E-Ring is a
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
militaryA military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. As an adjective the term "military" is also used to refer to any property or aspect of a military...
drama, created by Ken Robinson and
David McKennaDavid McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer. He worked as executive producer of E-Ring.He used the screen name Zachary Long for Bully....
and executive produced by
Jerry BruckheimerJerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Cold Case, and The Amazing Race...
, that premiered on
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
on September 21, 2005. The title of the show refers to the structure of
The PentagonThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself....
, which is configured in five concentric rings, from "A" to "E", with E being the outermost ring, which is considered to be where the more high-profile work is done. The show stars
Benjamin BrattBenjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, and Piñero...
as Major James Tisnewski and
Dennis HopperDennis Lee Hopper is an American actor, filmmaker and artist, with a career that spanned half of the 20th century. Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films also featuring...
as
ColonelColonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Eli McNulty, as officers working for the
Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States...
.
The show struggled from the onset because it was up against ABC's Top 20 hit
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
, CBS's Top 30 hit
Criminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American crime drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the...
, FOX's Top 10 hit
American IdolAmerican Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television...
and the network's Top 30 hit
Unan1mousUnan1mous was an American reality television program that premiered on the Fox Network on March 22, 2006 and ran for one season. The host of the series was J. D. Roth.- Concept :...
.
E-Ring is a
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
militaryA military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. As an adjective the term "military" is also used to refer to any property or aspect of a military...
drama, created by Ken Robinson and
David McKennaDavid McKenna is an American screenwriter and producer. He worked as executive producer of E-Ring.He used the screen name Zachary Long for Bully....
and executive produced by
Jerry BruckheimerJerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Cold Case, and The Amazing Race...
, that premiered on
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
on September 21, 2005. The title of the show refers to the structure of
The PentagonThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself....
, which is configured in five concentric rings, from "A" to "E", with E being the outermost ring, which is considered to be where the more high-profile work is done. The show stars
Benjamin BrattBenjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, and Piñero...
as Major James Tisnewski and
Dennis HopperDennis Lee Hopper is an American actor, filmmaker and artist, with a career that spanned half of the 20th century. Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films also featuring...
as
ColonelColonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Eli McNulty, as officers working for the
Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of military leaders in the United States armed forces who advise the civilian government of the United States...
.
The show struggled from the onset because it was up against ABC's Top 20 hit
LostLost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles, United States, crashes somewhere in the South Pacific...
, CBS's Top 30 hit
Criminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American crime drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The series follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia. Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the...
, FOX's Top 10 hit
American IdolAmerican Idol is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television...
and the network's Top 30 hit
Unan1mousUnan1mous was an American reality television program that premiered on the Fox Network on March 22, 2006 and ran for one season. The host of the series was J. D. Roth.- Concept :...
. Although
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
gave it an earlier time slot which led to better ratings, the show was pulled from the lineup during the February sweeps and officially canceled at the NBC
UpfrontIn the North American television industry, an upfront is a meeting hosted at the start of important advertising sales periods by television network executives, attended by the press and major advertisers...
on May 15.
E-Ring aired in the United Kingdom on
FXFX is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by Fox, launched in 12 January 2004. It was originally branded as FX289 in reference to its Sky Digital EPG number. It was rebranded to FX in May 2005 as the channel began to move places on the Sky EPG.FX targets a...
, as of July 28, 2006. They have shown all 22 episodes filmed, and have repeated the series several times since the conclusion of the original run. It is also being broadcast on the new HDTV Channel FXHD from April 2008. It is also currently (as of July 2006) shown in '
Kanal 5Kanal 5 is the name of a number of television stations whose names translate into English as "Channel 5".* Kanal 5, a Croatian station* Kanal 5, a Danish station* Kanal 5, a Macedonian station* Kanal 5, a Swedish station...
