Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Early Edition - Sci-Fi Drama Series

Created by: Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page and Vik Rubenfeld
Developed by: Bob Brush

Early Edition Casts:
  • Kyle Chandler as Gary Hobson
  • Shanesia Davis-Williams as Marissa Clark
  • Fisher Stevens as Chuck Fishman
  • Ron Dean as Det. Marion Zeke Crumb
  • James Deuter as Boswell
  • Tess Harper as Lois Hobson
  • Renee Domenz as Beautiful Woman

Early Edition TV Series was one of the most outstanding, most thought-provoking and award winning show hit the small screen. A combination of good acting, good writing and strong productions comes a very entertaining series about an unusual superhero not by superhuman powers or special abilities but the capabilities to do super kind deeds to save lives, stop tragedies, disasters and give perfect choice for other people using tomorrow's newspaper he received today.

Every morning, Gary Hobson mysteriously receives a day ahead Chicago Sun-Times newspapers delivered by an orange tabby cat right in his front door. With Gary's knowledge about potential future as stated in the headlines and story text, Gary was able to make it on the scenes to save lives, prevent terrible events and make things right with the help of his college friends former fellow stock broker Chuck Fishman giving his hands but always asking for lottery winning number and blind former brokerage receptionist Marissa Clark who helps Gary make right choice. With Gary's curiosity where the newspaper came from, he learned a group of people have sort of supernatural abilities such as mysteriously appearing at any location, are the responsible in giving the newspaper not only to Gary but also to few others. Receiving and saving people using the newspaper was formerly belongs to Lucius Snow, he pass the responsibility to Gary after saving his life as a child.

Early Edition sci-fi drama TV series completed 4 seasons and 90 one hour episodes aired from September 18, 1996 until May 27, 2000 by CBS, now available on DVD.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Fame - A Musical Drama Series

Award-winning musical drama series Fame created by Christopher Gore and was based on 1980 film with the same title, story about the students and faculty of New York City High School of Performing Arts and all their hardships, efforts, sacrifices to reach the fame and their dreams.


Performing Arts students Bruno Martelli, Coco Hernandez, Danny Amatullo, Montgomery MacNeil, Leroy Johnson, Julie Miller, Doris Schwartz, Christopher Donlon and others possesses their dreams, they love to dance, play music, perform and act, they are young and energetic. With the guidance of Lydia Grant, Elizabeth Sherwood, Benjamin Shorofsky, Principal Bob Dyenforth and other faculty members, they all share the journey of hardships and circumstances, the kids give their best, finishing Art School and become rich and famous.


Fame after canceled for two seasons on NBC, still continued another 4 seasons of performance and journey in total of 136 sixty-minute episodes aired from January 1982 to May 1987.



The Students:
  • Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz
  • Lori Singer as Julie Miller
  • Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett
  • Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler
  • Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp
  • Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez
  • Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez
  • Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
  • Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon
  • P.R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil
  • Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware
  • Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
  • Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli
The Faculty:
  • Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
  • Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg
  • Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood
  • Michael Thoma as Greg Crandall
  • Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
  • Graham Jarvis as The Principal, Bob Dyrenforth
  • Morgan Stevens as David Reardon
  • Ken Swofford as Quentin Morloch
  • Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seger