The Chronicle (TV series)
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- Science Fiction
- Comedy
- Mystery
Rena Sofer
Reno Wilson
Jon Polito
Curtis Armstrong
Elaine Hendrix
Patrick Renna
Sharon Sachs
Octavia Spencer
April Bolds
| The Chronicle | |
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| Genre |
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| Created by | Silvio Horta |
| Starring | Chad Willett Rena Sofer Reno Wilson Jon Polito Curtis Armstrong Elaine Hendrix Patrick Renna Sharon Sachs Octavia Spencer April Bolds |
| Composer | Donald Markowitz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production companies | The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio Stu Segall Productions Roundtable Productions Silent H Productions 20th Century Fox International Television Distribution |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sci Fi |
| Release | July 14, 2001 – March 22, 2002 |
The Chronicle is an American science fiction comedy television series starring Chad Willett that was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel from July 14, 2001,[1] to March 22, 2002. The series is based on the News from the Edge series of novels (for example, Vampires from Vermont) by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis–based author. The series was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, but later found a home on Sci-Fi Channel.[2] The original creative producers who brought the series to television were German Michael Torres and Trevor Taylor.
The show centers on a group of journalists at a tabloid newspaper, The Chronicle, and the contradictions that transpire when they realize that the various monsters, aliens, and mutants turn out to be real.
Cast
Main
- Chad Willett as Tucker Burns
- Rena Sofer as Grace Hall
- Reno Wilson as Wes Freewald
- Jon Polito as Donald Stern
Recurring
- Curtis Armstrong as Sal the Pig-Boy
- Sharon Sachs as Vera
- Elaine Hendrix as Kristen Martin
- Octavia Spencer as Ruby
- April Bolds Chronicle Staff Writer
Production
Series creator Silvio Horta adapted the book series News from the Edge by Mark Sumner, whose concept was that every outlandish picture or story in a tabloid is real.[3] Horta stated his intention was to make a more fun, less dour version of The X-Files.[3] The series was initially developed for NBC as a half-hour comedy, but they passed on the produced pilot. The project was then picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel, where it was expanded to an hour-long comedic monster of the week format, similar in tone to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[3]
