No Ordinary Family
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No Ordinary Family is an American television series on ABC
. The 45-minute science fiction
comedy-drama
was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series ran from September 28, 2010 to April 5, 2011, on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT. The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil
.
On May 13, 2011 ABC announced that No Ordinary Family had been canceled due to the lack of viewers.
and Jon Harmon Feldman
. David Semel
directed the pilot
. Berlanti and Feldman are executive producers, along with Morgan Wandell.
In early February 2010, Michael Chiklis
became the first actor to join the series, playing family patriarch Jim Powell. Autumn Reeser
was the next actor cast, to play a colleague of Jim's wife. Romany Malco
portrays Jim's best friend and college roommate.
March 2010 casting included Julie Benz
as Jim's wife and family matriarch Stephanie Powell and Christina Chang
as a police officer who works with Jim. Tate Donovan
is the mysterious pilot of the plane that crashes. Rounding out the cast are Kay Panabaker
and Jimmy Bennett
, who portray the Powell children Daphne and JJ.
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly
reported that ABC had picked up the series for the 2010–11 television season. A few days later, Chuck
writer and executive producer Allison Adler
(credited as Ali Adler) announced that she would be joining the show's writing team. At the end of May, Smallville
writers Darren Swimmer
and Todd Slavkin
joined the writing team.
On June 3, 2010, Donovan and Chang left the show due to the completion of their story lines. Producers said there was a potential for Donovan to come back as guest stars at a later date. Stephen Collins, who initially had a small role in the series, was promoted to a series regular in mid-June. Entertainment Weeklys Michael Ausiello
reports that Josh Stewart
, late of Criminal Minds
, has joined the cast as the Watcher.
On October 25, 2010 ABC gave the series a full-season order. This order was cut back to 20 episodes on February 26, 2011.
At the beginning of March 2011, the two lead stars Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz signed for Fall 2011 CBS
pilot offers. Also, around the same time, there were reports that Disney was temporarily moving the series' sets from their lot.
The series focused on the Powells discovering their powers and attempting to discover the nefarious plot of Dr. Dayton King, Stephanie's boss.
In the pilot episode
, Jim Powell forces his disjointed family into a vacation to Brazil, which ends when their plane crashes in the Amazon Rainforest
and the family returns home. In time, each family member is revealed to have a superpower: Jim has superhuman strength
, which includes leaping tall buildings in a single bound and near-invincibility; Stephanie has superhuman speed; Daphne has telepathy
, specifically mind reading; and JJ has superintelligence
, although he keeps his power a secret from his parents for a while.
Assistant district attorney
George St. Cloud, Jim's close friend, and Katie Andrews, Stephanie's lab assistant, share in the family's secret adventures and discoveries. Jim begins to use his powers to fight crime
, drawing increasing police attention to his vigilantism
, Stephanie uses her scientists' job at Global Tech to better understand the family's powers, and both JJ and Daphne develop crushes
. Katie also meets a man, Will, who is soon revealed to be hiding his true identity, Joshua; Daphne learns that he's a super, but he wipes her mind. As Joshua and Katie's relationship forms, his ulterior motive of spying on the Powells for Dr. King is nearly revealed, time and time again until he must use his superpowers against another of King's supers, Victoria Morrow, to save Katie; she was sent to ensure Joshua's cooperation in spying by killing his girlfriend.
Through Jim's crimefighting, the family learns of the existence of other "supers." Meanwhile, Stephanie learns of decades-old Global Tech research into a flower called trillsettum, which is the source of their powers. Interspersed with the supers of the week
are apparently minor revelations, including the Stephanie's discovery of Jim's superpower's weakness, cinoxate
, Daphne's discovery that her power also encompasses forcing thoughts into other people's minds, JJ's math teacher's realization of the boy's powers and manipulation by Dr. King, and the death of Victoria after she attempts to kill and replace him
. Joshua disposes of Victoria's body.
As Stephanie gains access to King's secret research into trillsettum, she realizes his central role in the sudden appearance of supers, who are all criminals injected with the purified chemical serum. While Stephanie works on an antidote to the serum, Joshua proposes to Katie, but the revelation of his erasure of Daphne's memory leads Katie to renounce her love of him shortly before she realizes her pregnancy. An attack on Katie by an animal-like super shows the fetus's superhuman abilities. After Stephanie is attacked by the same super, her infection worsens so bad that Jim takes her to Dr. King and begs for the serum to save her life; she recovers and discovers that her abilities, when amplified, allow her to travel in time
.
