The Chronicle (TV series)

The Chronicle
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(s)	Donald Markowitz
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Greenblatt Janollari Studio Stu Segall Productions Roundtable Productions Silent H Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Release
Original network	Sci Fi
Original release	July 14, 2001 – March 22, 2002

The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel (later renamed Syfy). The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels (Ex. "Vampires from Vermont") by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis, Missouri based author. The show was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, then later found a home with The Sci-Fi Channel. The original creative producers who brought the Mark Sumner series to Television were German Michael Torres and Trevor Taylor.

Premise

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

• Tucker Burns (Chad Willett)
• Grace Hall (Rena Sofer)
• Wes Freewald (Reno Wilson)
• Donald Stern (Jon Polito)
• Sal the Pig-Boy (Curtis Armstrong)
• Kristen Martin (Elaine Hendrix)
• Vera (Sharon Sachs)
• Ruby (Octavia Spencer)
• Chronicle Staff Writer (April Bolds)

Episodes

No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release date
1	"Pilot"	Silvio Horta, Mark Sumner	Marc Buckland	July 14, 2001
Tucker Burns (Chad Willett), a journalism graduate from Columbia with a slightly blemished record, is desperate for a job in the print media. The only place that will hire him is The World Chronicle, a weekly tabloid. He quickly discovers that the Chronicle's articles may be truer than people think. The pilot introduces other Chronicle staff members, including lead reporter Grace Hall (Rena Sofer), photographer Wes Freewald (Reno Wilson), and editor/publish Donald Stern (Jon Polito).
2	"What Gobbles Beneath"	Adam Davidson	Silvio Horta	July 14, 2001
Powerful new cell phones threaten the city when huge underground worms home in on the signals.
3	"Here There Be Dragons"	Sanford Bookstaver	Naren Shankar	July 21, 2001
Tucker, Grace and Wes investigate a dragon living in the sewers beneath Chinatown only to get tangled up in a love triangle. George Takei guest stars as the father of Mina Shen (Youki Kudoh).
4	"Baby Got Back"	John T. Kretchmer	Silvio Horta	July 28, 2001
An abandoned baby on the doorstep of the World Chronicle building exposes the staff to a dangerous--some might even say demonic--pyramid scheme, led by David Tally (Richard Karn).
5	"He's Dead, She's Dead"	John T. Kretchmer	Erin Maher, Kay Reindl	August 4, 2001
6	"Bermuda Love Triangle"	Krishna Rao	Henry Alonso Myers	August 11, 2001
7	"Only the Young Die Good"	Adam Davidson	Peter Hume	August 18, 2001
8	"Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns"	Sanford Bookstaver	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	August 25, 2001
9	"Let Sleeping Dogs Fry"	Bruce Seth Green	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	September 8, 2001
10	"Take Me Back"	Krishna Rao	Naren Shankar	September 15, 2001
11	"Touched by an Alien"	Sanford Bookstaver	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	January 4, 2002
12	"Pig Boy's Big Adventure"	Michael Grossman	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	January 11, 2002
13	"The Cursed Sombrero"	Sanford Bookstaver	Silvio Horta	January 18, 2002
14	"Tears of a Clone"	Adam Davidson	Hans Beimler	January 25, 2002
15	"I See Dead Fat People"	Jay Tobias	Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec	February 1, 2002
16	"Man and Superman"	Adam Davidson	Henry Alonso Myers	February 8, 2002
17	"Hot from the Oven"	Jay Tobias	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	February 15, 2002
18	"The Stepford Cheerleaders"	Perry Lang	Henry Alonso Myers	February 22, 2002
19	"The Mists of Avalon Parkway"	David Straiton	Henry Alonso Myers	March 1, 2002
20	"The King Is Undead"	Krishna Rao	Javier Grillo-Marxuach	March 8, 2002
21	"Hell Mall"	David Barrett	Michael Shear, Patrick Sean Smith	March 15, 2002
22	"A Snitch in Time"	Krishna Rao	Hans Beimler	March 22, 2002

External links

• "The Chronicle". Official site (Sci Fi Channel). Archived from the original on August 2, 2002.
• The Chronicle at the Internet Movie Database
• The Chronicle at TV.com