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In an interview with the Associated Press about CBS' Jericho, Skeet Ulrich reveals what the deal is with his name. He says, when he started using it in showbiz he wanted to give a different explanation for his name in every interview. But, he couldn't keep that up so he just told the plain, old truth. Apparently 'Skeet' is a nickname the actor received when he was in little league. He was a super quick and super small, like a mosquito. His coach gave him the nickname and he liked it so much that he stopped responding when people called him by his given name, Bryan.

There's also a lot of biographical information in this article about the Jericho star, if you're interested.

(S01E01) I think I can say without much hesitation that CBS is going for the Lost crowd here. An ongoing mystery involving a nuclear (?) explosion that happens outside of a small town, cutting off all communication between the small town and the outside world. What happened? Was it an accident, another country attacking the country, aliens? Something else completely? But a show like Lost, one that grabs the imagination and fan fervor at an incredible level, is a rare thing. Can Jericho do it too?

Skeet Ulrich is coming to series television in a nuclear-apocalypse drama called Jericho. The drama, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott (executive producers of Numb3rs), is about a small town that becomes isolated from the rest of the world after a nuclear disaster. Ulrich plays the son of the town's mayor, who becomes an unlikely leader as chaos ensues. Skeet comes to television after a starring role in Spielberg's Into the West last summer on TNT.