Medium (TV series)
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| Medium | |
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 Medium intertitle |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Creator(s) | Glenn Gordon Caron |
| Starring | see below |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 55 (to date) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 45 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | January 3, 2005 – present |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Medium is an American drama television series about a woman (played by Patricia Arquette) who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office. The series is based on the life of Allison DuBois, a much-criticized and controversial figure who claims to use psychic powers to help local law enforcement.
The show was created by Glenn Gordon Caron and produced by Picturemaker Productions and Grammnet Productions in association with CBS Paramount Television.
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[edit] Plot
Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette) is a strong-willed mother of three, a devoted wife, and law student who begins to suspect that she can talk to dead people, see the future in her dreams, and read people's thoughts. Fearing for her mental health, she turns for support to her husband Joe (Jake Weber), an aerospace engineer, who slowly comes to believe that what his wife is telling him just might be true upon discovering that some of her dreams match the details of a murder in Texas. The real challenge is convincing her boss, D.A. Devalos (Miguel Sandoval) -- and the other doubters in the criminal justice system -- that her psychic abilities can give them the upper hand when it comes to solving violent and horrifying crimes whose mysteries often reside with those who live beyond the grave. Murders and information on certain people or things come to her dreams or visions in cryptic forms and never really mean what they seem to as Allison soon discovers throughout the series. All of her daughters appear to have inherited their mother's gift, with Ariel (Sofia Vassilieva) and Bridgette (Maria Lark) having visions' or dreams, usually occurring when their mother is in a bind in searching for answers to her own dreams, and her youngest daughter having intercepted a TV station that they did not receive in the house. Bridgette (the middle child) never appears to be bothered by this, while Ariel usually has a harder time trying to cope with a gift she knows very little about. Allison is occasionally accompanied by a local Arizona cop, and friend to Manuel Devalos, Det. Lee Scanlon (David Cubitt), who, at first, also did not believe that she had a "gift" upon learning about it. Allison often bends the rules of the law when she is determined to stop a vision from happening.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role | Notes |  |
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| Patricia Arquette | Allison DuBois | Protagonist | |
| Jessy Schram | Young Allison Roland (recurring) | ||
| Jake Weber | Joe DuBois | Allison's husband | |
| Miguel Sandoval | District Attorney Manuel Devalos | Allison's boss | |
| Sofia Vassilieva | Ariel DuBois | Allison & Joe's oldest daughter | |
| Maria Lark | Bridgette DuBois | Allison & Joe's middle daughter | |
| David Cubitt | Detective Lee Scanlon | Allison's coworker | |
| Tina DiJoseph | Lynn DiNovi (recurring) | Mayor's Liaison, later Deputy Mayor | |
| Madison Carabello | Marie DuBois (recurring) | Allison & Joe's youngest daughter | |
| Miranda Carabello | L-R: Lee Scanlon, Allison DuBois, D.A. Devalos |
[edit] Awards
In 2005, Patricia Arquette was awarded the Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series.' In addition, she was nominated for the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors' Guild Awards in both 2006 and 2007.
[edit] Episodes
The show premiered on January 3, 2005, and ran for 16 episodes until May 23, 2005. The second season started on September 19, 2005, and ran for 22 episodes to May 22, 2006.
When NBC revealed the lineup for its Fall 2006 schedule, Medium was missing, despite a strong second-season finish in the ratings, and Arquette's Emmy win. The network announced it would return early in 2007. However, on October 13, 2006, it was announced that production would resume immediately for a third season start-up at 9:00 p.m. on November 15, 2006, with a two-hour season premiere. Medium replaced the time slot vacated by Kidnapped, which was shifted to Saturday nights. Starting November 22, 2006, Medium airs at 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday nights.
Beginning on March 26, 2006, repeats of the program have been airing on the cable network Lifetime.
[edit] U.S. Television Ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Medium on NBC.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. Times mentioned in this section are in the Eastern & Pacific time zones.
| Season | Timeslot | Season Première | Season Finale | TV Season | Season Rank |
Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | Monday 10:00 p.m. | January 3, 2005 | May 23, 2005 | 2004-2005 | #19[1] | 13.9[1] |
| 2 | September 19, 2005 | May 22, 2006 | 2005-2006 | #35[2] | 11.2[2] | |
| 3 | Wednesday 10:00 p.m. | November 15, 2006 | May 16, 2007[3] | 2006-2007 | TBA | TBA |
[edit] International broadcasters
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] Official sites
- CTV Official Medium website
- Allison DuBois' website Contains her thoughts on the TV series and information about her life, her work, and her book, Don't Kiss Them Goodbye.
