Smith (TV series)
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| Format | Crime Drama |
| Starring | Ray Liotta Virginia Madsen Jonny Lee Miller Simon Baker Franky G Amy Smart Chris Bauer Lisa Vidal and Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (4 unaired) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | 19 September 2006 – 3 October 2006 |
Smith was a short lived American television drama that premiered on 16 September 2006 at 10:00 PM ET on CBS and on 18 September 2006 on CTV in Canada. Created by John Wells, the show follows a group of professional thieves who struggle to keep their work separate from the rest of their lives.
The leader of the group Bobby Stevens (played by Ray Liotta) seeks to end his criminal ways after a few more big scores. His plan is not successful and his wife Hope (Virginia Madsen) becomes suspicious. Each episode portrays a heist or preparation for other jobs the thieves plan to undertake. Ongoing subplots examine each of the characters double lives, a necessity in order to stay one step ahead of the authorities and shield their families.
Bobby's crew consists of:
- Tom (Jonny Lee Miller) - head of logistics, Bobby's right hand man
- Joe (Franky G) - handles transportation needs
- Jeff (Simon Baker) - manages the group's firepower
- Annie (Amy Smart) - a master of disguise and diversionary tactics who uses her looks to help the team
- Charlie (Shohreh Aghdashloo) acts as a boss, providing Bobby with information on a new job his crew should undertake and fencing the stolen goods.
In the pilot episode the team's electronics expert Shawn (Mike Doyle) is killed during a job. Tom's former jail mate Marley (Elden Henson) is hired to replace him in the fourth episode.
On the other side of the law FBI Agent Dodd (Chris Bauer) is in charge of a team responsible for tracking down Smith and his crew. Dodd's second in command is FBI Agent Valez (Lisa Vidal).
The show's theme song was "Show Me How to Live" by Audioslave.
The show was also scheduled to be seen during the 2006 season in the UK on ITV4.[1] Though critically acclaimed, it was cancelled on October 6 after only three airings, becoming the first of the new TV shows to get cancelled.[2]
In the UK ITV4 began showing Smith again in March 2007. It premiered on Hallmark in August 2007 with all seven episodes airing.
All 7 episodes of Smith, including the 4 episodes that never aired on CBS, were put on the network's Innertube broadband video section for a few weeks. Warner Bros. Television made all 7 episodes (with a synopsis for the plotted 8th through 12th episodes) available via digital download in November 2006 on Apple's iTunes Store, AOL, and Amazon.
The series has since been resurrected on DirecTV's The 101 Network, where it is billed as a "seven part mini-series". [3]
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 2006
| Episode # | Title | Date Aired |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | September 19, 2006 |
| 2 | Two | September 26, 2006 |
| 3 | Three | October 3, 2006 |
| 4 | Four | Unaired |
| 5 | Five | Unaired |
| 6 | Six | Unaired |
| 7 | Seven | Unaired[4] |
Episodes 4-7 were later made available online.
[edit] References
- ^ Wilkes, Neil. "ITV acquires three new US dramas", Digital Spy, 20 June 2006.
- ^ AP. "Back to the movies for Ray Liotta as 'Smith' is first fall show to get axed", 6 October 2006.
- ^ DirecTV - Smith, only on The 101
- ^ http://www.tv.com/smith/show/58081/episode_guide.html Smith Episode Guide, tv.com]], 08 March 2007.
