any Jericho fans out there wanna comment?

Source: Studio Briefing via IMDB