' for the Swedish market
http://www.kanal5.se/ering and in '
La SextaLa Sexta is the sixth nationwide broadcast television station in Spain. It is privately owned and began broadcasting in 2006.-History:...
' for the Spanish market. On September 8, 2006 Hong Kong's ATV began showing it.
In October
E-ring aired on
PremiereA premiere is generally "a first performance." This can refer to plays, films, television programs, operas, symphonies, and so on. Premieres for theatrical, musical and other cultural presentations can become extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media attention...
(a German pay TV company) starting on October 5 synced in German language as well as the original sound. The show also aired on
TVMaxTVMax is a commercial privately owned TV station in Panama City, Panama that is available all over the country, except the province of Colón. Its owned by Televisora Nacional, S.A that has an older tv station named TVN....
in (Panama) and on
Rádio e Televisão de PortugalRádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A., commonly known as RTP and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal , is the Portuguese public service broadcasting corporation...
and is airing again on Fox. The show is also currently airing on the Israeli Cable channel XTRA Hot. The show was aired on Philippine cable channel Crime/Suspense. The show is also airing on
SubTVSub is a popular Finnish TV channel owned by Bonnier. The previous owner Alma Media sold Sub and its sister channels to Swedish Bonnier and Proventus in 2005....
(Finland). The show is also due to air on
Nine HDNine HD is an Australian television channel, owned by PBL Media, that launched on 17 March 2008. The channel is available to high definition digital television viewers in metropolitan and regional areas through a number of owned-and-operated and affiliate stations...
(Australia) in April 2008. In Italy the show is due to air on
Rai DueRai Due is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai Uno and Rai Tre. Rai Due first started transmissions on November 4 1961...
since March 21, 2008. In September 2008 show started to air on Croatian television
HRTCroatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
. In July 2008 show started to air on Avala (Serbia).
The remaining episodes were shown on the Irish network
TG4TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish-language speakers. The channel has been on-air since October 31, 1996 in Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
.
Cast
- Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Traffic, and Piñero...
– Captain/MajorIn many European languages, the term Major is a military rank, implying seniority at one of usually various levels of rank. For example:*"General-Major" or "Major-General", denoting a senior ranking general officer....
/Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
James "JT" Tisnewski
- Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper is an American actor, filmmaker and artist, with a career that spanned half of the 20th century. Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films also featuring...
– ColonelColonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Eli McNulty
- Aunjanue Ellis
Aunjanue L. Ellis is an American actress known for her roles in Ray and in Undercover Brother as the catfighting Sistah Girl.Ellis was born in San Francisco, California and raised on her grandmother's farm in Mississippi...
– Master SergeantA master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in some armed forces.-United States:Master Sergeant insignia
U.S. Army
Master Sergeant insignia
U.S. Marine Corps
Master Sergeant insignia
...
Jocelyn Pierce
- Kerr Smith
Kerr Van Cleve Smith is an American actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on the WB Network drama series Dawson's Creek and more recently Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D.-Early life:...
– Captain Bobby Wilkerson
- Kelly Rutherford
Kelly Deane Melissa Rutherford is an American actress known for her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations, Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999 and currently as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl....
– Samantha "Sonny" Liston
Recurring Cast
- Maurice Compte – Sergeant Charlie Gutierrez (9 episodes)
- Tavis Bohlinger – Mark "Doc" Jones (8 episodes)
- Kelsey Oldershaw – Angie Aronson (7 episodes)
- Ashley Williams – Beth Wilkerson (6 episodes)
- Mitch Morris
Mitch Morris is an American actor. His full birth name is John Mitchell Morris.-Biography:Morris was raised in a suburb of Corpus Christi, Texas named Portland. He graduated from Gregory-Portland High School in 1998...
– Ken Watkins (5 episodes)
- Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink in the 1980s and more recently for his role in the TV show Lipstick Jungle.-Early life:...
