As our friend Redsox continues to make his business case for Jericho, we can all be happy to know there’s plenty of places where we can once again re-live the kinship we felt with the Green family and the citizens of our favorite post-nuke town. 

  

Those places also are providing a venue or two for fresh eyes who have become enamored of the series in its second (third?) life.  Take this comment posted yesterday on Save Jericho Again in regard to Redsox’s latest plan of attack: 

EKG said,

 

 

 

Our friend Redsox/Barney has a lot to say about our TV ad and saving Jericho.  So, I will just go ahead and let him say it.   See his message below:

What can you do to help Save Jericho Again?

 

Many of the fans started to work on the latest Save Jericho Again campaign in early November, when we were getting ready to launch the TV commercial that the fans funded on the UHD channel (NBC Universal’s High Definition Channel). We discovered that CBS had put Season One on Youtube and went about posting a paragraph on Myspace, FaceBook and Web boards all over the Internet that Jericho was alive and well on Youtube and was being shown on UHD.

 

On November 20, 2008, CBS Paramount and The CW surprised many when it scrapped its entire Sunday night line up and replaced it with Jericho at 7:00pm EST and a movie-of-the-week. With that announcement, many felt we had been given one more opportunity to show the executives and financial people at CBS Paramount and the other networks that Jericho was a valuable commodity worth continuing. A large group of us met at the UHD Board on November 20, 2008, and from that meeting, came up with Operation Phoenix: Jericho Rises from the Ashes.

 

This campaign is simple, but has a very real goal. We need to build a business case for continuing Jericho. How do we do that? First and foremost, we need every person we can in front of their television sets watching Jericho on the CW, especially Nielsen families. We also need people watching on Youtube, Netflix, buying DVDs and Itunes, and watching on the internet at places like Hulu.

 

We are putting together quantifiable stats and sending them to the executives at several of the networks, including CBS Paramount and NBC Universal.

 

Another important part of being counted and measured is continuing to step up the feedback and writing of letters and cards. Each week after the episodes air on the CW, we need to complete the feed back forms for the CW and CBS (both have Jericho in a drop pick list), and we are writing letters and sending them out on Mondays to Nancy Tellem at CBS and Bonnie Hammer at NBC.

 

On Thursdays, we are sending letters to Dawn Ostroff at the CW and D’Arcy Rudnay at Comcast. We believe that NBC Universal, which owns UHD and is showing Jericho and also owns SciFi, USA and other channels, is a logical home for Jericho. Comcast was in negotiations back in the summer with CBS Paramount to produce more episodes, so we are targeting them as well.

 

Feedback Forms we are completing each week include:

 

CW Feedback Form http://cwtv.com/feedback/comments

CBS Feedback Form http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.php

 

Also contact your local CW station and complete feedback form.

http://cid-ab5f4eb663bc6e9f.skydrive.live…./CW%20affliates

Click link list of all CW Affliates in U.S. in both Word and Excel.

    

Operation Phoenix: Jericho Rises from the Ashes Campaign Outline

#1

We need to continue to write to Bonnie Hammer during the UHD TV ad run, and we need to keep a presence on the UHD Board. Letters out en mass every Monday.

Ms. Bonnie Hammer

President USA and Sci Fi Networks

NBC Universal Inc.,

30 Rockefeller Plaza,

New York, New York 10112

bonnie.hammer@nbcuni.com

 

#2

We need to go to IMDb as often as we can during the entire run of the show

http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=jericho

 

#3

We need to mobilize every Ranger we can find and start to get the word out that Jericho is on CW at 7:00pm Eastern. We will be dealing with Football through January, so we need to really get the word out through Face Book, My Space and Craigs List. We are also looking to include, flyers, bumper stickers, car and truck signs, posting to bulleting boards and places where people congregate: Jericho is back on CW network Sunday nights at 7:00pm! Dawn and others are looking to design posters and Cher is looking to do posters and Bumper stickers/T-Shirts. They could use some help.

 

#4

Watching Jericho each week live so we can get Nielsen numbers. We need to focus in on getting people in front of their sets each Sunday at 7:00pm.

 

#5

After watching each episode we need to send CBS and CW Feedback like never before (addresses above).