In due time, Mrs. X is introduced as an apparent enemy of Global Tech's secret research, but later as CEO of the company and merely an antagonist to Dr. King. Mrs. X revives Victoria, tasking her with looking after Katie's baby. When JJ's math teacher is killed and JJ is kidnapped, the family demand Dr. King's cooperation in their search. King reveals that he has used trillsettium for decades to sustain his body against cancer, and directs them to Global Tech's secret lab, where they are captured by Mrs. X. Imprisoned with JJ, Joshua learns of Katie's pregnancy and the boy finally solves the mystery of the family's permanent powers where others require frequent injection of serum. When Mrs. X threatens to kill Daphne, JJ shares the information and Mrs. X orders the family's execution and leaves the building. However, Dr. King arrives, saves Stephanie and the children, and shoots Jim, then professes his love to Mrs. Powell. Jim, still alive, attacks King, whose own abilities have been amplified by excessive trillsettium. Eventually, JJ manages to inject King with the antidote, resulting in his death, but the family is too late to prevent Mrs. X from loading a plane with 80 criminals, plus Victoria and George (who followed a series of clues to discover Victoria's imitation of Joshua), to be permanently turned into supers. Joshua helps deliver Katie's premature
super baby; the National Security Agency
arrives at the Powell's home to request assistance in recovering the crashed plane's super criminals.
received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator
Metacritic
gave the series a score of 65 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews based on 28 professional critics. Alessandra Stanley
from The New York Times
gave an average review, praising the fact that the show offers "calmer, more restrained fantasy about paranormal prowess" by combining shows like Heroes
and Lost
with the wholesome fantasy of Pixar
's The Incredibles
and Disney's The Swiss Family Robinson
, but concluded her review by saying that "it's not clear whether this series—a hybrid of family drama and graphic novel—can sustain interest once the premise is fully established". Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle
wrote a review saying that "There's lot of promise here, of drama, action, comedy, etc, all wrapped up in a family-friendly series." The Miami Herald Glenn Garvin gave a positive review by saying that the show is "a perceptive and engaging comedy-drama about domestic dysfunction", he also praised Benz and Chiklis saying that they are "splendid as a startled couple", with Panabaker "as their sulky, contemptuous daughter".
Praise about the main leads also came from The Boston Globe
, with critic Matthew Gilbert saying that it's nice to see Chiklis and Benz in roles different from their previous television roles, and ends his review by saying that "With believable chemistry together, Chiklis and Benz help create a solid TV couple and, let's hope, no ordinary series". However, Verne Gay from Newsday
criticized Chiklis' performance saying that it is a "spectacular...case of miscasting".
on October 08, 2010 on SET
. The show was one of the first US Fall 2010-2011 new series to premiere in South Africa
and aired on M-Net Series
from November 2010. It premiered in Italy
on 6 October 2010, on Fox Italy
, part of the Sky Italy Broadcast Group
, and in the UK on 11 January 2011, on Watch
, part of the UKTV
group. In New Zealand
the series premiered on 3 February 2011 on TV2. In Greece
the series premiered 3 March 2011 on FX (Greece)
. The series premiered in Hong Kong
on 24 March 2011 on TVB Pearl
at 10:35pm every Thursday.. In Russia
the series premiered 4 Apr 2011 on Fox Life
. On 2 May 2011 the series premiered in Australia
on the Seven Network
at 7:30pm, and in India
on Zee Cafe
at 10:00pm. In Slovakia
the series premiered 27 Jun 2011 at 8:15pm on TV JOJ
.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. The 45-minute science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
comedy-drama
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series ran from September 28, 2010 to April 5, 2011, on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT. The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
On May 13, 2011 ABC announced that No Ordinary Family had been canceled due to the lack of viewers.
Main cast
- Michael ChiklisMichael ChiklisMichael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, Thing in...
as James "Jim" Powell, Sr. – a police sketch artistFacial compositeA facial composite is a graphical representation of an eyewitness's memory of a face, as recorded by a composite artist. Facial composites are used mainly by police in their investigation of crimes.-PhotoFIT generation:...
who is super-strong, nearly invulnerable, and can leap over tall buildings. When in contact with cinoxateCinoxateCinoxate is an organic compound used as an ingredient in some types of sunscreens. It is an ester formed from methoxycinnamic acid and 2-ethoxyethanol. It is a slightly yellow viscous liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with alcohols, esters, and vegetable oils.It protects skin...
, his powers fail. His weakness lies in finesse and agility. - Julie BenzJulie BenzJulie M. Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television...
as Stephanie Powell (née Crane) – a scientist who works at Global Tech. She has super speed (running 10 miles in just under 5 seconds) and an incredibly fast metabolism that allows her to heal quickly. However, when she was attacked by Lucas Winnick, an animal-like posthuman, she was injected with the trilsettum serum in an attempt to save her life. This allowed her to (possibly only temporarily) run faster than the speed of light, enabling time travel. She was initially working on the research of the Trilsetum Coronis, the "crown jewel" plant of the Amazon Basin. She later found out that the plant shared the same chromosomes as the families' super powered DNA. - Kay PanabakerKay PanabakerStephanie Kay Panabaker , better known as Kay Panabaker, is an American film and television actress. She is the younger sister of fellow actress Danielle Panabaker.-Early years:...
as Daphne Nicole PowellDaphne Nicole PowellDaphne Powell is a fictional character from the TV series No Ordinary Family. She is portrayed by Kay Panabaker in the series.- Powers :Like her fellow family she got her powers when involved in a plane crash in Brazil....
