When fans were able to bring back Jericho by bombarding CBS with tons of nuts, they thought they made an impression.  However, the series has now become double dead with the second season cut short after just seven episodes.  Fans were disappointed, and a few are still hopeful that they could pull off another save-the-show campaign.  The fact that the show was shut down twice says something about Jericho.  The low-rated show just can't survive on CBS.

Nonetheless, some are hoping that Comcast will enter the picture and save the day--or the show, for that matter.  Recently, there have been talks that Comcast may enter a similar deal like that of DirecTV for another struggling but highly acclaimed show, Friday Night Lights.  But now that the future of Jericho is terribly bleak, the actors and actresses have resigned to pursuing other endeavors than waiting it off in the meantime.

First up, we have Pamela Reed, who played Gail Green in Jericho. She is a stage actress who has appeared in the Broadway play Getting Out, for which she earned a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award. Her other stage performances include Fools, The November People and Curse of the Starving Class. Moving on to film, she worked on Proof of Life, Descending from Heaven and Kindergarten Cop, to name a few.

Returning to stage acting, Reed is featured in this year's rendition of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, in which she played the role of Ella in 1978. The American Conservatory Theater will be presenting the 30th anniversary production of the play, in which Reed will reprise her role of Ella, from April 25 to May 25.

"It's such a privilege to be able to revisit such a seminal piece in one's career and to get to play the next generation," Pamela Reed said. "And with Sam's [Shepard] new changes, the work is simply better — sharper, more concise, and more decisive."

A.C.T.'s Curse of the Starving Class also stars Jack Willis, Jud Williford, Dan Hiatt, Rod Gnapp and Nicole Lowrance among others. For more information on the play and show times, log on to http://www.act-sf.org.

Meanwhile, another Jericho actress is set to join the cast of another show, this time for television. Sprague Grayden, who played Heather Lisinski in the show, is set to play Donna Lerner in the upcoming FX series, Sons of Anarchy. Variety reports that FX has already ordered a 13-episode debut season for the show, which is headed by Kurt Sutter, executive producer for The Shield.

Sons of Anarchy stars Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, and Maggie Siff. The drama series will follow a biker's club as they attempt to protect a fictional California town from drug dealers and corporate developers. The show is set to be released in September.

As of now, there is no further information about Grayden's role in the series, but be sure to check back for more updates on Jericho.


-Valerie Anne del Castillo, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: IGN, E! Online, Playbill, ACT
(Photo courtesy of CBS)