Tremors (TV series)

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Tremors: The Series
Genre Science Fiction
Creator(s) Brent Maddock
Nancy Roberts
S.S. Wilson
Starring Victor Browne
Gladys Jimenez
Marcia Strassman
Lela Lee
Dean Norris
Michael Gross
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 60 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel Sci-Fi Channel
Original run 28 March 2003 – 8 August 2003
Links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Tremors: The Series was released in 2003 by the Sci-Fi Channel. It is a spin-off of Tremors and was produced at the same time as Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. It follows the residents of Perfection Valley attempting to co-exist with a graboid, while dealing with problems caused by failed government experiments, mad scientists, or ruthless real-estate developers. Though Sci-Fi's highest-rated program at the time, it failed to hit the demographic that Sci-Fi wanted and was cancelled after one season of 13 episodes. The reason for this is often cited by fans to be the fact that the show was in direct competition with Earthsea, which was also in production at the time. It is reasoned that due to Sci-Fi's focusing of funds and hype toward Earthsea doomed the show to rely on low production values and less viewer recognition.

The series has yet to be released on DVD, however all 13 episodes have been released on the iTunes Store.

Contents

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main cast

[edit] Recurring cast

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Original airdate order

  1. Feeding Frenzy
  2. Ghost Dance
  3. Night of the Shriekers
  4. Blast from the Past
  5. Flora or Fauna
  6. Hit and Run
  7. A Little Paranoia Among the Friends
  8. Project 4-12
  9. Graboid Rights
  10. The Sounds of Silence
  11. The Key
  12. Water Hazard
  13. Shriek and Destroy

[edit] Intended play order

  1. Feeding Frenzy
  2. Shriek and Destroy
  3. Blast from the Past
  4. Hit and Run
  5. Project 4-12
  6. Ghost Dance
  7. Night of the Shriekers
  8. A Little Paranoia Among Friends
  9. Flora or Fauna
  10. Graboid Rights
  11. Water Hazard
  12. The Sounds of Silence
  13. The Key

[edit] Controversy of Tremors and Farscape and News Media

Many SFC viewers were upset about the sudden cancellation in September 2002 of Farscape. The SFC tried to tout Tremors: The Series as a Farscape replacement, which failed to work. In January 2003, at the TV News Press Tour in Los Angeles where TV networks would be showing off their new mid-season TV shows, many TV critics wanted to ask SFC President Bonnie Hammer about her decision to cancel Farscape. According to press sources of many nation's TV critics that attended the event, she kept ducking the issue with one critic or another saying she was there to promote the upcoming series Tremors.

When Bonnie Hammer was showing clips of the upcoming Tremors series, one newspaper TV critic asked her about her decision to cancel Farscape. Bonnie Hammer's answer went something like this: "I would be delighted to talk with you after this, however this will be taking up too much time with our Tremors: The Series panel. If you wait after this I will discuss with you in private about Farscape cancellation...." At which point, almost all the TV critics, who on the second day of the tour were already being denied or ignored about their questions/requests on Farscape screamed almost in union, "NO, we want answers NOW!!!" A visibly shaken Hammer was apparently stunned by the many nation's TV news critics/reviewers action who were not interested in her upcoming Tremors: The Series and only in her decision of Farscape cancellation.

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