Pepper Dennis
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Pepper Dennis is a comedy-drama
television series that aired on The WB
from April to July 4, 2006. It was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network
.
Pepper Dennis was the final show to premiere on The WB before its transition to The CW network.
The series stars Rebecca Romijn
as Pepper Dennis, a television reporter
for an evening news broadcast at the fictional television station WEiE (specifically with a small i) in Chicago
. The series also starred Rider Strong
as Chick, Pepper's cameraman and unrequited crush, Brooke Burns
as Pepper's sheltered and somewhat flaky sister Kathy Dinkle, Lindsay Price as Kimmy Kim, Pepper's closest friend and WEiE's makeup artist and Josh Hopkins
as Charlie Babcock, the station's news anchor. One of the focal points of the show was the love-hate relationship between Pepper and Charlie.
The song used in commercials for the show was "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
" by KT Tunstall
, and the opening theme song is "Better Half" by Chris Trapper
, the former frontman for the Boston pop group The Push Stars
. Another song that the WB used for advertising "Pepper Dennis" was Morningwood
's "Nth Degree" which also appeared in another WB drama, One Tree Hill
.
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...
television series that aired on The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
from April to July 4, 2006. It was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
.
Pepper Dennis was the final show to premiere on The WB before its transition to The CW network.
The series stars Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Alie Romijn is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her recurring role as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty.-Early life:...
as Pepper Dennis, a television reporter
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
for an evening news broadcast at the fictional television station WEiE (specifically with a small i) in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. The series also starred Rider Strong
Rider Strong
Rider King Strong is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.-Early life:...
as Chick, Pepper's cameraman and unrequited crush, Brooke Burns
Brooke Burns
Brooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress and former fashion model. She began her career on the popular TV series Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii.-Early life:...
as Pepper's sheltered and somewhat flaky sister Kathy Dinkle, Lindsay Price as Kimmy Kim, Pepper's closest friend and WEiE's makeup artist and Josh Hopkins
Josh Hopkins
William Joshua Hopkins is an American actor.-Career:Hopkins joined the fourth, and last season, of New York Undercover in 1998. In 1999 Hopkins starred in Alanis Morissette's "Unsent" music video...
as Charlie Babcock, the station's news anchor. One of the focal points of the show was the love-hate relationship between Pepper and Charlie.
The song used in commercials for the show was "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and is featured on her debut album, Eye to the Telescope. It was released on 21 February 2005 as the lead single from the album, charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...
" by KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist from St Andrews, Scotland. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later... with Jools Holland...
, and the opening theme song is "Better Half" by Chris Trapper
Chris Trapper
Chris Trapper is a musician based in Boston, Massachusetts who is most known as the lead singer of the band, The Push Stars. With The Push Stars, Trapper wrote material for four studio albums and three self-produced discs...
, the former frontman for the Boston pop group The Push Stars
The Push Stars
The Push Stars are an American rock band, formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1996. The band members include Chris Trapper, Ryan MacMillan and Dan McLoughlin. They developed a following playing shows in Boston, then released their first album, "Meet Me at the Fair" in 1996...
. Another song that the WB used for advertising "Pepper Dennis" was Morningwood
Morningwood
Morningwood is an alternative rock band from New York City, USA, founded in 2001 by Pedro Yanowitz and Chantal Claret. Morningwood was signed to Capitol Records.-Career:...
's "Nth Degree" which also appeared in another WB drama, One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
.
Regular cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rebecca Romijn Rebecca Romijn Rebecca Alie Romijn is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her recurring role as Alexis Meade on the television series Ugly Betty.-Early life:... |
Pepper Dennis (Patty Dinkle) |
| Brooke Burns Brooke Burns Brooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress and former fashion model. She began her career on the popular TV series Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii.-Early life:... |
Kathy Dinkle Williams |
| Josh Hopkins Josh Hopkins William Joshua Hopkins is an American actor.-Career:Hopkins joined the fourth, and last season, of New York Undercover in 1998. In 1999 Hopkins starred in Alanis Morissette's "Unsent" music video... |
Charlie Babcock |
| Lindsay Price | Kimmy Kim |
| Rider Strong Rider Strong Rider King Strong is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.-Early life:... |
Chick Dirka |
Recurring characters
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Brett Cullen Brett Cullen Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the American football players, Tim Riggins , in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights.Cullen was born in Houston,... |
Jack Bell |
| Frederick Koehler Frederick Koehler Frederick Koehler is an American actor best known for his role as Chip on Kate & Allie as well as Andrew Schillinger on the HBO drama Oz.- Film work :* Death Race 2 -- Lists* Death Race – Lists... |
Leslie "Les" Gaye |
| Alexandra Barreto Alexandra Barreto Alexandra Barreto is an American actress who starred in the 2006 television series Pepper Dennis with Rider Strong and Rebecca Romijn and in the horror film Tooth and Nail a part of the annual After Dark Horrorfest in 2007.... |
Blanca Martinez |
| Jason Brooks | Bryce Williams |
| Bob Gunton Bob Gunton Robert Patrick "Bob" Gunton, Jr. is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known roles as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, and President Juan Peron in the original... |
Dick Dinkle |
| Pamela Reed Pamela Reed Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Ruth Powers in various episodes of TV's The Simpsons, as Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic partner in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop and as the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho... |
Lynn Dinkle |
| A.J. Trauth Andrew James Trauth Andrew James Trauth, commonly known as A. J. Trauth is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the character of Alan "Twitty" on Even Stevens, and as the voice of Josh Mankey on Kim Possible, both programs aired on Disney Channel.In 2006, he guest starred on the CBS drama... |
Mitch Dinkle |
| Pooch Hall Pooch Hall Marion H. "Pooch" Hall, Jr. is an American television and film actor from Taunton, Massachusetts. He is perhaps best known for his role as professional football player Derwin Davis on the BET comedy-drama series The Game.... |
Garfield |
| Larisa Oleynik Larisa Oleynik Larisa Romanovna Oleynik is an American actress. She came to fame in the mid-1990s, after starring in the title role of the popular television series, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and has also appeared in theatrical films, including The Baby-Sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You... |
Brianna |
| Henry Simmons Henry Simmons Henry Oswald Simmons, Jr. is an American actor.-Life and career:Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons, Sr., an IRS agent. He is one of three children, including his twin sister, and another sister... |
Curtis Wilson |
| Bob Wiltfong Bob Wiltfong Robert "Bob" Wiltfong is an American actor and comedian best known as a former correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central. He has also made appearances on Chappelle's Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien... |
Lance Powers |
Other characters
- Regina Taufen as Summer Waters
- Frank LloydFrank Lloyd (actor)Frank Lloyd is a veteran Australian-born character actor, who is best known for his stint as Neville McPhee in the Australian soap Home And Away. Along with co-star Shelia Kennelley, who played his wife Floss, they were two of the original characters of the Australian television soap opera...