 

#6 

Cards and letters out to Nancy Tellem at CBS Paramount each Monday morning

Ms. Nancy Tellem

CBS Paramount Network Television

4024 Radford Avenue

Studio City, CA 91604

 

Part 8:

Letters and cards to Dawn Ostroff at the CW, and letters, cards, and e-mails go to D’arcy Rudnay at Comcast each Thursday morning

 

Ms. Dawn Ostroff

The CW Television Network

4000 Warner Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91522

 

Ms. D’Arcy Rudnay

Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA 19103

darcy_rudnay@comcast.com

         

We are going to as many Internet sites as possible and posting Links to CBS Youtube Play list for Season 1, which was launched November 1, 2008. We need all the help we can get. We are looking at places like college community boards, gaming and science fiction boards, your personal Facebook and MySpace pages, TV boards, newspaper talk- back or blogs in the General Comment section or TV section to get the word out.

 

We have hit places like AOL, Youtube, Yahoo, AOL, etc., but are looking at posting locally so all Rrangers can help by getting the word out. We started on November 8, 2008 and in 30 days we went from 1,000 views to over 1 million views of the episodes. Here is the message:

 

Just wanted all of you to know that CBS has put Jericho on You Tube. It’s the first CBS series to be released this way.

 

Jericho is an alternate future story of what happens when America is attacked, and the government crumbles. The people of the small town of Jericho must deal with the unthinkable and find a way to survive. Jericho shows how people rise to the challenges around them, and in today’s world, their story is inspiring. Come check out this great series that was too good for commercial television, but is watched by millions worldwide via the Internet.

 

 http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D9B106198C36985E CBS Play List

 http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D9B106198C36985E  (for outside US)

 

You are also invited to come join the Jericho community at UniversalHD (UHD) which is currently airing Jericho :

http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=29

 

On November 20, 2008 CBS Paramount and the CW Network Announced that starting on Sunday night, November 30, 2008 at 7:00pm EST, that Jericho would start running all 29 of the Season 1 and Season 2 episodes in order from the pilot to the Season 2 finale Patriots and Tyrants.

 

Please let everyone know that Jericho is now showing on the CW and for those who have UHD (NBC’s HD cable channel) you can watch Jericho during the week at 2:00 pm and on Saturday nights at 8:00pm EST.

 

http://lounge.cwtv.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4 CW Board-Lounge

   

CW Promotion videos showing on IMDB, Veoh and AOL. First ones we have seen:

 

http://www.imdb.com/video/cbs/vi1418396441/

 

http://video.aol.com/partner/cw/jericho-tr…A1aKkcaQkwhVRd3

  

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v169359972Gb4M4…viewType=tvshow

 

 

 

 

 

OK, it’s Week 2 of Jericho’s airing on The CW Network this past Sunday.  It’s our “little show that could,” the twice-canceled post-apocalyptic drama that has found new life (again!), the spark that keeps the flame alive in the hearts of fans who want more shock and awe from that beautiful-but-flawed Green boy, the badder-than-Jack-Bauer Robert Hawkins and his quietly tough wife “Dah-cy,” Major Hottie Beck, the butt-kickin’ Jericho women, and the rest of the townfolk whom we love as if we all co-existed here and now in our own world, with its current economic and battle-weary woes. 

So, how are we doing?  Well, it looks as if viewership fell from the first week’s 1.3 million folks watching Jericho to 1.13 million this past Sunday, according to TVbythenumbers.com.  But Variety had a little different spin on it today:

CW continues to see improvement over its disastrous early-season Sunday sked, as the combo of “Jericho” (0.4/1 in 18-49, 1.1 million viewers overall) and the 1992 movie “Cutting Edge” (0.6/1 in 18-49, 1.6 million viewers overall) gave the net its best performance on the night this fall.

In addition, our resident statistician Barney pulled together this latest compilation of info:

• Jericho fan-made television ad continues with 4-week run on the UHD channel.

•  Jericho television show, which has been cancelled twice, has been off the air since March 2008, but returned to network television on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 7:00pm EST on the CW. Despite having only 8 days notice, no promotion from the CW or CBS, starting up on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and opposite two live football games, the show still managed 1.3 million viewers, which was a significant increase for the CW in that time slot for Sunday nights.

• CBS decided to put all 22 episodes of Jericho Season 1 on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D9B106198C36985E; http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D9B106198C36985E  (for outside US)

•  Since the fans started going to site across the internet on November 8, 2008 and posting the link to the CBS playlist on Youtube, the number of views has climbed from 1,000 to 679,200 as of December 7^th.