– Jim and Stephanie's 16-year-old daughter. She has the power of telepathyTelepathyTelepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
and the ability to see the memories of others by touching them, which has allowed her to restore her own memories. She later discovered that she could also influence the behavior of others by means of telepathic suggestion. She also develops the ability to erase memories by this method. - Jimmy BennettJimmy BennettJames Michael "Jimmy" Bennett is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, Poseidon, and more recently in Orphan and as young James T. Kirk in Star Trek...
as James "JJ" Powell, Jr. – Jim and Stephanie's 14-year-old son; a teenager with vast intelligence. He has the ability to speed-read and comprehend large amounts of information by just reading the page (but is initially only capable of remembering it for six hours). He is also capable of learning a new language fluently in a matter of minutes. His powers extend to a form of "genius vision". When he experiences intense emotional stress, his powers fail. His enhanced intellect appears to extend his ability to handle extra-academic situations, enhanced fighting skill being an example. It is revealed that he is immune to Daphne's telepathic push. - Autumn ReeserAutumn ReeserAutumn Alicia Reeser is an American actress and blogger. She has portrayed Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C., Lizzie Grant on HBO's Entourage and most recently appeared as Katie Andrews on ABC's No Ordinary Family....
as Katie Andrews – a lab tech and Stephanie's personal assistantPersonal assistantA personal assistant or personal aide is someone who assists in daily business or personal tasks. It is common in design to have a PDA, or personal design assistant....
at Global Tech and comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
fangirl. She is aware of the Powells' superpowers. She is also dating the Watcher (under the alias of Will and later Joshua), but it is unknown to her that he is hired by Dr. King to find out about the Powell family's abilities. Her favorite superhero(ine) is Kitty PrydeKitty PrydeKatherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 and was created by writer-artist John Byrne....
. She had telekinetic powers due to her pregnancy with Joshua's child. Katie and Joshua eventually reconnect, after Joshua returns and helps Katie deliver their baby prematurely. The baby initially appears to be stillbornStillbirthA stillbirth occurs when a fetus has died in the uterus. The Australian definition specifies that fetal death is termed a stillbirth after 20 weeks gestation or the fetus weighs more than . Once the fetus has died the mother still has contractions and remains undelivered. The term is often used in...
, but its eyes quickly flash green and it returns to life, presumably as a result of its trilsettum DNA. - Romany MalcoRomany MalcoRomany Romanic Malco, Jr. is an American actor and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Malco portrayed Conrad Shepard on the Showtime series Weeds. He most recently played George St...
as George St. Cloud – an assistant district attorney in Pacific Bay and long-time friend of Jim's. He also knows of his superpowers. He is a comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
fanboy. He sponsors and runs the crime-fighting intelligence network ("The Lair") in his garage. In the season one finale he is aboard an airplane full of 80 prisoners who are to be turned into super villains, since George survived the crash he most likely developed super power like the rest of passengers on the plane after crashing in the same manner as the Powell's. - Stephen Collins as Dr. Dayton King – Stephanie's boss at Global Tech and, as the series unfolds, a key figure in the Powells' super-powered universe. In episode 14, through the security cameras, he learns of Jim and Stephanie's powers. In episode 16, it is revealed that he is The Watcher's adoptive father and has some sort of interest in JJ's powers. It is revealed he took the serum to heal himself after contracting cancer. In episode 20, he is injected by JJ with Stephanie's power cure and dies when the cancer returns at an accelerated rate.
- Josh StewartJosh StewartJoshua Regnall Stewart is an American actor best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series Dirt. He was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV series Third Watch.-Early life:...
