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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
3/1/12
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5/24/12
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2011-2012 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (13 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 5/11/12 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release, February 2012) NBC will premiere its intriguing new drama "Awake" on Thursday, March 1 (10-11 p.m. ET), starring Jason Isaacs ("Harry Potter," "Brotherhood") as a detective who finds he is leading a complex double life that defies reality. The series will continue on Thursdays (10-11 p.m. ET). From executive producers Kyle Killen ("Lone Star") and Howard Gordon ("Homeland," "24"), "Awake" is an intriguing drama about Detective Michael Britten (Isaacs) who finds he's living two parallel lives. He's involved in a car accident that seems to have killed both his son (Dylan Minnette, "Saving Grace") and wife (Laura Allen, "Terriers"), yet his mind creates an ingenious coping mechanism in which he now lives two separate lives - one where his wife survived and the other where his son did. Trying to regain some normalcy, Michael returns to solving crimes in both worlds with the help of two different partners, Detective Isaiah "Bird" Freeman (Steve Harris, "The Practice") and Detective Efrem Vega (Wilmer Valderrama, "That '70s Show"). Michael is assigned a different case in each reality and quickly discovers that his dual existence is actually a powerful tool. He begins to solve impossible cases by using his two realities to gain unique perspectives and link clues that cross over from world to world. Helping Michael to navigate his two realities are his bureau-assigned therapists Dr. Evans (Emmy Award winner Cherry Jones, "24") and Dr. Lee (BD Wong, NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"). While both therapists work to untangle his two worlds, Michael has no interest in proving either one is false. But when memories of the accident begin to haunt him, he is forced to confront the truth about what really happened the night of the crash. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· B.D. Wong as Jonathan Lee
· Cherry Jones as Judith Evans
· Dylan Minnette as Rex Britten
· Jason Isaacs as Michael Britten
· Laura Allen as Hannah Britten
· Michaela McManus as Tara
· Steve Harris as Isaiah "Bird" Freeman
· Wilmer Valderrama as Efrem Vega
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CREW INFORMATION:
· David Slade as DIR (Pilot)
· Howard Gordon as EP
· Jeffrey Reiner as EP
· Kyle Killen as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Letter Eleven
· Teakwood Lane Productions
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