• You are also invited to check out the Jericho community at UniversalHD (UHD) which is currently airing Jericho each afternoon at 2:00pm and on Saturday and Sunday nights. http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=29

And, finally, here’s the UHD media flight schedule for Dec. 11-14.  On Thursday, December 11, look for our TV ad at 8:38 a.m., 11:54 a.m., 1:08 p.m., 2:05 p.m., 2:50 p.m., 3:34 p.m., 4:59 p.m., and 5:35 p.m.  On Friday, December 12, you can see it at 9:21a.m., 10:28 a.m., 11:17 a.m., 12:20 p.m., 1:43 p.m., 6:05 p.m., and 6:53 p.m.  The weekend evening schedule looks like this: On Saturday, December 13, you can catch the ad at 7:37 p.m., 8:31p.m., and 9:31 p.m., and on Sunday, December 14, you can find it at 7:16 p.m., 8:19 p.m., and 8:59 p.m.

 

Since I am the Queen of a Cliché (though I forgot how to put my little accent thing-y over the ‘e,’ until fan Mike Weber educated me on a character map — thanks, Mike!!), I would love to pepper you with lots more as they relate to Jericho, but since I’m dog tired and no better than a knot on a log for creativity (or lack thereof), I won’t bore you to tears…except to say this:  I love our fight for Jericho, and I’m proud to have been a part of it.  All those figures above could mean anything — or they could mean nothing.  It is what it is, and I will take it that way.  Either way, I am going to continue to enjoy the ride on The CW, as well as the many friendships we’ve built that sustain us.  For now, my ignorance is bliss, and I’m loving living again in Jake Green’s world, even with the nukes and lack of good chocolate. 

 

Julie/Welcome

 

P.S.  OK, I threw in a few.  So, sue me. 

 

More details soon….but here’s the skinny for the moment:

I had a $2,500 check cut today to NBC/UHD and overnighted to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for the national airing of our Save Jericho Again TV ad.  Thanks to lots of folks who went the extra mile to make this thing happen (I’ll give the 411 on all that shortly), we should be celebrating Thanksgiving with our presence clearly known on the UHD channel.

The CW also seems to know a good thing when it sees it.  Skeet and the gang will be back on that network on Sunday nights for a 29-week run of the complete (?) series.  Read about it here and here. 

Back soon…stay tuned!

Julie/Welcome2CHO

Thanks to everyone who has contributed their dollars and their support for three runs of the Save Jericho Again TV ad — twice on various cable channels via Time-Warner in LA and soon on UHD across the nation.  

All who donated at least $20 during the course of the campaign had their names thrown in the hat during our SJA Chat tonight, and five names were chosen as winners of a DVD featuring the TV commercial and the great work of RP:

Ann Walton of University Heights, OH

Hilda Bowen (PBMom) of The Woodlands, TX

Cynthia Riggins of Concord, CA

Gregg Thompson of Boca Raton, FL

Elizabeth Stinebaugh (PV544) of Albuquerque, NM

Congrats to our winners!  RP will be shipping those DVDs out soon. 

To the rest of you…many thanks for all your loyalty and support!  Your trust in us has been nothing short of humbling.

- Julie/Welcome

 

Is it a little too quiet in here?  Yeah, I thought so, too.  But hold on…we’ve got our Save Jericho Again ads going national on UHD very soon. 

Redsox is in the process of getting the contract worked out, Rubberpoultry is getting the ad put together in the format needed by UHD, I’m ready to write the big, fat payment check and the big, fat news release regarding our latest ad efforts, and GenPatton is building up his reserves to lead cheers when we go national!  All this, of course, between some rather stressful days on our jobs lately, plus taking care of things on the homefront.  However, once we get all details worked out, which will be very soon, we’ll post the ad schedule and ask you to help us spread the word.   

For now, though, we’re still here, we’re still moving forward, and we still love Jericho!  Thanks to all of you who helped put us over the top again with ad funding. 

In the meantime, take advantage of “all Jericho, all the time” on UHD if you have access to it (I don’t!).  There’s a plethora of Jericho (and Skeet hotness) on UHD during all time periods through November 30th.  Please show UHD and the Skeetaliciousness some love!

- Julie/Welcome2CHO