if Hob Gadling were a ginormous asshole with "I'm immortal, ask me how! No really, ask me! Pleeeeeeeeeease ask me?" tattooed on his face. I

Oh yeah, that was seriously out of control.

Finally watched Studio 60. I liked this episode okay, I've always preferred the plots that are about putting on the show over those that are about the characters personal lives. Every word out of Harriet's mouth was annoying and it was odd to have no Matt and Danny, but their storylines got blechy recently, anyway. Recently is the wrong word, I guess.

Anyway, the long hiatus and knowing that it's riding off into the sunset are making me watch this show differently. Where I had been watching every week to see if I was going to continue watching, now I'm watching just to see if it went completely off the rails. Checking for the same symptoms, I suppose, but completely different emotional investment on my part. Kind of relaxing to not care at all.

Actual Louisianans will cringe at the accents, I suspect

I'm already prepared to cringe at many things.

FNL "Homecoming" tonight! (I'm happy because "Homecoming" and the one after it are the episodes that I have on tapes in screwed up order.

Oh, I love it when Street calls Tim, "Riggs" and when Tim calls Street, "Six."

I just got around to watching the second to the last episode of Jericho, and, damn, I'm sorry it didn't make it. After the break, it really racheted up the drama and the tension and the excessive use of ammunition. Plus, it had Skeet Ulrich with his determined face. (He doesn't have many expressions, but that's a good one.)

Jessica, maybe the immortality-granting Magical Indians shared your assessment of the character's personality and gave him eternal life as a curse knowing just how likely it was that he could get his soullmate to tolerate him for the length of an evening? I saw a promo last night in a bar but the sound was off, so I could only evaluate the program on the basis of how pretty the lead actor was (quite).

Below is a statement from CBS Entertainment (May 18):

To the fans of Jericho:

We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment. Please know that canceling a television series is a very difficult decision. Hundreds of people at the Network, the production company and the incredibly-talented creative team worked very hard to build and serve the community for this show -- both on-air and online. It is a show we loved too.

Thank you for supporting Jericho with such passion. We truly appreciate the commitment you made to the series and we are humbled by your disappointment. In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jericho story.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment

I'm a little curious about this closure thing.

I just got around to watching the second to the last episode of Jericho, and, damn, I'm sorry it didn't make it. After the break, it really racheted up the drama and the tension and the excessive use of ammunition. Plus, it had Skeet Ulrich with his determined face. (He doesn't have many expressions, but that's a good one.)

I know. We just started watching again, from the beginning so we could note the improvement. Dh is a little bitter about the cancellation (poor love -- he's also bitter about Drive and VM) so he watches sort of grudgingly.

I'm a little curious about this closure thing.

Me, too. I keep thinking they ought to move it to the CW. It's the same parent corporation, and even if Jericho only brought a fraction of its audience, it would probably be the closest thing to a hit (at least among scripted shows) the CW has had, yet.

no shit. God knows CW needs some help given the fall upfronts schedule.