Jericho - worth watching!

I was spinning through the channels after the NFC Championship game a few weeks back and stumbled right onto the opening credits for a CBS series called Jericho. It was being shown back-to-back on one of the HD channels, and halfway through the first hour, I was completely sucked in. The premise is relatively straight-forward in a "The Day After" sort of way - a small town in Kansas - the town of Jericho - sees a mushroom cloud far over the mountains, from the direction of Denver. From there, the story quickly becomes one about the unknown, all the unknowns you've probably never imagined and may prefer not to. The "what if" factor of this show is tremendous, and the folks that work on it are very talented - great crew, great writing, great production values - good drama all the way around. We've had some great family conversations talking about the Cold War, civil defense, and the world we live in today as a result of this provocative show.

The series was canceled after the first season, but through an extraordinarily passionate response by the fans, CBS agreed to bring it back. Now they need viewers to keep it going. You can catch episodes at CBS here, or you can rent it at Netflix. In all cases, I urge you to take a look - it's worth a shot.