as Pete Pulaski - Lawrence LeJohn as Fire Lt. J.J. O'Hare
- Carol Kiernan as Mrs. Johnston
- M.C. Gainey as Bobo (helicopter pilot)
- French StewartFrench StewartMilton French Stewart , better known by his stage name French Stewart, is an American actor, best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.-Early life:...
as Dr. Crimmons (the company shrink) - Whitney AndersonWhitney AndersonWhitney T. Anderson is an American politician and businessman from Waimanalo, Hawaii. He is the younger brother of D.G. "Andy" Anderson.He served for a total of 20 years in both chambers of the Hawaii State Legislature...
as Amber - Dan ByrdDan ByrdDaniel "Dan" Byrd is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the CW original comedy series Aliens in America, A Cinderella Story alongside Hillary Duff, ABC's Cougar Town, and the 2010 movie Easy A.-Life and career:Byrd was born in Marietta,...
as Todd Haskell - Sarah RaffertySarah RaffertySarah Gray Rafferty of New Canaan, Connecticut is an American television and film actress. She is known mainly for her roles as Dr. Casey Matthews in the short-lived 2003 science fiction TV series Tremors, and for her more recent role as Donna, a main character on the USA Network legal drama Suits...
as Callie Meryl - Linda GrayLinda GrayLinda Ann Gray is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing on the television prime-time soap opera Dallas.-Career:Prior to acting, Gray began working as a model in the 1960s...
as Barbara Meryl - John Bennett PerryJohn Bennett PerryJohn Bennett Perry is an American actor and former model. He is the father of actor Matthew Perry.-Life and career:Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the son of Maria Schaefer and Alton L. Perry. He married twice...
as Mr. Meryl - Eric WinterEric WinterEric Barrett Winter is an American actor and former fashion model. He is also ambassador for Operation Smile.-Career:Before his acting roles, Winter was a male model and had some high profile campaigns, such as one print campaign for Tommy Hilfiger...
as Connor Blanchard - Jason-Shane ScottJason-Shane ScottJason-Shane Scott is an American actor.Scott was born in Southern California. At the age of two he moved to Reno, Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to Los Angeles to visit his father. Scott attended Wooster High School and excelled at sports, playing baseball,...
as Rick Harper - Sara PaxtonSara PaxtonSara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...
as April May Tyler / Chrissy Tyler - Robert GantRobert GantRobert Gant is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Robert J. Gant.-Early life:...
as Benny Gold - Adam Cardon as the paparazzo
- Ryan McPartlinRyan McPartlinRyan McPartlin is an American actor, best known for his role as Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on NBC's Chuck.-Early life:...
as Grady Harper - Jordan BelfiJordan BelfiJordan Christopher Belfi is an American actor.Belfi was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2000. He is known best for his work on HBO's Entourage, in which he plays agent Adam Davies, the nemesis of Ari Gold...
as Sheldon Zorn - James ReadJames ReadJames Christopher Read is an American actor, best known for his role of George Hazard in the North and South television miniseries.-Early life:...
as Wes Brinkman - Kristin MinterKristin MinterKristin Minter is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Kathy Winslow in the Vanilla Ice vehicle Cool as Ice...
as Bambi - Mackenzie AstinMackenzie Astin-Biography:Astin was born on May 12, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Patty Duke and actor John Astin. His older half-brother is actor Sean Astin. He attended Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School and University High School in Los Angeles, California...
as Ken Alston - Meredith Scott LynnMeredith Scott LynnMeredith Scott Lynn is an American actress, producer, and director. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City.-Filmography:-Television:-Producer:* Designing Blind TV series...
as Nan Chambers - Yvette Nicole BrownYvette Nicole BrownYvette Nicole Brown is an American actress and comedian. Brown has appeared in various commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career...
as Angela Howell - Timilee Romolini as Connie 'Baby' Unamo
- Candace KitaCandace KitaCandace Kita real name Candace Bender, is a Japanese-American actress and former fashion model, who has appeared in roles in TV shows such as Complete Savages, Two and a Half Men, According to Jim, and Ugly Betty.-Acting:...
as 'Squeaky' - Tangelia Rouse as 'Knuckles'
- Dot JonesDot JonesDorothy-Marie "Dot" Jones is an athlete and actress who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put. Jones is also a 15-time world arm wrestling champion...
as McGee
Episode list
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