– Aaron Gerrity (5 episodes)
- Brittany Ishibashi – Ashley Nakahino (5 episodes)
- Joe Morton
Joseph Morton, Jr. is an American stage, television, and film actor.-Personal life:Morton was born in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. He is the son of Evelyn, a secretary, and Joseph T. Morton, Sr., a U.S. army intelligence officer. Because of his father's profession, he spent...
– Steven Algazi (4 episodes)
- Jaime Ray Newman
Jaime Ray Newman is an American actress. Newman is becoming best known for starring alongside Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Paul Gross as Kat Gardener in ABC's 2009 serialization of Eastwick. She is known for her portrayal of Kristina Cassadine on the American soap opera General...
– Nathalie Hughes (4 episodes)
Season 1: 2005–2006
| # |
Code |
Title |
Airdate |
Overview |
| 1 |
2T6750 |
"Pilot" |
September 21, 2005 |
Colonel McNulty finds himself at odds with Major James Tisnewski (JT). The major must convince his superiors at the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the United States should risk war with China to rescue an American operative. |
| 2 |
2T6751 |
"Snatch and Grab" |
September 28, 2005 |
McNulty and his staff must act quickly to keep a terrorist ally from slipping away. The high-risk mission requires the best of the special-ops teams, and JT must send his old unit into harm's way. A wounded soldier and a captured terrorist are retrieved with the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system is a system used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground from a MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft. It involves using an overall-type harness and a self-inflating balloon which carries an attached lift line...
. |
| 3 |
2T6754 |
"Escape and Evade" |
October 5, 2005 |
McNulty sends JT on a mission to IraqIraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria...
to investigate unauthorized covert action and accusations the United States is illegally treading on IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
ian soil. He winds up wounded and on the run. Sonny and Algazi must assemble a team to rescue JT from Iran. |
| 4 |
2T6752 |
"Tribes" |
October 12, 2005 |
Africa is experiencing another threat of genocideGenocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise definition varies among genocide scholars, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...
reminiscent of RwandaThe Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Home to approaching 10 million people, Rwanda supports the densest population in continental Africa, most of whom...
and JT enlists a bureaucrat to help out before time runs out. |
| 5 |
2T6753 |
"Weekend Pass" |
October 19, 2005 |
Two US Marines are accused of raping a young local woman in SurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America....
. JT immediately jumps to action only to find opposition from senior staff. The United States doesn't want to jeopardize aluminum interests controlled by the Surinamese government. He must navigate the political maze to discern the truth and try to save the soldiers' lives. |
| 6 |
2T6755 |
"Toy Soldiers" |
October 26, 2005 |
JT challenges his superiors' reasons for unexpectedly placing a known terrorist on the capture/kill list and learns that politics in the Pentagon can be deadly. |
| 7 |
2T6757 |
"Cemetery Wind (1)" |
November 2, 2005 |
JT's girlfriend Angie is put in a dangerous situation, and JT must recall his old Special Ops missions and follow the clue she left for him. |
| 8 |
2T6758 |
"Cemetery Wind (2)" |
November 9, 2005 |
In ColombiaColombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean...
, JT risks exposing an undercover operation against a murderous drug lord to discover who attacked Angie. Now, he has to finish a job they started together years ago. |
| 9 |
2T6759 |
"Delta Does Detroit" |
November 16, 2005 |
JT and a Special Ops team are sent to DetroitDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
to address a situation with a radical ChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and the Son of God.The term "Christian" is also used adjectivally to...
group that has taken hostages inside a mosque. JT must address legal concernsThe Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction, with the intention of substantially limiting the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement...
around the action due to FBI jurisdiction. |
| 10 |
2T6756 |
"The Forgotten" |
November 23, 2005 |
McNulty discovers that a captured Navy SealThe United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land Forces, commonly known as the Navy SEALs, are the Special Operations Forces of the United States Navy, employed in direct action and special reconnaissance operations...
