For Serious Jericho Fans Only: Jerichon Festival in Oakley Kansas This Weekend
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I was reading the Kansas City Star newspaper this morning and noticed an Associated Press blip about this festival in Oakley Kansas. Now festivals are a very common thing in small towns, but this one is quite different.
Here's an excerpt from the story:
"The show's passionate, well-organized fan base rallied around the show this summer after CBS canceled the drama in May. After fans deluged the network with calls, messages and shipments of 50,000 peanuts, CBS reversed its decision and called for second season with seven more episodes about a Kansas town isolated by a nuclear terrorist attack.
At the Jerichon festival, fans will learn about real-life responses to the nuclear disaster portrayed on the show. They also will study how communities would respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the May tornado in Greensburg, about 140 miles southeast of Oakley.
With the announcement from CBS, the crowd attending Jerichon is expected to be small, but visitors are coming from as far as Canada.
"They know that when they come here, they're coming to Jericho and not going to have all the big city stuff," said Oakley resident Jerry Robben. "They want to come to Jericho, and it's pretty close to what they're watching on TV."
No actors or CBS officials are scheduled to be attendance. The show is being shot in California.
Fans from Oakley believe Jericho has striking similarities to their town. Their best evidence is that it's the only town where Interstate 70 intersects with both U.S. 40 and 83.
Activities begin Friday, starting with a mayoral proclamation turning Oakley into Jericho for the weekend. Much of the weekend will center around The Bluff bar."
I should mention that Jericho is a very excellent show and if you haven't seen it yet, please do so. Here's a few ways to get caught up on the first season of Jericho:
Apple iTunes Click the button to the right to view Jericho on iTunes: 
Amazon Unbox: Click the link to the right to view Jericho on Amazon Unbox: Jericho Season 1
Amazon DVD Purchase: Click the link to the right to purchase the DVD (preorder until 10/1): Jericho Season 1
Rent Jericho Season 1 at Netflix beginning 10/1
Jericho will return as a mid-season replacement sometime late this Fall or Early 2008. I for one will be watching and hoping the show is successful enough for a third season to be picked up.
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1:22 PM, September 17, 2007
blog comments powered by DisqusThanks for mentioning the JERICHO Convention!!
JERICHO is a really great show. It's exciting, different and it will leave you at the edge of your seat for the entire hour.
But don't worry, the hour goes by so fast you'll hardly notice you're biting your nails off.
SKEET ULRICH is fabulous in the lead role and ASHLEY SCOTT who plays his girlfriend, Emily, is really cool, smart and beautiful.
You can watch ALL of the episodes on CBS.com for FREE. That way you'll be ready for the second season when it airs. The DVD will be out soon as well.
JERICHO RULES!!
P.S. Let CBS know that you watch and love JERICHO. nina.tassler@cbs.com
"You never know when you might need a tank". Johnston Green R.I.P.
I missed Jerico the first time it aired, but when CBS rebroadcast it over the summer, I made sure to tune into all the episodes. I'm not sure how I missed it to begin with, but this has turned out to be one of my favorite shows. It's very dark, but has some great characters and drama.
I'm glad to see them put it back on the air, but 7 episodes means that this one could still get canceled. I think what I like most about the show is that they take an extraordinary event and then look at what the actual response to this type of event might be. Some of the stuff in the show might seemed far fetched, but I bet it's not too far off base from what would really happen, if there was a nuclear event. It's definitely one of the best shows from last year.
Davis,
I also caught the Jericho episodes as they were re-run this Summer. I didn't watch them originally because I though the show was getting canceled & didn't want to get into the story just to be left at a cliffhanger. When the Network Execs realized they were "nuts" and finally decided to bring it back, I decided to watch it.
I guess my family would rate Jericho a bit above the last few seasons of 24 & Lost and about even with Heroes first season. I like Jericho as much as I liked Firefly when it was out there. I have the same fear for it to be canceled - it's too good for that to happen, but not enough people have been watching it I fear.
24, Lost and Heroes are all phenomenal shows, but I'd list Jericho up there with those shows too. It's always a crapshoot whenever the new shows come out. Last season I liked Kidnapped until they ended it and the year before, I thought NBC was crazy to cancel Surface. It was so good, I just couldn't believe that they had trouble finding an audience. Last year's revolt over Jericho was interesting to watch. Before, TV fans didn't really have a way to organize, but now we can at least unite online and create a ruckus when they try to kill good shows.
I still haven't caught Firefly yet, but will likely go back and watch it on Netflix, once the entire series wraps up.