“Jericho” is Better Than “Lost”
By Rodd • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: 3 Column RIGHT, CBS, Features, Jericho, Lost, Reviews, SciFi
There I said it.
Both are serialized, broadcast network action-dramas where an isolated likeable group of people struggle for survival following a catastrophe they don’t understand.
ABC’s “Lost” is the sexy one.
An attractive international cast that maintain perfectly white teeth after being stranded for months on an island. After three seasons, the show is beloved for its Big Twists and Sneaky Clues that jerk the narrative this way and that, like shiny fishing bait dangled in front of viewers with attention spans too short to remember that a couple ago what they’re now being told wouldn’t make any sense.
CBS’s “Jericho” is pure Midwest morality tale.
The group of scruffy small-town characters on last season’s “Jericho” debut have gradually devolved into desperate survivalists — shell-shocked and stunned at the humanity draining from their Kansas community following a nuclear terrorist attack.
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