Overview - Jericho - Seriously TEN

Jericho Overview

Returns in 2007

Jericho is set in a town where its residents survive the aftermath of nuclear explosions. Is anyone else alive?

A small and peaceful town in Kansas plunges into chaos when a nuclear mushroom cloud appears on the horizon. The town’s residents are left wondering if they are the only ones still alive. Fear of the unfamiliar and unknown thrusts Jericho into social, psychological and physical turmoil when communication and power is shut down. The town starts to fall apart as terror, anger and confusion prevails. Sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and secrets threaten to be revealed. Others will find an inner strength and the most unlikely heroes will emerge.

Cast & Characters

Skeet Ulrich as Jake Green
Gerald Mcraney as Mayor Johnston Green
Pamela Reed as Gail Green
Ashley Scott as Emily Sullivan
Michael Gaston as Gray Anderson
Sprague Grayden as Heather Lisinski
Lennie James as Robert Hawkins
Erik Knudsen as Dale Turner
Kenneth Mitchell as Eric Green
Shoshannah Stern as Bonnie Richmond
Brad Beyer as Stanley Richmond

Further information on the program

Several themes addressed in the program are

community identity
public order
external and internal threats.

The show features several mysteries involving the backgrounds of major characters, the unknown perpetrators of the attack, and the extent of damage to the United States and its government.