as Joshua – he goes by aliases of Will and later Joshua to the family. His powers are temporary and he requires regular injections from Dr. King to keep them. He has been shown to have the abilities of telekinesis, telepathic suggestion, and an immunity to Daphne's telepathy. In the episode "No Ordinary Sidekick", he is unable to hide his thoughts when Daphne accidentally uses her power to see other people's thoughts through physical contact, consequently Joshua shows the power to erase memory by removing Daphne's memories of everything after the trip to Brazil. In episode 11 he gives up the injections that give him his powers to start a normal relationship with Katie. In episode 13 it is revealed that the injections he was given were keeping him alive, but before dying he goes through severe withdrawal followed by organ failure. In Episode 14, it is revealed that through advanced level of telepathic suggestion, he can "re-wire" memories, which kept his real name, among other things, secret. In Episode 16, it was announced that Dr. King is his adoptive father who saved his life from a terminal illness by injecting him with the serum when he was 6 years old. In the first season finale, it is revealed that Joshua is being held in a prison by Mrs. X. JJ is thrown in the same cell as Joshua and later helps JJ figure out the secret behind permanent powers. Dr. King lets his son out, in secret, telling him that he will always be there for him and that Joshua should go and be with his family. Joshua returns to Katie, and, after turning Victoria away, helps Katie deliver their child prematurely. The baby initially appears to be stillbornStillbirthA stillbirth occurs when a fetus has died in the uterus. The Australian definition specifies that fetal death is termed a stillbirth after 20 weeks gestation or the fetus weighs more than . Once the fetus has died the mother still has contractions and remains undelivered. The term is often used in...
, but its eyes quickly flash green and it returns to life, presumably as a result of its trilsettum DNA.
Recurring cast
- Christina ChangChristina ChangChristina Chang is a Taiwanese American actress.Chang was born in and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Her father is Chinese Filipino and her mother is American...
as Detective Yvonne Cho – a cop who worked at the same precinct as Jim. She was murdered by Joshua(The watcher) in episode 2, shot with her own gun, off screen. - Jason AntoonJason Antoon-Stage career:He is best known for his role in the 2000 Tony Award-winning musical Contact. For his performance, he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.-Movie career:...
as Mr. Litchfield – JJ's math teacher, who initially suspected JJ of cheating due to his sharp change after he came back. Later worked for Dr. King then Mrs X in attempting to harness JJ's powers. Killed on Mrs X's orders after repeatedly failing to get JJ's cooperation. - Guillermo Díaz as Detective Frank Cordero. Took over Detective Cho's role after her murder. Was killed by dirty cops in episode 19.
- Reggie LeeReggie Lee (actor)Reggie Lee is an American actor who played William Kim on the show Prison Break and also appeared as Tai Huang in two Pirates of the Caribbean films, as well as The Fast and the Furious...
as Dr. Francis Chiles – a scientist who worked for Global Tech. He was murdered by the Watcher in episode 10. - Amy AckerAmy AckerAmy Louise Acker is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Angel as Winifred Burkle and Illyria and on Alias as Kelly Peyton. She is also known for her role as Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey on Dollhouse.-Early life:Acker was born and raised in Dallas, where she...
as Amanda Grayson, co-counsel of George and DA of Pacific Bay district. She seems to have a close relationship with George. - Luke KleintankLuke KleintankLuke Kleintank is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Elliot on Gossip Girl and for his role as Noah Newman on The Young and the Restless. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Luke Kleintank and his family moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, when he was 2...
as Chris Minor – a delinquent with a good heart, who falls for Daphne Powell. She eventually tells him about her powers and he persuades her to use them to help them cut school and get time off from his boss. When her family pressures her to keep their secret, Daphne erases Chris' memory of her powers. However, she accidentally makes him forget their entire relationship. - Katelyn TarverKatelyn TarverKatelyn Marie Tarver is an American singer/songwriter/actress. She is known for her current role as Jo Taylor on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush and as Natalie on the ABC series No Ordinary Family.-Singing career:...
as Natalie Poston – JJ's love interest, member of the "Smart People Club", good at playing chess. Her mother was murdered when she was four years old and she never knew who her father was, so she has moved around between foster homes for the past 12 years. - Katrina Begin as Bailey Browning – alpha girl at Daphne's and JJ's high school. She has shown to take an interest in JJ after JJ's and Natalie's break-up.
- Rebecca MaderRebecca MaderRebecca Leigh Mader is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Morgan Gordon on All My Children and Charlotte Lewis on Lost.-Career:...
as Victoria Morrow – Vice President of Human Resource at Global Tech. She pledged allegiance to Dr. King and has the ability to shape-shift. In episode 13, she learned of Stephanie Powell's superpowers. In episode 15, she appears to die in a brawl with Jim. However, it turns out later she is still alive, revived by Mrs. X, who sends her to find out more of Katie's pregnancy. - Jean-Luc BilodeauJean-Luc BilodeauJean-Luc Bilodeau is a Canadian actor who has been acting since 2004. He is best known for his role as Josh Trager in the ABC Family channel program Kyle XY. Bilodeau has also appeared in films and television series such as Ill Fated, Trick 'r Treat, 16 Wishes, No Ordinary Family and Best Player...
as Brett Martin – Daphne's schoolmate who is interested in modern art, Japanese language and sushi. - Lucy LawlessLucy LawlessLucy Lawless, MNZM is a New Zealander actress and singer best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess....
as Helen Burton a.k.a Mrs. X – The CEO of Global Tech whom Dr. King works for, who is intent on finding out the Powells' powers and the secret to permanance.
