New NBC Show To Air: Day One

Tentative Air Date: January 2010

I generally don't watch alot of television, but once in awhile something that could be good fun comes along. I enjoyed "Jericho", a CBS production, while it ran. This production strikes me as something akin to Jericho.

The premise of the show is that some type of "global event" has happened, and taken down the world's infrastructure. It chronicles the events surrounding a group of apartment dwellers from Van Nuys, California.

NBC's home page for the show is located here.

Below is a behind the scenes production shot. Additional videos can be viewed at the NBC website referenced above.




NBC plans on having viewers submit video to be featured on a video wall, and potentially be featured on air.

If we're all still around in 2010, this might be something fun for all of us who have this mindset.

I'm always very curious about the timing of the release of some of these shows. It seems almost like someone (or something) is trying to prime the consciousness of the public at large.

Think of "Jericho" which detailed the aftermath of a nuclear attack on American Soil. We've all heard the "rumors" of suitcase and pocket nukes being smuggled across our southern border either by sea or through the network of tunnels that transverse the empty spaces between dwellings in Tijuana and San Diego for example. In the show, China was shown air dropping aid packets to hapless American citizens.

Now, we have stories being trotted out where the Taliban may gain control of nukes if Pakistan falls, and how China's power on the world stage has eclipsed that of The United States.

I'm not worried about Pakistan. India is, and they're right next door to Pakistan. If Pakistan's government falls, I'd almost be willing to wager that there will either be a swift Indian incursion to take control of the nuclear weapons depots, or a first strike before the Taliban can solidify their command and control authority over the military. Then there's the story of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud who says that he will launch an attack on Washington DC that will "Amaze The World".

It is curious that "Jericho" had developed a fairly sizeable fan base, and the ratings were increasing, and yet CBS killed the show. Perhaps the initial ratings were all that mattered at the time, because arguably it shows that most Americans at that time were still asleep even in post 911 times. They'd rather watch mind numbing things like "American Idol".

Last July, during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee , William R. Graham, chairman of the Commission to Ass More..ess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack and the former national science adviser to President Reagan, testified that America is extremely vulnerable to an EMP attack.

Kim Jong Il has been trying to get one up (missile that is) recently and has made progress.

Iran has the bomb, allegedly. Israel isn't happy about that fact. Iran continues to bait Israel, and eventually, Ahmadinejad is going to wake up and smell the burning cities around him.

I have to wonder, if these shows are being floated out there to test the reaction of the American public. Or maybe to keep people yawning, because they've all heard it before. Take for instance how many people have failed to react to the maybe non-event of a possible first wave of a pandemic flu.

Of course, in September we will learn if it was in actuality a non-event, or if it was the harbinger of the arrival of the Horsemen.

Is our continual yawning and dismissive behavior our Pavlovian Response? Do we have a Pavlovian Response? What has our Pavlovian Conditioning wrought?