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| Scott Peters, creator of USA Network's The 4400, announced on the show's official forum that the series has been canceled. "It's with great sadness that I pass along to you the information I've just received: The 4400 has been canceled," Peters wrote on Dec. 18. "We've had a great time bringing you this story and submersing you in the lives of all these incredible characters. Thank you especially to the folks on the board here whose tireless devotion to the show is nothing short of remarkable." Cast member Jacqueline McKenzie posted her own reaction to the news on her MySpace.com page. "I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone here for writing those petitions!" she said, referring to a fan campaign to save the show. "I know I speak for all the cast: We really appreciate the support and dedication of our fans! Thank you!" Peters, who is also an executive producer, said that he broke the news to cast member Joel Gretsch. "We had a great talk about what we all accomplished and how much we'll miss our family that is our crew and our cast ... and our fans," Peters wrote. "But at least we got to go out with a bang! I had an awesome time directing the last episode. I think I got to make almost every single cast member cry (on camera). How much fun was that?" Peters helmed the final episode of the series, "The Great Leap Forward," which aired on Sept. 16, 2007. The show ran for four season on USA |
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| Fans of USA Network's canceled SF series The 4400 are mounting a mail-in campaign to persuade network executives to reconsider their decision. Inspired by successful fan mailings of peanuts (to save CBS' Jericho) and Tabasco sauce (for The CW's Roswell), fans will ship sunflower seeds, a favorite of 4400 character Dr. Burkhoff (Jeffrey Combs), in a coordinated mailing daily for a week, starting Feb. 1. The fans have also organized an online petition, which has more than 6,000 signatures to date. USA canceled the show in December, after four seasons. The final episode, "The Great Leap Forward," aired on Sept. 16, 2007. |
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| I'm not suprised they had low figures - did you see what time they aired it? :ph43r: |
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| yep, the usual 2-3 am (with a bit of around midnight at least once without much warning) <_< not sure they knew what the show was about, they probably bought it because they thought it was the similar to buffy (young audience and also probably to annoy BBC or they thought) and got a huge surprise |
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| Ian: "I have been a great fan of The Dead Zone and know it has been cancelled in the States. Any idea when the last series will be on Sci Fi. It is long overdue. Thanks." Neil: You may be in for a long wait. Sci Fi tell me they have "no plans" to air the final season of The Dead Zone. |
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| Hall Sums Up The Dead Zone Anthony Michael Hall, who played psychic Johnny Smith in six seasons of USA Network's The Dead Zone, told SCI FI Wire that he looks back fondly on the show and feels that the last season did a good job of closing it out. The series ended a bit abruptly because production wrapped on the final season before producers knew that the show wouldn't return for a seventh season. "The last couple of seasons, we just had to address the finales as if they might be the last, but in my gut I felt the [sixth-season] finale would be the last," Hall said during an interview to promote the just-released DVD set The Dead Zone: The Final Season. "In terms of how the season went, I had a great time," Hall added. "We'd moved to Montreal, so suddenly it was an all-French-speaking crew, but I have to say they worked just as hard as the crew in Vancouver did for [the first] five years, and I thought they brought this sort of European sensibility. I thought the production values were solid." Storywise, Hall added, he was happy as well, with a few reservations. During the last season, storylines focused less on Walt (Chris Bruno) and Bruce (John L. Adams) and more on Johnny's interactions with former love Sarah (Nicole deBoer) and his longtime nemesis, Greg Stillson (Sean Patrick Flanery). "One of the decisions, and it was a network decision, [but] they wanted to get back to the original elements, the family issues, the stuff with Johnny and Sarah," Hall said. "We wanted to tie up the stuff with Stillson, so he was a factor. That led to sort of diminishing the other characters a little bit, Walt and ... Bruce. So it was difficult, because we were all a team for five years, and then suddenly the network decided to make some changes because they wanted to get back to the sort of nuts and bolts of the early season stuff. Overall, I felt good about it. It's always the challenge for the actor to make it come alive." The Dead Zone concluded with an hour entitled "Denouement." "I thought the episode was good," Hall said. "If it was going to be the last season, that episode spoke to all those character and story issues. In that regard I felt good about it. I'm grateful. Six seasons is amazing. We did 80 episodes, which is like doing 40 movies about one story. It was a great experience." |
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| Anthony Michael Hall, who played psychic Johnny Smith on USA Network's The Dead Zone, told SCI FI Wire that there's talk about a movie and that he'd be open to one, but added that he wasn't particularly optimistic about the possibility. Hall starred for six seasons on the show. "There's talk about it," Hall said during an interview to promote the just-released DVD set The Dead Zone: The Final Season. "I don't think we had the size of a cult following that, let's say, The X-Files did. You look at Sex and the City or The X-Files, these movies were done long after the shows pumped out their last episodes." Interestingly, The Dead Zone had a previous incarnation as a 1983 feature film, which starred Christopher Walken as Smith. Some shots of the Dead Zone TV pilot appear to have been borrowed from that film, though the TV show introduced new characters and departed greatly from the movie's premise. Both TV show and movie were based on Stephen King's book of the same name. In any case, Hall said that he remains grateful for his chance to do the show. "I would certainly be open to the potential for [a reunion feature]," he said. "I would never turn my back on what [the show's late producer] Michael Piller did for me. He gave me this incredible opportunity. When I look back at [my] career, I view him and John Hughes as almost guardian angels of my career." Piller handpicked Hall to play Smith after watching him play Bill Gates in the cable-television movie Pirates of Silicon Valley. "He and his son, Shawn, were great partners, along with [co-executive producer] Lloyd Segan," Hall said. "These guys, we made it a family affair. ... So I was grateful for the experience, and I would certainly entertain it if they wanted to pursue a film. Am I optimistic about it? Not really, but I certainly wouldn't turn my back on the opportunity." |