Dead Zone Season 4 a go...
09-10-04, 01:44 PM
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Dead Zone Season 4 a go...
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Given how important "The Dead Zone" was to USA's late summer surge up the cable ratings chart, it didn't take a psychic like Johnny Smith to know that the network would want the show back. On Thursday (Sept. 9), USA announced that "The Dead Zone" will return for a fourth season.
"'The Dead Zone' continues to perform for USA Network, delivering higher ratings with every season. It is consistently one of the top-rated shows on basic cable and we're thrilled to continue to air it on our network," says Jeff Wachtel, USA's executive vice president of series and longform programming.
"The Dead Zone" will go back into production in November on a 22-episode season, bringing the show's total run to 67 episodes. Based on characters created by Stephen King, "The Dead Zone" averaged 3.5 million viewers per week in its third season and joined forces with "The 4400" and "Monk" to push USA to the top of the cable heap for much of the summer. The series showed solid ratings improvement over the previous season.
"'The Dead Zone's' performance this season has been extremely gratifying and we couldn't be happier about getting the greenlight for season four," says Kevin Beggs, president of programming and production, Lions Gate Television.
The show stars the rejuvenated Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, a man gifted and cursed with impressive psychic powers after a near-fatal car accident. USA promises that in the upcoming season, Johnny will embrace a new romance, bond with his young son, face the limitations of his powers and recommit himself to saving the world. After that, one can only guess, he'll finally get around to eating breakfast.
"'The Dead Zone' continues to perform for USA Network, delivering higher ratings with every season. It is consistently one of the top-rated shows on basic cable and we're thrilled to continue to air it on our network," says Jeff Wachtel, USA's executive vice president of series and longform programming.
"The Dead Zone" will go back into production in November on a 22-episode season, bringing the show's total run to 67 episodes. Based on characters created by Stephen King, "The Dead Zone" averaged 3.5 million viewers per week in its third season and joined forces with "The 4400" and "Monk" to push USA to the top of the cable heap for much of the summer. The series showed solid ratings improvement over the previous season.
"'The Dead Zone's' performance this season has been extremely gratifying and we couldn't be happier about getting the greenlight for season four," says Kevin Beggs, president of programming and production, Lions Gate Television.
The show stars the rejuvenated Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, a man gifted and cursed with impressive psychic powers after a near-fatal car accident. USA promises that in the upcoming season, Johnny will embrace a new romance, bond with his young son, face the limitations of his powers and recommit himself to saving the world. After that, one can only guess, he'll finally get around to eating breakfast.
09-10-04, 02:14 PM
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No big shock - most know that the season cliffhanger was edited down from two episodes and was originally a series-ender. So the people at the show knew they were coming back long before we did.
09-10-04, 09:11 PM
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I've seen every episode except the last 3 of season 3. Did the show ever address the Doomdsay scenario involving Powder? The first few episodes of season 3 addressed it, then the storyline was suddenly dropped.
