Who Sings Give Me a Sign on the Series Now and Again 2000
| At present and Again | |
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| Genre |
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| Created past | Glenn Gordon Caron |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | Gimme a Sign performed past Ariel Ryder |
| Composer | Douglas J. Cuomo |
| Country of origin | Usa |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Henry Bronchtein |
| Running time | sixty minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Benefactor | CBS Tv set Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24) – May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05) |
Now and Again is an American science fiction comedy-drama television series created past Glenn Gordon Caron[1] that aired from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the Usa government engineering science the perfect human torso for use in espionage, but not being able to perfect the brain. In an effort to get the project up and running, they take the encephalon of overweight family man Michael Wiseman, who is killed in a train blow.
Given a new life, Michael is kept in an apartment where he is trained by authorities experts, led by Dr. Theodore Morris, in the art of espionage. Despite his new life and new abilities, Michael longs to return to his wife Lisa and girl Heather, who are themselves discovering that not all is as it seems with Michael's decease.
Plot [edit]
Michael Wiseman (John Goodman in the pilot and flashbacks, and subsequently Eric Close) lives in suburban New York with his wife Lisa (Margaret Colin) and daughter Heather (Heather Matarazzo) and works as an executive at an insurance company. When passed over for a promotion, Michael and his friend and co-worker Roger (Gerrit Graham) leave drinking afterwards piece of work. While standing on the subway platform heading home that night, Michael is accidentally knocked off the platform directly into the path of an oncoming train. When he awakes, he sees Dr. Theodore Morris (Dennis Haysbert), the head of a top secret government project to artificially engineer the perfect man body. Unable to create a brain from scratch, Dr. Morris has rescued Michael's encephalon from his dead torso and implanted it in the engineered trunk. The process allows Michael Wiseman to continue to alive, simply as well forces him to piece of work every bit an experiment for Dr. Morris and occasionally aid fight terrorists. Because of the top hush-hush nature of the project, Michael is told he may never take contact again with his wife or girl, under penalty of his ain death and the decease of anyone he tells of his existence. Despite the threat, Michael finds means to contact his family while keeping his true identity a underground.
Over the class of the series, Dr. Morris continues to experiment on Michael, testing the limits of his abilities and strength. Michael is occasionally used to complete undercover missions or foil criminal activeness. Lisa and Heather find themselves running out of money considering the insurance company refuses to pay on Michael's policy leading Lisa to become a realtor.
Characters [edit]
Chief [edit]
- Michael Wiseman (Eric Shut), an insurance executive who was killed in an accident; his brain has been implanted into a genetically-engineered trunk.
- John Goodman plays Michael in both airplane pilot and flashbacks
- Dr. Theodore Morris (Dennis Haysbert), the head of the top cloak-and-dagger government project to engineer a human being
- Lisa Wiseman (née Slegermelge) (Margaret Colin), Michael's housewife widow who must learn to motility on with life after her hubby'south death
- Heather Wiseman (Heather Matarazzo), Michael'due south teenage girl
- Roger Bender (Gerrit Graham), Michael'due south best friend and fellow executive at the insurance company
Recurring [edit]
- The Eggman (Kim Chan), a terrorist who uses eggs to contain a deadly poisonous gas
- Gerald Misenbach (Chip Zien), a lawyer who represents Lisa in dealing with Michael's insurance company, and later a potential suitor
- Craig Spence (Chad Lowe), Michael'southward scheming and corrupt boss at the insurance company who is expressionless-set against paying on Michael'due south policy
- Special Agent #one (Mike Henry), Dr. Morris' right-hand man
- Ruth Bender (Christine Baranski), Roger's never-seen wife
Notable guest stars [edit]
- In the beginning episode and flashback scenes in afterward episodes, John Goodman played Michael Wiseman in his original body.
- Reiko Aylesworth appeared as Dr. Taylor, a physical therapist for Michael Wiseman, sent to test his romantic attachment to his onetime wife.
- Mick Foley appeared in the final episode as the Eggman's cellmate, and assists in the Eggman'south escape from prison.
- Ian Somerhalder appeared as Brian in the episode "A Girl's Life".
- Marking Margolis appeared as Nicky Vordogov in the episode "Pulp Turkey".
In addition, starting time with episode 10, Charles Durning was heard reading a brief narration at the beginning of each episode summarizing the prove'south backstory.
Production and broadcast [edit]
The show ran for one flavor. Airing on Friday nights, the bear witness garnered only fair ratings. The reasons cited by CBS for its cancellation included the unjustifiable expense of the program and the low ratings.
Episodes [edit]
Home media [edit]
In 2014, CBS DVD released Now and Again: The DVD Edition on region 1 DVD in the US.[2] The v-disc set features all 22 episodes of the series, ii featurettes and a nearly ii-hour long retrospective documentary. These include interviews and full participation from almost all of the leading cast and crew, bar John Goodman. According to the packaging the "music has been changed for this home amusement version."
In 2016, an identical set was released on region 4 DVD in Australia past Via Vision Entertainment (VVE), though it was slightly retitled At present and Again: The Complete Series.
Awards [edit]
In 2000 Now and Again won 3 Saturn Awards for:
- "Best Genre Boob tube Actress" – Margaret Colin
- "Best Genre TV Supporting Actor" – Dennis Haysbert
- "Best Network Television Series"
Now and Again was also nominated for an Emmy in 2000 for Outstanding Main Title Blueprint.
References [edit]
- ^ Tomashoff, Craig (December 12, 1999). "COVER STORY; Just a Regular Guy, Who Can Outrun a Car". The New York Times.
- ^ "Finalized Date, Bonus Textile for DVDs of the Late-'90s Sci-Fi Thriller!". Tvshowsondvd.com. 2014-05-27. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-05-19 .
External links [edit]
- Now and Once again at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_and_Again
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