TV Review: Jericho

YEAR: 2006-08

GENRE: Post Apocalyptic, Action, Drama

EPISODES: 29 (2 seasons)

CREATED BY: Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, Jonathan E. Steinberg

STARS: Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott

COUNTRY: USA

UK CHANNEL: ITV4

PLOT: Jericho is an American post-apocalyptic action-drama television series, which centres on the residents of the fictional city of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of a limited nuclear attack on 23 major cities in the mainland United States.


Episode 13 of the MovieMuse podcast sees the team discussing this 2006 American nuclear drama. You can see which of the team recommend the show here and also get the our full thoughts by watching the video below.

 

TV Recommendation
  • 50%
    Mat - "the residents accept the situation in an unnatural way" - 50%
  • 75%
    Simon - "the drip fed story kept me interested" - 75%
  • 25%
    Graeme - "the reveal is never really worth the effort" - 25%
  • 25%
    Gordon - "Some series just need to die and I wasn't sorry that this did" - 25%
44%

Summary

Despite an excellent start and some interesting characters, the revelations take too long to materialise and the lack of action means your attention begins to wane too quickly.

Hear the team’s thoughts…


TV Recommendations Leaderboard

PositionTV ShowRecommendation Rating
1Boardwalk Empire75%
2The League67%
3Jericho44%

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