Wasteland (TV series)

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Wasteland
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Wasteland promotional photo
Genre Drama
Created by Kevin Williamson
Starring Sasha Alexander
Marisa Coughlan
Rebecca Gayheart
Eddie Mills
Dan Montgomery Jr.
Brad Rowe
Opening theme In Walks You
Country of origin USA
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time approx. 43 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run October 7, 1999 – October 21, 1999
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Wasteland was an American television drama on ABC network created by Kevin Williamson. The show debuted in 1999, a Miramax Films production.

College, Friend, Human Relationship, Gay Interest and Closeted Homosexual are examples of themes explored.

It aired only three episodes in October 1999 before ABC canceled it.

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[edit] Plot summary

What happens after college for six friends with individual lifes. Dawnie, a graduate student writing a thesis on the "lost generation" and at 27 she is standing strong as a virgin. Alongside is her two best female friends. Sam, a sassy social worker and Jesse, a publicist obsessed with the downtown dating scene. Then there is Vandy, a musician in the day, bartender in the night. He still carries a torch for Sam. Ty, who reappears after dating Dawnie who he dumped for not "giving out" and was the college roommate of Russell. Russel is a gay soap opera star terrified of being out. They have six individual lives, six interesting sex lifes, and one common friendship that will last for life.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Notable guest appearances

  • Adam Scott as Phillip The Coffee Boy
  • Benjamin Markham as Gothic Bill

[edit] Trivia

  • The mortuary where the dead roommate's ashes were taken was called "Steadlawn Mortuary" an anagram of "Wasteland" - gallows humor since that was the last filmed episode and everyone on the team knew the show was about to be axed.
  • The working title of the show was "wasteLAnd", which was suppose to take place in Los Angeles (hence the capital letters) but the when it was rewritten, the story setting was changed to New York instead.
  • Sam Price was originally written as an NYPD Detective; after negative test-audience feedback was centered around her character's profession and accent, her scenes in the pilot were re-shot to make the character a social worker and the second episode dealt with Sam learning how to speak without a Southern accent.

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