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Revision as of 03:15, 11 April 2009
| Harper's Island | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Ari Schlossberg |
| Starring | Elaine Cassidy Christopher Gorham Katie Cassidy Cameron Richardson Adam Campbell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeffrey Bell Ari Schlossberg Jon Turteltaub |
| Running time | approx. 42 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | April 9 – July 2, 2009 |
Harper's Island is an hour-long American murder mystery series created by Ari Schlossberg for CBS's 2008-2009 television season. It premiered on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 10:01 pm ET/PT. The show will be 13 episodes long, and at least one character will be killed off each week.
Development
The show was created by Ari Schlossberg who also wrote the pilot script and developed by CBS for the 2008-2009 Television Season.[1] In March 2008 CBS ordered a 15 minute pilot presentation of the project. In May 2008 the show was retooled, with Jeffrey Bell coming onboard as showrunner and Jon Turteltaub as an executive producer. Schlossberg remained onboard as a co-executive producer along with Karim Zriek and Dan Shotz.[2]
Bell subsequently rewrote the first episode which Jon Turteltaub would direct. During the retooling process many of the castmembers from the pilot-presentation were replaced, including Ryan Merriman (Henry Dunn), Samantha Noble (Trish Wellington) and Bill Pullman (Uncle Marty).[3] Actors that remained with the show from pilot-presentation to the aired television pilot include Elaine Cassidy, Cameron Richardson, Adam Campbell, Matt Barr, Brandon Jay McClaren, Cassandra Sawtell, Sean Rogerson, C.J. Thomason and Chris Gauthier.
Plot
The television show is a horror/drama, described as Scream meets And Then There Were None (the mystery novel by Agatha Christie).
The central plot is a murder mystery. Friends and family attending a wedding celebration on a secluded island off the coast of Seattle and one-by-one die. The island was also the scene of a famous series of murders seven years prior.[4]
In addition to a web series based on the show, CBS's multimedia promotion includes a live online chat on a Fancast Forum each Friday with the "murder victim" from the Thursday night U.S. broadcast, where questions and comments from viewers trying to solve the mystery are encouraged, as well as providing a behind-the-scenes view from the series.
Episodes
- Pilot/Whap
Ratings: 10.49 Million
Harper's Globe
Harper's Globe is a social show produced by EQAL and CBS. It is the online equivalent to the CBS television show, Harper's Island.[5] The show will last for sixteen weeks. Harper's Globe will be the first EQAL show not to be a part of the LG15 Franchise. The series stars Melanie Merkosky, who played the character Jennie, in lonelygirl15.
The show will be following the story of Harper's Globe, a newspaper in conjunction with Harper's Island. The main character of the social show, Robin, who is also a minor character in the television series, will video blog about her experiences on Harper's Island along with interacting with the community about the mysteries that occur. The show will be premiering its weekly episodes on March 18, 2009, although daily posts began on March 10, 2009.
Creator Miles Beckett says of the series, "The story of Harper's Globe is about a girl named Robin, with a very mysterious past, who's gone to Harper's Island to work for the newspaper, Harper's Globe, and to digitize articles from the newspaper and to create a community online for the Harper's Globe newspaper and the citizens of Harper's Island. And then she gets pulled into the story as it begins to unfold on the island."[6]
Cast and characters
- Elaine Cassidy as Abby Mills
- Christopher Gorham as Henry Dunn
- Katie Cassidy as Trish Wellington
- Cameron Richardson as Chloe Carter
- Adam Campbell as Cal Vandeusen
- Richard Burgi as Thomas Wellington
- Jim Beaver as Sheriff Charlie Mills
- C.J. Thomason as Jimmy Mance
- Victor Webster as Hunter Jennings
- Dean Cechvala as J.D. Dunn
- Matt Barr as Christopher 'Sully' Sullivan
- Harry Hamlin as Uncle Marty Dunn
- Cassandra Sawtell as Madison Allen
- Gina Holden as Shea Allen
- Brandon Jay McLaren as Danny Brooks
- Chris Gauthier as Malcolm Ross
- Claudette Mink as Katherine Wellington
- Sean Rogerson as Joel Booth
- ??? as Ben Wellington (Killed in the first 10 min of the Pilot episode; story expanded in Harper's Globe)
- Amber Borycki as Beth Barrington
- Sarah Smyth as Lucy Daramour
- Beverly Elliot as Maggie Krell
- Ben Cotton as Shane Pierce
- David Lewis as Richard Allen
- Ali Liebert as Nikki Bolton
- Anna Mae Routledge as Kelly Seaver
Death chart
| Character | Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 |
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| Abby | |||||||||||||
| Beth | |||||||||||||
| Cal | |||||||||||||
| Charlie | |||||||||||||
| Chloe | |||||||||||||
| Chris | |||||||||||||
| Danny | |||||||||||||
| Henry | |||||||||||||
| Hunter | |||||||||||||
| J.D. | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy | |||||||||||||
| Joel | |||||||||||||
| Katherine | |||||||||||||
| Kelly | |||||||||||||
| Lucy | |||||||||||||
| Madison | |||||||||||||
| Maggie | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm | |||||||||||||
| Nikki | |||||||||||||
| Richard | |||||||||||||
| Shane | |||||||||||||
| Shea | |||||||||||||
| Thomas | |||||||||||||
| Trish | |||||||||||||
| Marty | |||||||||||||
| Ben | |||||||||||||
- The person lives through the season.
- The person is the killer.
- The person is killed.
- The person stays alive in the episode.
- The person has a self-inflicted death.
Crew
- Jeffrey Bell as showrunner/executive producer
- Ari Schlossberg as creator/co-executive producer
- Dan Shotz as co-executive producer
- Jon Turteltaub as director (Pilot), executive producer
- Karim Zreik as co-executive producer
- Robert Levine as Story Editor and writer
- Robert Sizemore as Producer, Original Concept
Trailer
A trailer for the original pilot presentation (with the now-replaced cast) is available on the internet.[7]
International broadcast
In Canada, the series will air on Global. [8]
In Poland, the series will air on nScreen VOD.
In the United Kingdom, BBC Three has picked up the series. [9]
In Italy, the series has been picked up by Rai Due. [10]
In Singapore, the series has been picked up by Mediacorp TV Channel 5. It will air 2 days after the US telecast.
The show starts airing on April 19th in Norway on TV2 Zebra Sundays at 10.05 PM. The last episode will air July 12th.
| Country | Television Network |
|---|---|
 Australia
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Network Ten |
 Canada
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Global |
 Italy
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Rai Due |
 Norway
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TV2 Zebra |
 Poland
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nScreen VOD |
 Singapore
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MediaCorp Channel 5 |
 Philippines
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Studio 23 |
 United Kingdom
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BBC Three |
References
- ^ Shows A-Z - Harper's Island on CBS | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ Jeffrey Bell is Harper's showrunner
- ^ CBS Begins Overhauling Harper's Island - Elaine Cassidy may be the only actor kept from the original pilot | Zap2it
- ^ Breaking News - CBS ANNOUNCES NEW 2008-2009 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ "Mystery of CBS' 'Island' will deepen online". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Wondercon 2009: Exclusive — We Talk 'Harper's Globe' with Creator Miles Beckett". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ Harper's Island video: Harper's Island on TV.com
- ^ "Global's Fall Schedule: Spies, Time-Travel and Spoiled Teens". Dose.ca. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ Harper's Island on BBC 3
- ^ Harper's Island in esclusiva su RaiDue (Italian)