Editing Jeremiah (TV series) (section)

==Production==
===Development===
Developed by ''[[Babylon 5]]'' creator [[J. Michael Straczynski]] and executive produced by Straczynski and Sam Egan in the first season, and Straczynski and [[Grant Rosenberg]] in the second, the series is loosely based on Belgian writer [[Hermann Huppen]]'s comic book series, ''[[Jeremiah (comics)|Jeremiah]]'', which began in 1979. Aside from the names of the two main characters, the general personality of the protagonist, and the post-apocalyptic setting, there are no similarities between the comics and the series. Having previously published black and white English translations of the first three volumes under the [[Adventure Publications|Adventure Comics]] imprint of [[Malibu Comics|Malibu]] in 1991, [[Scott Mitchell Rosenberg]], the CEO of [[Platinum Studios]] (a company that specializes in comics-to-film properties translations), acquired the media rights to the books and developed a television series.  Executive producer J. Michael Straczynski stated it was a "road show" with Jeremiah and Kurdy traveling around the country in a military Jeep.

Shooting began in Vancouver, British Columbia in the fall of 2001. Actors [[Luke Perry]], from ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'', and [[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]], from ''The [[Cosby Show]]'', were cast in the leads.<ref name="f"/>

===Filming===
The series was filmed in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada.

===Locations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Locations
! Group
|-
|'''Thunder Mountain'''
|[[Cheyenne Mountain Complex]] in [[Colorado]]
|New America Alliance (Western Alliance)
|-
|'''Valhalla Sector'''
|[[Virginia]] or [[West Virginia]]
|United States of America, remnants of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Executive Branch
|-
|'''Milhaven'''
|Colorado
|Valhalla Sector, later Western Alliance
|-
|'''Clarefield'''
|Colorado
|New America Alliance (Western Alliance)
|}

===Cancellation===
Straczynski had prepared a five-year series, but a change in personnel in [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s administration caused the network to decide to stop producing science fiction programming and unofficially cancel ''Jeremiah'' before the second season had its debut in November 2003. Fans realized the possibility of cancellation when Showtime announced the airing of only the first seven out of fifteen episodes of the second season, and organized a campaign to write and phone executives at Showtime, MGM and Platinum Studios to convince them to show the remaining eight and continue with a third season. Ultimately, the network began airing the remaining of the second season starting on September 3, 2004 - after a ten-month break since the last aired episode - but despite continuously rising ratings did not proceed with the renewal of the show.

Before season 2 premiered, Straczynski vowed to never work with the then-current administration of [[MGM Television]] after experiencing major creative differences with them, and had there been a third season it would have to run under some new showrunner. Everyone on cast and crew, including Grant Rosenberg, the second season's co-executive producer, were willing to have continued.<ref name="f"/>