CBS drama Jericho seems to be down for the count again; the show is largely rumored to be headed for the cancellation bin, despite delivering a second season that was far more even, suspenseful and interesting than the first season proved to be. So forget the teak outdoor furniture and start investing in nuts to send to CBS again?
Not likely. While the nut strategy worked last season, it’s unlikely that the show will be saved this time; thanks to the strike-shortened season, any show the networks have any amount of faith in at all are being renewed. If Jericho isn’t among that number, its chances of being picked up for a third season are about as remote as the chances of Floyd “Money” Mayweather would have in a real fight, outside of a WWE ring, against Paul “The Big Show” Wight.
Despite a huge, $20 million challenge from Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, as well as $10 million bows from Shutter and Drillbit Taylor, it was Dr. Suess’ immortal Horton Hears A Who that remained atop the weekend box office charts this weekend, raking in another $25 million. The animated film’s total is now at $86.47 million and growing, certainly making the film with the $85 million investment required to make the movie.
Horton’s search for the Whos of Whoville might have been aided these days by GPS tracking, but even such technological advances won’t recover the $105 million investment it took to make 10,000 BC, which thus far has only made $76 million and is sinking fast.
By far, the worst bow this week belonged to Under the Same Moon, which debuted at 10th with only $2.6 million.