Guest cast
- Tate DonovanTate DonovanTate Buckley Donovan is an American actor. He is known for his role in the FX drama Damages, as Tom Shayes, and for his role as Jimmy Cooper in the American teen drama television series The O.C....
as Mitch McCutcheon – was initially a series regular, but was subsequently dropped. The pilot for the Powell's airplane for their Brazil trip who is presumed dead. - Nathan KeyesNathan KeyesNathan William Keyes is an American actor, known for his role as Kevin Levin in Ben 10: Alien Swarm.-History:When Keyes was seven, he wrote, produced, directed and acted in the play based on The Tailor of Gloucester...
as Lucas Fisher - Daphne's boyfriend who she discovers is cheating on her when she reads his mind. - Bruce McGillBruce McGillBruce Travis McGill is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in National Lampoon's Animal House.-Early life:McGill was born in San...
as Allan Crane – Stephanie's father who hates Jim and later accuses him of cheating on Stephanie. - Cybill ShepherdCybill ShepherdCybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...
as Barbara Crane – Stephanie's mother - Jackson RathboneJackson RathboneMonroe Jackson Rathbone, V , better known as Jackson Rathbone, is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and for playing Sokka in The Last Airbender....
as Trent – a boy who witnesses his house being robbed, refuses to tell the truth to the police. Daphne discovers new elements to her powers when she touches his hand and can read his past thoughts/memories re: the break-in. - Rachel MinerRachel MinerRachel Miner is a Broadway, film and television actress, born in New York City.-Personal life:A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director and teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller...
as Rebecca Jessup – formerly arrested, she used her hands to emit shock-waves to create artificial earthquakes in order to steal medicines in various pharmacies to get rid of her abilities. She was also locked up by Dr. King many times. It is not known what happened to her after she has been knocked out by Joshua(Watcher). - Anthony Michael HallAnthony Michael HallMichael Anthony Hall , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980...
as Roy Minor - Chris' father who gains super strength making him stronger than Jim after his son steals Stephanie's serum. - Alex SolowitzAlex SolowitzAlexzander Joshua Solowitz is an American actor, composer, singer, dancer, and producer.Solowitz was born in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California to a large Jewish family. He has a younger sister Aleeza Solowitz, a columnist who also works in the film industry and lives between Los...
as Theo Patton – a sociopathic serial arsonist who can set himself on fire; supposedly killed when a tank of sand fell on him while he was on fire. - Jamie HarrisJamie Harris (actor)Jamie Harris is an English actor. He is the son of actor Richard Harris and socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His two brothers are actor Jared Harris and director Damian Harris.-Life and career:...
as Reed Koblenz – a teleporter and robber who was shot and killed by Det. Cho in episode 1. - Rick SchroderRick SchroderRichard Bartlett "Rick" Schroder, Jr. is an American actor and film director.He debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons...
as Dave Cotten – whose life Jim saves by stopping a bus from running him over. - Annie WerschingAnnie WerschingAnnie Wersching is an American actress who is best known for her role as FBI special agent Renee Walker on the American television series 24.-Personal life:...
as Michelle – Dave's wife who steals art. - Jason WilesJason WilesJason Austin Wiles is an American actor known for his role in the TV series Third Watch.Wiles was born in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., and raised in Lenexa, Kansas, where he attended Holy Trinity Catholic School...
as Mike Powell – Jim's brother who is up to his neck in debt and takes advantage of JJ's powers. - Ethan SupleeEthan SupleeEthan Suplee is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets World, Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, Thumper in The Butterfly Effect, Dewey in Unstoppable, and his roles in Kevin Smith...
as Tom Seeley – escaped from Santos County Correctional Facility the same place where Rebeccas Jessup and Theo Patton was arrested. He wanted payback on Dr. King. Can become fog with his powers. - Tricia HelferTricia HelferTricia Janine Helfer is a Canadian actress and former model, best known for her roles as Number Six in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, "Carla" on Burn Notice, and FBI Special Agent Alex Rice on Dark Blue, as well as for hosting the first season of Canada's...
as Sophie Adler – a beautiful woman who can make men fall in love with her by way of her pheromones. Mrs. X asks her to seduce George and Jim; the plan works at first, but ultimately fails. She dies in a car explosion which was set up by Mrs.X. - Robert PicardoRobert PicardoRobert Picardo is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram , also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager, The Cowboy in Innerspace, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years , Ben Wheeler in Wagons East, and as...
as Mr. Lance - The vice-principal at Daphne and JJ's school. - Eric BalfourEric BalfourEric Salter Balfour is an American singer and actor of film and television. He is the lead singer of Born As Ghosts, formerly known as Fredalba...
as Lucas Winnick - a man with the powers of various animals who Mrs. X assigns to kill people with super powers but he later discovers that the Powells have powers and they become his next target. - Michael MaizeMichael MaizeMichael Maize is an American motion picture and television actor, perhaps best known for his role of Daniel in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets.-Biography:...
as Ben - a man with the power to use electricity to stop or kill people.
