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The Following
GenreDrama
Created byKevin Williamson
StarringKevin Bacon
James Purefoy
Jeananne Goossen
Maggie Grace
Natalie Zea
Adan Canto
Nico Tortorella
Shawn Ashmore
Valorie Curry
Michael Roark
ComposerJohn Frizzell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersKevin Williamson, Marcos Siega
Camera setupSingle camera
Production companiesOuterbanks Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJanuary 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)

The Following is an upcoming American television drama (Daily Variety calls it a "psychological drama"[1]) that will air on Fox during the 2012-2013 television season. The creator and executive producer of the series is Kevin Williamson. It is being produced by Outerbanks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.

The Following is scheduled to premiere on Monday, January 21, 2013, on Fox.[2]

Premise

The series follows an FBI agent who finds himself in the middle of a network of serial killers, when a diabolical serial killer uses special technology to create it.[3] In Entertainment Weekly, features TV writer Melissa Maerz wrote in a preview article, "Purefoy plays Joe Carroll, a former college professor who taught the works of Poe and killed young women in the gothic hero's honor—until he got caught. Since then he's been spending hours on a computer in the prison library, building a social network of copycat killers who hang on his every command. When the series begins, he's just escaped from death row with help from those followers, and the FBI calls in former agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon)—who brought down Joe the first time—to consult on the case."[4] Natalie Zea plays the woman both Hardy and Carroll love.

Production

Conception

Kevin Williamson pitched The Following to Fox, because it was "home of his all-time favorite show, 24".[4] Comparing Hardy with Jack Bauer, he told interviewer Maerz, "Sometimes I lie awake at night and cry for Jack Bauer! Clearly, there's some of Jack in Ryan. Ryan will die saving the moment. He carries the weight of every victim on his shoulders."[4]

Williamson knew that he wanted to produce a show that would be gory; he knew it would also be controversial. Marisa Guthrie of The Hollywood Reporter interviewed Fox Broadcasting Chief Operating Officer Joe Earley[5] about the subject material; Earley answered, "We definitely feel pressure to bring in a big, broad audience with something that we are telling people right up front is very intense. But this show is such a fantastic, thrilling, edge-of-your-seat ride."[6]

Writing

To slip gory scenes past the Standards and Practices department at Fox Broadcasting, Williamson explained, "There are tricks... Okay, in the same episode there's an actor cutting someone in the jugular, and you're harping on the sex scene? So I sent a little email to [Fox Entertainment chairman] Kevin Reilly, and within 15 minutes the broadcast-and-standards people were like, It's okay."[4]

Casting

Williamson wanted to cast a tough guy with a boyish side. "I told my agent, 'I want to get someone like Kevin Bacon.' And he said, 'What about Kevin Bacon?'" As it happened, Bacon had spent four years trying to find a television program he would like to do. Bacon told Maerz, "I had been looking for quite some time, even trying to develop stuff for myself. One thing that's consistent about the shows I'm drawn to is that they're life-or-death situations."[4] Nico Tortorella, cast as Will Wilson, appeared in Scream 4, also written by Williamson.

Cast and characters

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 15[7] January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21) TBA TBA TBA TBA

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(million)
1"Pilot"[7]Marcos Siega[7]Kevin Williamson[7]January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)N/A
2"Chapter Two"[7]UnknownUnknownJanuary 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)N/A
3"The Poet's Fire"[7]UnknownUnknownFebruary 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)N/A
4"Mad Love"[7]UnknownUnknownFebruary 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)N/A

International broadcast

Country Network(s) Series premiere Timeslot
 Israel Yes Oh January 26, 2013
 United Kingdom Sky Atlantic[8] January 22, 2013 Tuesday, 9:00 p.m.
 Canada CTV January 21, 2013
 Italy Premium Crime, Sky Uno[9] February 4, 2013 Monday, 9:15 p.m.; Tuesday 9:10 p.m.
 Philippines Jack City TBA TBA
 South Africa MNet January 30, 2013 Wednesday, 9:30 p.m.
 Brazil Warner Channel February 21, 2013 Thursday, 10:55 p.m.
 Australia Nine Network[10] TBA TBA
 Greece NovaCinema 1, NovaCinemaHD February 4, 2013 Monday, 9:00 p.m.
 Cyprus NovaCinema 1, NovaCinemaHD February 4, 2013 Monday, 9:00 p.m.
 Netherlands SBS 6 January 29, 2013 Tuesday, 9:30 p.m.

References

  1. ^ Kissell, Rick (Oct. 25, 2012). "Fox Firms Plans for Winter Bows". Daily Variety. 317 (19): 4. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda. "FOX Announces Premiere Dates for 'American Idol', 'The Following' and 'Touch'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "Shows A-Z | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  4. ^ a b c d e Maerz, Melissa (January 11, 2013). "9 Hot New Shows: The Following". Entertainment Weekly. New York: Time Inc.: 54–55.
  5. ^ Flint, Joe (August 29, 2012). [la-et-ct-foxearley-20120829 "Fox Broadcasting names Joe Earley COO"]. The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles: Eddy Hartenstein. Retrieved January 8, 2013. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (Nov. 23, 2012). "Can a Fox Audience Love a Serial Killer? The Network Can't put Ads near Schools as it Courts a Cable Crowd for The Following". The Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles: Lynne Segall. p. 24. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Shows A–Z – following, the on fox". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  8. ^ Munn, Patrick (July 3, 2012). "BSkyB Acquires UK Rights To 'Arrow', 'Elementary', 'The Following' & 'Vegas'". TVWise. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Following a reti pay "unificate"". Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "The Following On Nine In 2013". Retrieved December 27, 2012.


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