It's on at a bad timeslot, rarely anything grows in such shadows that is the 10 p.m timeslot on Tuesdays. Serialized shows needs an earlier timeslot, while more inert, less-serialized procedurals (CSIs, Law & Orders, etc) can subsist in the later timeslots.
I thought the pace was much better than most of the first half of season 1 episodes as well, and it is marching along with more confidence in the setup of the main plot for this brief respite from the verge of TV death.
Okay, Tuesday is here, and the 2nd season of Jericho kicks off for a 7-episode run starting tonight on CBS in the 10-spot EST. Even if you have seen the leaked episodes, please keep your comments in this thread to the episodes that have aired (at least by east coast/central time zones...