Development and casting
On January 25, 2010, ABC green-lit production of the pilot, which was written by Greg BerlantiGreg Berlanti
Greg Berlanti is an American television writer and producer.- Personal life :Berlanti was born in Rye, New York. His parents are Barbara Moller Berlanti and Eugene Berlanti. Greg has one sister, Dina and is the uncle of two nieces...
and Jon Harmon Feldman
Jon Harmon Feldman
Jon Harmon Feldman is an American screenwriter and director.He has created and worked on TV series such as The Wonder Years, Tru Calling, Reunion, Dawson's Creek, Doctor, Doctor,American Dreams, Roswell, American Town, Dirty Sexy Money and Big Shots .He wrote and directed the 1997 romantic comedy...
. David Semel
David Semel
David Semel is an American director and television producer.- Film Director :* Lone Star State of Mind*Revelations* Campfire Tales - TV filmography Director :*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip *Heroes...
directed the pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
. Berlanti and Feldman are executive producers, along with Morgan Wandell.
In early February 2010, Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, Thing in...
became the first actor to join the series, playing family patriarch Jim Powell. Autumn Reeser
Autumn Reeser
Autumn Alicia Reeser is an American actress and blogger. She has portrayed Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C., Lizzie Grant on HBO's Entourage and most recently appeared as Katie Andrews on ABC's No Ordinary Family....
was the next actor cast, to play a colleague of Jim's wife. Romany Malco
Romany Malco
Romany Romanic Malco, Jr. is an American actor and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Malco portrayed Conrad Shepard on the Showtime series Weeds. He most recently played George St...
portrays Jim's best friend and college roommate.
March 2010 casting included Julie Benz
Julie Benz
Julie M. Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television...
as Jim's wife and family matriarch Stephanie Powell and Christina Chang
Christina Chang
Christina Chang is a Taiwanese American actress.Chang was born in and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Her father is Chinese Filipino and her mother is American...
as a police officer who works with Jim. Tate Donovan
Tate Donovan
Tate Buckley Donovan is an American actor. He is known for his role in the FX drama Damages, as Tom Shayes, and for his role as Jimmy Cooper in the American teen drama television series The O.C....
is the mysterious pilot of the plane that crashes. Rounding out the cast are Kay Panabaker
Kay Panabaker
Stephanie Kay Panabaker , better known as Kay Panabaker, is an American film and television actress. She is the younger sister of fellow actress Danielle Panabaker.-Early years:...
and Jimmy Bennett
Jimmy Bennett
James Michael "Jimmy" Bennett is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, Poseidon, and more recently in Orphan and as young James T. Kirk in Star Trek...
, who portray the Powell children Daphne and JJ.
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
reported that ABC had picked up the series for the 2010–11 television season. A few days later, Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
writer and executive producer Allison Adler
Allison Adler
Allison Beth Adler is an American producer and writer for television. She is from California.-Career:Adler has worked on television series including Still Standing and Family Guy. She worked on the TV series Chuck, but she left in May 2010 to work on the ABC series No Ordinary Family...
(credited as Ali Adler) announced that she would be joining the show's writing team. At the end of May, Smallville
Smallville
Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
writers Darren Swimmer
Darren Swimmer
Darren Swimmer is an American screenwriter and producer, most famous for working on the American television program Smallville. As of October 6, 2006 he has written or co-written 18 episodes of Smallville.-Smallville:*Writer...
and Todd Slavkin
Todd Slavkin
Todd Slavkin is an American screenwriter and producer, most famous for working on the American television program Smallville. As of October 6, 2006 he has written or co-written 18 episodes of Smallville.- Smallville :*Writer...
joined the writing team.
On June 3, 2010, Donovan and Chang left the show due to the completion of their story lines. Producers said there was a potential for Donovan to come back as guest stars at a later date. Stephen Collins, who initially had a small role in the series, was promoted to a series regular in mid-June. Entertainment Weeklys Michael Ausiello
Michael Ausiello
Michael Ausiello is an American television industry journalist and actor. He was a Senior Writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com. On May 28, 2008, Ausiello left TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly and posted his first blog for Entertainment Weekly on July 2, 2008...
reports that Josh Stewart
Josh Stewart
Joshua Regnall Stewart is an American actor best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series Dirt. He was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV series Third Watch.-Early life:...
