Filming is nearly complete for the seven-episode second season of the slightly resurrected Jericho.  To say that the show has been fully resurrected would be stretching it a bit.  With just a third of the regular number of episodes for a full series, Jericho seems more like a seriously ill patient awaiting an organ transplant or a blood transfusion.

In the case of this program, Jericho has been given a new lease on life for as long as the numbers back it up for continued production.

Here are a couple of casting tidbits that will hopefully help steer Jericho back into prolonged existence.

Esai Morales, who rose to prominence for his role as Bob, Richie Valens' (a rookie Lou Diamond Phillips) brother in the biopic, La Bamba, signed on a few months ago to become a series regular as Col. Hoffman.  The colonel is a career military man and Iraq war veteran who has lost all trace of his wife since the start of the attacks.  He is also the military officer whom Heather turned to, while seeking help for Jericho.

Morales will be stepping into the shoes of the first Col. Hoffman, Titus Welliver.  Welliver had appeared in the first season finale entitled “Why We Fight.”  Unfortunately, he became unavailable for the second season, which prompted producers to bring in a replacement.

More recently, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that John from Cincinnati's Emily Rose will portray a young and ambitious aid worker by the name of Trish Merrick, who comes into town to help in the rebuilding and reconstruction of Jericho.  Rose is said to take part in five of the second season's seven installments.

If Jericho is to remain on the air with additional new episodes, the experimental seven installments currently in production must draw enough viewers to convince CBS to maintain the franchise.


-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The Journal News
(Image Courtesy of CBS)