Jericho is back, with conflicting reports as to its health. On the bright side, Ain’t It Cool News reports that Jericho had a strong debut, easily improving on the ratings of ‘Cane’, which it is replacing. On the dark side, IO9 described Jericho’s ratings as average and not strong enough to get it a third season renewal. It seems a little early to tell; if the show is profitable and CBS doesn’t think they can do better with an unknown show, it could easily be renewed.

The second season premiere hit the ground running, answering a lot of questions about the state of the US and bypassing the more soap opera-type elements of the show to get on with the plot and reposition the main characters in their newly post-post-apocalyptic world.

Still no sign of any nuclear zombies.

Amazon and iTunes have both made the second season premiere available for free. You can preview it below on Amazon; click through here to get it for free on Amazon, or click through to get it for free from iTunes. Beware that these free offers don’t last forever.

Amazon’s downloads, by the way, will play on a Windows PC, a compatible mobile device that connects to a Windows PC, or a Series 2 or better Tivo with a network connection. iTunes’ downloads will play on a Mac or PC, iPod with video, iPod Classic, 3rd generation iPod nano, iPod touch, iPhone or Apple TV.

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