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Posted Nov 5th 2009 12:57PM by TMZ Staff
GLAAD isn't buyin' Chris Jericho's apology for using anti-gay and racist slurs at a recent event -- in fact, the gay rights group is going after the wrestler for being "insincere and worn."
Jarrett Barrios -- president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- tells TMZ:
"Just three months ago Chris Jericho's boss and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon acknowledged to GLAAD that words matter.
There is no time, context or occasion in which it is acceptable to utter racist and anti-gay slurs. Jericho's hollow apology 'if (he) offended anyone' is a template used by many and is insincere and worn."
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: chris jericho, ChrisJericho, gay lesbian alliance against defamation, GayLesbianAllianceAgainstDefamation, glaad, jarrett barrios, JarrettBarrios, jericho, wrestling, wwe
Posted Jun 7th 2007 12:40PM by TMZ Staff
Congratulations, obsessive "Jericho" fans -- you have officially broken CBS. The "canceled" show has been quickly resurrected and will be back in 2008, the network announced late yesterday. But CBS still needs your help.
Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment, posted an open letter to fans announcing the decision and imploring them to now focus their attention on bringing more viewers to the show, saying, "We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks." Doesn't CBS have a marketing department for that?
The show's fans had bombarded CBS offices with peanuts (a reference only fans of the show would get) as a form of protest. The tactic worked so well, Tassler closed her letter with, "Please stop sending us nuts :)"
Filed under: TV
Tags: cbs, jericho
Posted Jun 5th 2007 3:06PM by TMZ Staff
For all you super-obsessed "Jericho" nuts out there, worry no more!
CBS is steps away from sealing a deal to bring "Jericho" back from the TV graveyard for at least eight episodes, this according to TVGuide.com. An insider was quoted as saying the deal hinges on signing the actors to new contracts and finding a soundstage to house the show's sets. The series, which focuses on a small Kansas town coping with a new reality after a series of nuclear attacks by terrorists, could return as soon as mid-season. Kaboom!
Jerichoholics have launched all sorts of desperate campaigns to resurrect the show, including bombarding TMZ's email accounts with pleas. People -- listen up -- we can't bring back TV shows!!
Diehard fans have also sent shipments of peanuts to CBS in a move to persuade them to pickup the series. The peanuts were an allusion to a bit of war-cry dialog in the final episode. "Nuts!"
For the first time, television executives will work for peanuts.
Filed under: Gossip/Rumors, TV
Tags: cbs, jericho, skeet ulrich, SkeetUlrich, tv guide, TvGuide
Posted Oct 12th 2006 5:36PM by TMZ Staff
After four solid weeks, CBS has committed to the rest of the season of its freshman drama "Jericho," the net announced today.
The show has averaged 11.3 million viewers and has boosted CBS's performance in the Wednesday 8-9PM time period by nearly 48%.
Jericho stars Skeet Ulrich in a drama about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion on a small, peaceful Kansas town.
Filed under: TV
Tags: cbs, jericho, skeet ulrich, SkeetUlrich
Posted Oct 12th 2006 2:57PM by TMZ Staff
Despite our unadulterated love for "Lost," the show is losing viewers every week and is down nearly five million viewers from the same time last year.
According to early ratings reports, "Lost" pulled in 16.66 million viewers at 9PM, just 180,000 more than "Criminal Minds" over on CBS. Just a year before, the show pulled in 21.66 million viewers -- a 23% drop. To drive the point home, "Lost" lost nearly three million viewers from the last half hour of "Dancing With the Stars," the top show of the night with an average of 18.14 million viewers.
"The Nine" couldn't capitalize on the "Lost" momentum at 10PM, pulling in just 8.41 million viewers -- a drop of 3.5 million viewers from its premiere last week.
Bad news over at NBC -- with stiff competition ("Dancing," "Jericho" and MLB playoffs) running at 8PM, NBC's new Tina Fey comedy "30 Rock" finished third in the hour with 8.26 million viewers. "20 Good Years" premiered at 8:30 with just 6.97 million viewers.
Meanwhile on CBS, their freshman drama "Jericho" continued its strong run with 10.9 million viewers, a comfortable number considering it competes with "Dancing" every week.
Still, we're a month into the new season and there isn't a mega-hit in the bunch. "Ugly Betty" leads a solid, but unspectacular, freshman class after pulling in 14.26 million viewers last week.
Filed under: TV
Tags: 30 rock, 30Rock, dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, jericho, lost, ugly betty, UglyBetty
Posted Aug 14th 2006 11:59AM by TMZ Staff
When you are the #1 network on primetime television, you only have room in your lineup for four new shows. For CBS, those new shows are "Jericho," "Smith," "Shark" and "The Class."
"Jericho" stars Skeet Ulrich and Gerald McRaney in a drama about what happens when a far-off explosion sends a peaceful Kansas town into chaos -- and leaves them wondering if they are the only Americans left alive.
Tune into the premiere of "Jericho" September 20 at 8PM ET/PT.
"Smith" follows criminal mastermind Bobby Stevens, played by Ray Liotta, and a close-knit crew of career criminals who plot and execute intricate and ingenious high-stakes robberies across the country. Virginia Madsen co-stars as Liotta's wife, along with Simon Baker, Amy Smart, Franky G and Shoreh Aghdashloo.
"Smith" premieres September 19 at 10PM ET/PT.
James Woods stars as Sebastian Stark in the new legal drama "Shark." In the show, Woods plays a charismatic, supremely self-confident defense attorney who, after a shocking outcome in one of his cases and a personal epiphany, brings his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor's office.
"Shark premieres September 21 at 10PM ET/PT.
And then there's "The Class," CBS' lone new comedy. It's about a group of 20-somethings, who were all in the same third grade class, that reunite at a surprise party. The comedy comes from David Crane ("Friends") and Jeffrey Klarik ("Mad About You").
"The Class" begins September 18 at 8PM ET.
Filed under: TV
Tags: jericho, shark, smith, the class, TheClass
