TV Squad | by Bob Sassone | Thu, Oct 11
Thu, Oct 11
I suppose we're lucky that this is a "season one" DVD and not a "complete series" set. The nut campaign aimed at CBS worked, and the second season of Jericho will start in a few months. It's only going to be seven episodes long, and then they'll look at those ratings and see if it warrants more epi...
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source: Zap2it.com
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