, late of Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
, has joined the cast as the Watcher.
On October 25, 2010 ABC gave the series a full-season order. This order was cut back to 20 episodes on February 26, 2011.
At the beginning of March 2011, the two lead stars Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz signed for Fall 2011 CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
pilot offers. Also, around the same time, there were reports that Disney was temporarily moving the series' sets from their lot.
Episodes
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The series focused on the Powells discovering their powers and attempting to discover the nefarious plot of Dr. Dayton King, Stephanie's boss.
In the pilot episode
Pilot (No Ordinary Family)
"Pilot" is the first episode of the ABC series No Ordinary Family. The episode's teleplay was written by Jon Harmon Feldman, from a story by Greg Berlanti and Feldman...
, Jim Powell forces his disjointed family into a vacation to Brazil, which ends when their plane crashes in the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
and the family returns home. In time, each family member is revealed to have a superpower: Jim has superhuman strength
Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength, also called superstrength, super-strength, or super strength, is an ability commonly employed in fiction. It is the ability for a character to be stronger than humanly possible...
, which includes leaping tall buildings in a single bound and near-invincibility; Stephanie has superhuman speed; Daphne has telepathy
Telepathy
Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...
, specifically mind reading; and JJ has superintelligence
Superintelligence
A superintelligence, hyperintelligence or superhuman intelligence is a hypothetical entity which possesses intelligence surpassing that of any existing human being...
, although he keeps his power a secret from his parents for a while.
Assistant district attorney
District attorney
In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
George St. Cloud, Jim's close friend, and Katie Andrews, Stephanie's lab assistant, share in the family's secret adventures and discoveries. Jim begins to use his powers to fight crime
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
, drawing increasing police attention to his vigilantism
Vigilante
A vigilante is a private individual who legally or illegally punishes an alleged lawbreaker, or participates in a group which metes out extralegal punishment to an alleged lawbreaker....
, Stephanie uses her scientists' job at Global Tech to better understand the family's powers, and both JJ and Daphne develop crushes
Limerence
Limerence is a term coined c. 1977 by the psychologist Dorothy Tennov to describe an involuntary state of mind which seems to result from a romantic attraction to another person combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated...
. Katie also meets a man, Will, who is soon revealed to be hiding his true identity, Joshua; Daphne learns that he's a super, but he wipes her mind. As Joshua and Katie's relationship forms, his ulterior motive of spying on the Powells for Dr. King is nearly revealed, time and time again until he must use his superpowers against another of King's supers, Victoria Morrow, to save Katie; she was sent to ensure Joshua's cooperation in spying by killing his girlfriend.
Through Jim's crimefighting, the family learns of the existence of other "supers." Meanwhile, Stephanie learns of decades-old Global Tech research into a flower called trillsettum, which is the source of their powers. Interspersed with the supers of the week
Villain of the week
"Villain of the week" is a term that describes the nature of one-use antagonists in episodic fiction, especially ongoing American genre-based television series...
are apparently minor revelations, including the Stephanie's discovery of Jim's superpower's weakness, cinoxate
Cinoxate
Cinoxate is an organic compound used as an ingredient in some types of sunscreens. It is an ester formed from methoxycinnamic acid and 2-ethoxyethanol. It is a slightly yellow viscous liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with alcohols, esters, and vegetable oils.It protects skin...
, Daphne's discovery that her power also encompasses forcing thoughts into other people's minds, JJ's math teacher's realization of the boy's powers and manipulation by Dr. King, and the death of Victoria after she attempts to kill and replace him
Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games...
. Joshua disposes of Victoria's body.
As Stephanie gains access to King's secret research into trillsettum, she realizes his central role in the sudden appearance of supers, who are all criminals injected with the purified chemical serum. While Stephanie works on an antidote to the serum, Joshua proposes to Katie, but the revelation of his erasure of Daphne's memory leads Katie to renounce her love of him shortly before she realizes her pregnancy. An attack on Katie by an animal-like super shows the fetus's superhuman abilities. After Stephanie is attacked by the same super, her infection worsens so bad that Jim takes her to Dr. King and begs for the serum to save her life; she recovers and discovers that her abilities, when amplified, allow her to travel in time
Time travel
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
.
