David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. The End of the World Rises from the Dead
Such high-profile efforts to save fan-favorite shows such as “Deadwood,” “Gilmore Girls,” “According to Jim” and “Veronica Mars” may have been unsuccessful, but a relatively beneath-the-radar campaign has apparently resurrected “Jericho,” CBS’s nuclear-conflagration drama starring Skeet Ulrich.
Fans assaulted CBS with bags of peanuts (you had to have watched the show to understand, and I didn’t see the requisite episode(s)) – which, one supposes, is better than mailing in actual nuclear weapons – and now, a few weeks after CBS announced a 2007-08 season free of the specter of total annihilation, the network has relented and will bring back the series for eight episodes: Not just to give viewers closure, “Jericho” producers say, but with a hope to keep the series an ongoing concern. All well and good, but here’s a little piece of advice: Understand you’re on the bubble going in and this time, don’t end your season with a big, splashy cliffhanger. Wrap things up a little, OK?