The Chronicle is an American science fiction comedy television series starring Chad Willett that was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel from July 14, 2001,[1] to March 22, 2002. The series is based on the News from the Edge series of novels (for example, Vampires from Vermont) by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis–based author. The series was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, but later found a home on Sci-Fi Channel.[2] The original creative producers who brought the series to television were German Michael Torres and Trevor Taylor.
| The Chronicle | |
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| Genre |
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| Created by | Silvio Horta |
| Starring | Chad Willett Rena Sofer Reno Wilson Jon Polito Curtis Armstrong Elaine Hendrix Patrick Renna Sharon Sachs Octavia Spencer April Bolds |
| Composer | Donald Markowitz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production companies | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio Stu Segall Productions Roundtable Productions Silent H Productions 20th Century Fox International Television Distribution |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sci Fi |
| Release | July 14, 2001 – March 22, 2002 |
Premise
editThe show centers on a group of journalists at a tabloid newspaper, The Chronicle, and the contradictions that transpire when they realize that the various monsters, aliens, and mutants turn out to be real.
Cast
editMain
edit- Chad Willett as Tucker Burns
- Rena Sofer as Grace Hall
- Reno Wilson as Wes Freewald
- Jon Polito as Donald Stern
Recurring
edit- Curtis Armstrong as Sal the Pig-Boy
- Sharon Sachs as Vera
- Elaine Hendrix as Kristen Martin
- Octavia Spencer as Ruby
- April Bolds Chronicle Staff Writer
Production
editSilvio Horta who based the premise off News from the Edge series of books with the underlying concept that every outlandish picture or story in a tabloid is real.[3] Horta stated his intention was to make a more fun and less dour version of The X-Files.[3] The series was initially developed for NBC who wanted it in more of a half-hour format where it leaned more towards comedy.[3] After NBC passed on the pilot, the project was then picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel where it was expanded to a comedic monster of the week similar in tone to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[3]
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Marc Buckland | Silvio Horta | July 14, 2001 | 5009-01-179 |
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Tucker Burns (Chad Willett), a journalism graduate from Columbia with a slightly blemished record, is desperate for a job in the print media. The only place that will hire him is The World Chronicle, a weekly tabloid. He quickly discovers that the Chronicle's articles may be truer than people think. The pilot introduces other Chronicle staff members, including lead reporter Grace Hall (Rena Sofer), photographer Wes Freewald (Reno Wilson), and editor/publisher Donald Stern (Jon Polito). | |||||
| 2 | "What Gobbles Beneath" | Adam Davidson | Silvio Horta | July 14, 2001 | 5009-01-105 |
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Powerful new cell phones threaten the city when huge underground worms home in on the signals. | |||||
| 3 | "Here There Be Dragons" | Sanford Bookstaver | Naren Shankar | July 21, 2001 | 5009-01-107 |
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Tucker, Grace and Wes investigate a dragon living in the sewers beneath Chinatown only to get tangled up in a love triangle. George Takei guest stars as the father of Mina Shen (Youki Kudoh). | |||||
| 4 | "Baby Got Back" | John T. Kretchmer | Silvio Horta | July 28, 2001 | 5009-01-102 |
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An abandoned baby on the doorstep of the World Chronicle building exposes the staff to a dangerous--some might even say demonic--pyramid scheme, led by David Tally (Richard Karn). | |||||
| 5 | "He's Dead, She's Dead" | John T. Kretchmer | Erin Maher & Kay Reindl | August 4, 2001 | 5009-01-106 |
| 6 | "Bermuda Love Triangle" | Krishna Rao | Henry Alonso Myers | August 11, 2001 | 5009-01-110 |
| 7 | "Only the Young Die Good" | Adam Davidson | Peter Hume | August 18, 2001 | 5009-01-109 |
| 8 | "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" | Sanford Bookstaver | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | August 25, 2001 | 5009-01-111 |
| 9 | "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry" | Bruce Seth Green | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | September 8, 2001 | 5009-01-101 |
| 10 | "Take Me Back" | Krishna Rao | Naren Shankar | September 15, 2001 | 5009-01-112 |
| 11 | "Touched by an Alien" | Sanford Bookstaver | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 4, 2002 | 5009-01-113 |
| 12 | "Pig Boy's Big Adventure" | Michael Grossman | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 11, 2002 | 5009-01-116 |
| 13 | "The Cursed Sombrero" | Sanford Bookstaver | Silvio Horta | January 18, 2002 | 5009-01-115 |
| 14 | "Tears of a Clone" | Adam Davidson | Hans Beimler | January 25, 2002 | 5009-01-117 |
| 15 | "I See Dead Fat People" | Jay Tobias | Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec | February 1, 2002 | 5009-01-103 |
| 16 | "Man and Superman" | Adam Davidson | Henry Alonso Myers | February 8, 2002 | 5009-01-114 |
| 17 | "Hot from the Oven" | Jay Tobias | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | February 15, 2002 | 5009-01-108 |
| 18 | "The Stepford Cheerleaders" | Perry Lang | Henry Alonso Myers | February 22, 2002 | 5009-01-104 |
| 19 | "The Mists of Avalon Parkway" | David Straiton | Henry Alonso Myers | March 1, 2002 | 5009-01-118 |
| 20 | "The King Is Undead" | Krishna Rao | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | March 8, 2002 | 5009-01-119 |
| 21 | "Hell Mall" | David Barrett | Michael Shear & Patrick Sean Smith | March 15, 2002 | 5009-01-120 |
| 22 | "A Snitch in Time" | Krishna Rao | Hans Beimler | March 22, 2002 | 5009-01-121 |
References
edit- ^ "The News the Others Won't Use". 13 July 2001.
- ^ "Sci-Fi's 'The Chronicle' shows potential".
- ^ a b c d Scapperotti, Dan (October 2001). "The Puppet Masters". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
External links
edit- "The Chronicle". Official site (Sci Fi Channel). Archived from the original on August 2, 2002.
- The Chronicle at IMDb
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