could be alive in the Philippines. When attempts to save the man faces resistance from the Pentagon brass, he and JT discuss a "backdoor" mission to save the soldier. Some of McNulty's mysterious past is revealed. |
| 11 |
2T6760 |
"Christmas Story" |
December 7, 2005 |
On Christmas Eve, JT works on a humanitarian aid mission for an AfghanistanThe Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked country in south central Asia. It is variously described as being located within Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East...
village that helped Delta team several years ago. He finds the village confronting bad weather and an advancing Taliban force. Also, Sonny helps JT's father who needs a favor. |
| 12 |
2T6761 |
"Breath of Allah" |
January 11, 2006 |
When an interagency strike in AmsterdamAmsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country...
turns up an illegal lab producing the PlagueYersinia pestis is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is a facultative anaerobe that can infect humans and other animals....
, JT and his SOD team rush an anti-terrorism plan into effect, only to realize that the threat is much, much closer to home. Samantha finds herself with an enticing job offer, further complicating her relationship with JT. |
| 13 |
2T6762 |
"War Crimes" |
January 18, 2006 |
JT and his team of Special Ops soldiers put themselves in harm's way to help investigate war criminals in SarajevoSarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 304,614 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and an estimated urban area population of 421,289 people in the Sarajevo Canton . It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and...
. Things heat up when the attorney they're guarding is suddenly poisoned. |
| 14 |
2T6763 |
"The General" |
February 1, 2006 |
JT is celebrating his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
when he and the Special Ops team receive word that a high-ranking Special Ops officer is kidnapped in Spain. He and his team must travel the globe to track down the people responsible and before the terrorists' deadline. |
| 15 |
2T6764 |
"Five Pillars" |
September 21, 2006 |
A foiled Special Ops mission in PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
leads JT to believe there is a spy in the E-Ring. When suspicion builds around the man Sgt. Pierce is dating, she must make a difficult decision. |
| 16 |
2T6765 |
"Fallen Angels" |
September 28, 2006 |
The Venezuelan press claims a crashed plane was not a medical relief mission but rather a cover for a US assassination attempt against their president. JT and his team get caught in a fire fight and McNulty plots their escape from his hospital bed. |
| 17 |
2T6766 |
"Friends and Enemies" |
October 5, 2006 |
A US submarine collides with a North KoreaNorth Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer area between North Korea and South Korea...
n submarine, which begins to sink. JT and his team race to rescue survivors but a few North Korean officers would rather kill their own crew. |
| 18 |
2T6767 |
"Two Princes"(a.k.a. "American Girls") |
October 12, 2006 |
Sent to RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
to protect a crown princeA Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
, JT and Bobby become involved in a scheme to kidnap his children and bring them to the US. |
| 19 |
2T6768 |
"Brothers In Arms" |
October 19, 2006 |
During a mission to train an elite Iraqi service unit, JT and Bobby meet a young man who becomes a soldier to defend his country and family. As the unit prepares for high-ranking visitors, including Sonny, the young soldier learns his younger brother has chosen a different path. |
| 20 |
2T6769 |
"Hard Sell" (a.k.a. "Interrogation") |
October 26, 2006 |
During a psychological evaluation A psychological evaluation or mental examination is an examination into a person's mental health by a mental health professional such as a psychologist. A psychological evaluation may result in a diagnosis of a mental illness...
, JT experiences flashbacks of a traumatic mission to LebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon [Republic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies...]
to rescue a man who is being tortured by insurgents. Bobby loses his composure when a known terrorist refuses to co-operate. |
| 21 |
2T6770 |
"Isolation" |
November 2, 2006 |
JT and the team travel to Mexico to apprehend a drug lord who has allied himself with Al Qaeda and is smuggling terrorists into the US. |
| 22 |
2T6771 |
"Acceptable Losses" |
November 9, 2006 |
After escaping capture by Mexican authorities during a dangerous covert mission, JT becomes involved in a gunfight with a drug gang and later discovers that one of the men he shot is a federal agent. |