In due time, Mrs. X is introduced as an apparent enemy of Global Tech's secret research, but later as CEO of the company and merely an antagonist to Dr. King. Mrs. X revives Victoria, tasking her with looking after Katie's baby. When JJ's math teacher is killed and JJ is kidnapped, the family demand Dr. King's cooperation in their search. King reveals that he has used trillsettium for decades to sustain his body against cancer, and directs them to Global Tech's secret lab, where they are captured by Mrs. X. Imprisoned with JJ, Joshua learns of Katie's pregnancy and the boy finally solves the mystery of the family's permanent powers where others require frequent injection of serum. When Mrs. X threatens to kill Daphne, JJ shares the information and Mrs. X orders the family's execution and leaves the building. However, Dr. King arrives, saves Stephanie and the children, and shoots Jim, then professes his love to Mrs. Powell. Jim, still alive, attacks King, whose own abilities have been amplified by excessive trillsettium. Eventually, JJ manages to inject King with the antidote, resulting in his death, but the family is too late to prevent Mrs. X from loading a plane with 80 criminals, plus Victoria and George (who followed a series of clues to discover Victoria's imitation of Joshua), to be permanently turned into supers. Joshua helps deliver Katie's premature
Premature birth
In humans preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age. The cause for preterm birth is in many situations elusive and unknown; many factors appear to be associated with the development of preterm birth, making the reduction of preterm birth a challenging...
super baby; the National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
arrives at the Powell's home to request assistance in recovering the crashed plane's super criminals.
Ratings
The premiere was watched by 10.69 million viewers, the second episode dropped to 8.99 million viewers.Critical reception
The series pilot episodeTelevision pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator
Review aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services . This system stores the reviews and then uses them for purposes such as: creating a website for users to view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies and creating databases for...
Metacritic
Metacritic
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gave the series a score of 65 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews based on 28 professional critics. Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley is an American journalist. In 2003 she became the television critic for The New York Times. Stanley was previously co-chief of the paper's Moscow bureau, Rome bureau chief, and as a correspondent for Time. She is the daughter of defense expert Timothy W...
from The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
gave an average review, praising the fact that the show offers "calmer, more restrained fantasy about paranormal prowess" by combining shows like Heroes
Heroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
and Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
with the wholesome fantasy of Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
's The Incredibles
The Incredibles
The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated action-comedy superhero film about a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons, and was produced by Pixar and distributed by...
and Disney's The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson
-History:Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance...
, but concluded her review by saying that "it's not clear whether this series—a hybrid of family drama and graphic novel—can sustain interest once the premise is fully established". Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
wrote a review saying that "There's lot of promise here, of drama, action, comedy, etc, all wrapped up in a family-friendly series." The Miami Herald Glenn Garvin gave a positive review by saying that the show is "a perceptive and engaging comedy-drama about domestic dysfunction", he also praised Benz and Chiklis saying that they are "splendid as a startled couple", with Panabaker "as their sulky, contemptuous daughter".
Praise about the main leads also came from The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, with critic Matthew Gilbert saying that it's nice to see Chiklis and Benz in roles different from their previous television roles, and ends his review by saying that "With believable chemistry together, Chiklis and Benz help create a solid TV couple and, let's hope, no ordinary series". However, Verne Gay from Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
criticized Chiklis' performance saying that it is a "spectacular...case of miscasting".
Broadcast
The series premiered in the U.S. and Canada on September 28, 2010, and in Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
on October 08, 2010 on SET
Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)
Sony Entertainment Television, commonly shortened to Canal Sony , is a general entertainment channel co-based in Perú, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Miami, Florida, United States. It airs in 26 countries in Latin America, and is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment...
. The show was one of the first US Fall 2010-2011 new series to premiere in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and aired on M-Net Series
M-Net
M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....
from November 2010. It premiered in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on 6 October 2010, on Fox Italy
Fox (Italy)
Fox is an Italian Entertainment TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels Italy and broadcast in Italy by Sky Italia on Channel 111. Timeshifts of the channel are available at channel 112 and 113...
, part of the Sky Italy Broadcast Group
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...
, and in the UK on 11 January 2011, on Watch
Watch (TV channel)
Watch is a general entertainment channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network. The channel launched on 7 October 2008 on satellite through Sky and on cable primarily through Virgin Media.-History:...
, part of the UKTV
UKTV
UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008...
group. In New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
the series premiered on 3 February 2011 on TV2. In Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
the series premiered 3 March 2011 on FX (Greece)
FX (Greece)
FX Greece is a television network, launched by the Fox International Channels, which launched on 31 December 2009 and is currently available to the subscribers of Conn-x TV and NOVA Greece....
. The series premiered in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
on 24 March 2011 on TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl
TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
at 10:35pm every Thursday.. In Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
the series premiered 4 Apr 2011 on Fox Life
Fox Life
Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions...
. On 2 May 2011 the series premiered in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
at 7:30pm, and in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
on Zee Cafe
Zee Cafe
Zee Café is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and known for general entertainment channel...
at 10:00pm. In Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
the series premiered 27 Jun 2011 at 8:15pm on TV JOJ
TV JOJ
-About TV JOJ:It was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor of the TV Global, which was broadcasting since March 2000. TV Joj was built by former head of Czech Republic channel TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, when he was at war with TV Nova’s U.S. investor Central European Media Enterprises...
.