Hot on the heels of the news that Emily Rose will star in an eight episode arc on Brothers & Sisters comes news that the hot actress will also appear in Jericho for five episodes, beginning once it returns at mid-season for its second season.

Rose will play an “ambitious aid worker who helps with the reconstruction of the town”.

I wonder where she’ll be popping up next?

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It looks like CBS is taking the resurrection of Jericho seriously by bringin aboard new talent for the upcoming seven episode second season of Jericho. Esai Morales has signed on for the new season of Jericho to star in six of the seven episodes currently scheduled.

Morales will be playing a career military officer who hasn’t heard from his wife since the nuclear attacks that started the show’s first season. The trade paper offers no explanation for how Morales’ Col. Hoffman will tie into the lives of the struggling community of Jericho.

Shooting on “Jericho” begins this week and will run through September. CBS has yet to set a premiere date for the series, which was cancelled in May, but earned a reprieve after an extensive fan advocacy campaign.

Esai Morales has most recently appeared in the cancelled Vanished and NYPD Blue before that.

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Jericho fans rejoice… CBS has officially confirmed that Jericho will return for a second season, although a shortened seven episode season which will return mid-season. It took some time to confirm the season as CBS suddenly had to confirm contracts with the show’s stars.

But the return of the show has a twist… CBS is calling on fans to help create a buzz around the show in order to up viewership, which could result in a third season if it does well in the ratings.

“Wow! Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a letter to “Jericho” boosters.

The letter was released to The Associated Press.

“You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard,” Tassler wrote, and seven episodes have been ordered for midseason 2007-08. “In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more `Jericho,’ we will need more viewers.”

Fans must do their part to rally interest while the network does its job, she said.

CBS is planning a campaign to reintroduce “Jericho,” including rerunning the show on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips online and releasing the first season on DVD on Sept. 25. The show’s return date and scheduling has yet to be determined.

It is nice to see that not only did CBS bring back the cancelled show for a second season, but also that they seem committed to ensuring that it brings new fans into the show, particularly during the slower summer viewing season. And you can’t help but wonder if the DVD collection of season one will have extras that will make those Jericho fans go nuts… if not coverage of the whole situation - and the 20,000 pounds of peanuts they dumped at the CBS studios - of the cancellation and return of Jericho.

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Looks like the fans going nuts about Jericho being cancelled is having more of an effect, especially after CBS comments on the situation last week. Rumors are swirling around that Jericho just might be back for a second season after all. It sounds as though it will be only eight episodes long (hey, eight episodes is better than none!) and would come back as a mid-season replacement program.

We will keep you posted!

Many Jericho fans were left in the lurch after CBS failed to renew the show for a second season. Enough fans contacted CBS with their displeasure that CBS has now promised that they will provide closure to the fans of the series.

The statement from CBS:

To the fans of Jericho:

We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment. Please know that canceling a television series is a very difficult decision. Hundreds of people at the Network, the production company and the incredibly-talented creative team worked very hard to build and serve the community for this show — both on-air and online. It is a show we loved too.

Thank you for supporting Jericho with such passion. We truly appreciate the commitment you made to the series and we are humbled by your disappointment. In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jericho story.

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment

What will the closure be? A short story detailing the end? A two hour movie? Something available exclusively on CBS.com as a download? It will be interesting to see… and if it is something “watchable”, if enough fans watch could they ultimately bring back the series?

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CBS has canceled the drama Jericho after running for only one season. CBS did not include the show in its new fall lineup and its status is officially canceled.

Alicia Coppola fans can breathe a sigh of relief… she has been bumped up to series regular status on Jericho. She portrays Mimi Clark, the Washington D.C. IRS agent who happened to be in Jericho when the attacks began.

Don’t forget, Jericho returns February 21st at 8pm on CBS.

Trust Ausiello to get the scoop. He reveals that someone is getting murdered on the show this March or April. Of course, in true Ausiello style, he doesn’t give us any more clues… yet!

It is pretty broad, and while it could be someone inconsequential, I think it has to be someone bigger since he has mentioned it in his Ask Ausiello, which is usually reserved for bigger spoilers.

Any guesses?

If you have been eagerly awaiting more nitty gritty on the days leading up to Jericho’s own armageddon, you are in luck. According to Michael Ausiello, an episode airing during February sweeps will reveal what happened in the few days prior to the first episode starting.

This piece of scoop is da bomb: Rumor has it that a February-sweeps episode will go back in time to chronicle the days leading up to Armageddon. I hear lots of character questions will be answered in the process.

This episode is set to air on February 21st, which is also the premiere date of the second half of the season.

Jericho fans will be happy to know that the what-happens-in-small-town-America-during-a-nuclear-war drama has been picked up by CBS for the full season. The show has had about 11 million viewers, which is promising for a new series.

The cast of Jericho includes Skeet Ulrich, Gerald McRaney, Ashley Scott, Pamela Reed, Kenneth Mitchell, Lennie James, Sprague Gradon, Michael Gaston, Erik Knudsen, Brad Beyer and Shoshannah Stern.