Fear Itself (TV series)

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Fear Itself
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Genre Horror
Created by Mick Garris
Theme music composer Serj Tankian
Opening theme "Lie Lie Lie"
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Andrew Deane
Producer(s) Adam Goldworm
Ben Browning
Running time 42 min. (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel NBC / AXN Sci-Fi
Original run June 5, 2008 – January 30, 2009
External links
Official website

Fear Itself is a horror/suspense anthology television series shot in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with some additional shooting in the city of St. Albert and the town of Devon, Alberta. It began airing on June 5, 2008 on NBC.[1]

The show aired Thursday nights at 10/9c. It was put on hiatus for the duration of the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the promise of a return once the event was over, but no further episodes were aired. While NBC failed to comment on the fate of the series once the Olympics ended, its time-slot was thereafter filled with re-runs of other NBC shows and Fear Itself did not appear on the NBC Fall 2008 schedule.

Its title is derived from the famous Franklin D. Roosevelt quote "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."[2] The anthology was borne out of Masters of Horror and shares several of the same creative elements: self-contained horror/thriller stories directed by the biggest horror directors working in features today; both shows were created by Mick Garris and both shows are produced by Industry Entertainment's Andrew Deane, Adam Goldworm and Ben Browning. Stuart Gordon, Brad Anderson, John Landis and Rob Schmidt all directed at least one episode of each series. The song in the opening credits is entitled "Lie Lie Lie" by System Of A Down front man Serj Tankian, off of his solo album Elect the Dead.

On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning to NBC.[3] The show is scheduled for a complete series DVD release on September 15 2009.

[edit] Episodes

The first season was expected to include thirteen episodes.

Episode Director Title Ratings Air Date
1 Breck Eisner "The Sacrifice" 5.29 June 5, 2008
2 Brad Anderson "Spooked" 4.89 June 12, 2008
3 Ronny Yu "Family Man" 4.66 June 19, 2008
4 John Landis "In Sickness and in Health" 4.47 June 26, 2008
5 Stuart Gordon "Eater" 4.74 July 3, 2008
6 Darren Lynn Bousman "New Year's Day" 2.93 July 17, 2008
7 Mary Harron "Community" 3.21 July 24, 2008
8 Larry Fessenden "Skin & Bones" 3.87 July 31, 2008
9 Ernest Dickerson "Something With Bite" --- June 4, 2009
10 Rupert Wainwright "Echoes" --- June 11, 2009
11 John Dahl[4] "Chance" --- June 18, 2009
12 Rob Schmidt "The Spirit Box" --- June 25, 2009
13 Eduardo Rodriguez "The Circle" --- July 2, 2009
  • All episodes of Fear Itself, have been aired in the Middle East on MBC Action.
  • All episodes of Fear Itself that have aired in the US, are currently available on FEARnet.
  • All episodes of Fear Itself (aired and unaired in the US), have been aired in Latin America on Space. Something With Bite, Echoes, and Chance aired only dubbed in Spanish, while all others aired with SAP.
  • All episodes of Fear Itself (aired and unaired in the US), have been aired in France on Orange Cinechoc in October / November 2009. All episodes aired with SAP (French dubbing & original English version).

[edit] References

  1. ^ NBC Lights Up Summer With A Burst Of Original Program Premieres As Part Of 'NBC'S All-American Summer'
  2. ^ Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. "First Inaugral Address". Wikisource. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt%27s_First_Inaugural_Address. Retrieved 2003-03-02. 
  3. ^ 2008 - 2009 Cancelled Shows: NBC Cancels 10 Television Series
  4. ^ 'Psych,' 'FNL' Actors Join 'Fear Itself'

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