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  • ‘The 4400’ returns next year to USA Network

    MUMBAI: American broadcaster USA Network has ordered 13 one-hour episodes of the Emmy-nominated and critically-acclaimed hit series The 4400. In India the first season aired on AXN under the Platinum Showcase block.

    The show will return to USA Network in summer 2006 with production scheduled to begin in Vancouver early next year.

    The 4400 explores the travails of the 4400 people who all at once returned in a ball of light to Earth; though the returnees had not aged physically, many of them reappeared with dramatic abilities ranging from enhanced reflexes to precognition. National Threat Assessment Command (NTAC) is the government agency responsible for keeping track of the returnees and investigating all things related to the 4400.

    USA’s executive VP original programming Jeff Wachtel said, “Even in this increasingly competitive climate, renewing The 4400 was an easy call. Its compelling characters fit perfectly within the USA brand. And the creative team’s ability to balance story, character and ‘big themes’ really makes this show unique.”

  • ‘The 4400’ goes into production for second season

    MUMBAI: The science-fiction themed series The 4400 from Paramount Network Television, begins production on its second season this week in Vancouver.

    While the second season of the show will air in the US on USA Network from July 2005 in India the first season of the show is airing on AXN.
     

    The second season kicks with the episode Wake-up Call. Billy Campbell will reprise his role as Collier, one of the mysterious 4400. Other returning cast members include Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie.

    The second season will continue exploring the travails of the 4400 people who were presumed dead or reported missing, before they suddenly reappeared on Earth. Though they had not aged physically, some of them reappeared on earth with severe alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. The Department of Homeland Security formed an agency to track the 4400 after one of them was accused of committing a murder.
     
     

    In the first episode of the show’s second season, the action resumes six months after the series first season ended, and over a year after the 4400 were deposited back on earth. Tom is reinstated at the Department of Homeland Security, reuniting with his partner, Diana, as they continue their investigation into the 4400. Meanwhile, Lily’s baby, who was mysteriously conceived during her absence, is now six months old; and Collier’s book is published, containing explosive information about the 4400.

  • AXN goes down the sci-fi route with ‘The 4400’

    MUMBAI: With its tight fist focus on action, AXN will now try contemplate the sci-fi genre to gauge if it can help the channel to generate edge over competition. The broadcaster will air the show The 4400 every Tuesday at 10 pm from 1 February.

    The title refers to the number of missing people who suddenly resurface. Some have been missing for 60 years, yet they are not a day older when they disappeared.

    The 4400 seem to be completely unaware what has happened to them in the intervening years. The US government tries its level best to figure it out.

    The rest of humanity is less amazed by the strange phenomena and more deeply worried by this bizarre reappearance. When it turns out that some of the 4400 have also developed unusual gifts, tabloid journalists see in the 4400 convenient scapegoats.

    When they are released from quarantine, the anonymity they have been granted now seems paper thin when many already bear a seething hatred for them.

    It may be recalled that a couple of years ago Star Movies had aired the science fiction show Taken. That show had woven together the stories of three families over multiple generations and their crucial role in the history of alien abductions. While Taken fared well in Taiwan it however drew a lukewarm response in India despite a multimedia campaign.

    It remains to be seen as to the kind of response AXN’s new initiative receives.