"Some good news on the ratings front. From the The Futon Critic (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080304cbs04):

"JERICHO" AND "BIG BROTHER" ADD MILLIONS OF VIEWERS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS

On-Air + Online + On-DVR = Many More Eyeballs and Double Digit Percentage Demo Increases

"Jericho" and "Big Brother" Viewer Engagement Across Multi-Platforms Is Far Greater Than Initial Same Day Ratings Indicate

On-air, online and on-DVR viewing are resulting in many more eyeballs for CBS series JERICHO and BIG BROTHER, according to Nielsen Live Plus 7-Day ratings and new data from CBS Interactive Research.

JERICHO:

According to Nielsen Live Plus 7-Day ratings, JERICHO's second season premiere (Feb. 12) ratings increased by +15% in adults 18-49 (3.0/07 from 2.6/07), +17% in adults 25-54 (3.5/08 from 3.0/07) and by more than one million viewers (8.14m from 7.13m, +14%) compared to its live plus same day ratings.

According to CBS Interactive Research, the second season premiere episode of JERICHO was streamed 520,000 times across the CBS Audience Network during its first week (Feb. 12-18) and 700,000 times over a 14-day period (Feb. 12-25).

JERICHO's other online engagement during its second season premiere week included 760,000 streams of episodes from its first season and 130,000 streams of various clips, upping JERICHO's first week cumulative streams to 1.41 million.

Additional online engagement for JERICHO that week included five times the volume of JERICHO searches vs. the prior four weeks, seven times the daily traffic to JERICHO message boards (compared to mid-January traffic) and three times the average daily blog posts."

"WOW! Where did you find that information (website address?) and is it available for EACH week/episode? I'd like to know how Jericho did in the ratings for each episode this season..."

"Jericho could certainly have 5-8 seaons. There are so many twists and turns to this story that Jericho could easily last for 5-8 seasons. Jericho has fantastic writers/directors and crew and an outstanding cast."

"I find the wording of their statement interesting, if that truly is what it was. The show is much better suited for SciFi or others. What ever network picks up Jericho, will atomatically get a huge boost in viewership. The only other show that I watch on CBS consistently is The Unit, for that matter, the only shows that I watch on any of the networks other then Sports are Jericho and The Unit. Primetime network TV is stale, PC, milktoast and will be dead to me after Jericho."

"Where did you hear that TNT is considering picking up Jericho? Would that be for new episodes/seasons, or just replaying previously aired episodes?"

"I'm with Van on this one. No one really knows how the shows are doing until the Networks or Nielson releases them on their weekly release. Either way its not looking good for Jericho which is a huge bummer. Even with Bonnie's death and Mimi in the hospital it looks like they are getting ready to end it which is awful. However there are some rumors circulating that Jericho is doing well with Sci-Fi and TNT is also looking into picking up the show. Whatever happens I will follow Jericho to the end. Lets just all hope for the best!!!
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