The Dead Zone, aka
Stephen King's Dead Zone (in USA) is an
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series starring
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as
Johnny SmithThis page is about the novel and television series versions of the Stephen King character.John Smith is a fictional character and the main protagonist originally appearing in the Stephen King novel, The Dead Zone, then in the film and the television series of the same name.-Novel:In the novel,...
, who discovers he has developed
psychicA psychic is a person who claims to have the ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception, or is said to have such abilities by others...
abilities after a
comaIn medicine, a coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions....
. The show, credited as "based on characters" from
Stephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
's
1979The year 1979 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*V.C...
novel
of the same nameThe Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters a coma for nearly five years...
, first aired in 2002, and was produced by
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and
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from 2002-05) for the
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. Season 6 — billed as "The season that changes everything" — premiered on June 17, 2007.
The show was originally commissioned for
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, but the network later dropped the show and it was picked up instead by USA.
The Dead Zone, aka
Stephen King's Dead Zone (in USA) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
/
suspenseSuspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic...
series starring
Anthony Michael HallMichael Anthony Hall , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who starred in several successful 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
Johnny SmithThis page is about the novel and television series versions of the Stephen King character.John Smith is a fictional character and the main protagonist originally appearing in the Stephen King novel, The Dead Zone, then in the film and the television series of the same name.-Novel:In the novel,...
, who discovers he has developed
psychicA psychic is a person who claims to have the ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception, or is said to have such abilities by others...
abilities after a
comaIn medicine, a coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions....
. The show, credited as "based on characters" from
Stephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
's
1979The year 1979 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*V.C...
novel
of the same nameThe Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters a coma for nearly five years...
, first aired in 2002, and was produced by
Lionsgate TelevisionLionsgate Television is the television division of Lions Gate Entertainment, an entertainment company. It is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Productions :The following is a partial list of the division's productions:...
and
CBS Paramount TelevisionCBS Television Studios is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions...
(
Paramount TelevisionParamount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from 1959 to January 17, 2006.Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television...
from 2002-05) for the
USA NetworkUSA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1977. The channel shows a variety of original and second-run programming, from syndicated TV series to edited movies...
. Season 6 — billed as "The season that changes everything" — premiered on June 17, 2007.
The show was originally commissioned for
UPNUnited Paramount Network was a television network that broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States, being in production for over eleven years. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries. It was later owned by CBS Corporation. Its first night of broadcasting was...
, but the network later dropped the show and it was picked up instead by USA. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia,
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for its first five seasons. For the sixth season, production moved to
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.
The Dead Zone was expected to be renewed for a Seventh Season, however due to low ratings and high production cost the series was canceled in December 2007, without a proper Series Finale.
Some rumors spread that Sci-Fi would pick up the series after it was canceled by USA, but it did not happen. There are still some rumors of a made for TV movie.
The Dead Zone is also airing in syndication on Ion as of 2008 along with
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and overnight (1-2 am) on FOX as of 2009.
Plot
Small-town teacher
Johnny SmithThis page is about the novel and television series versions of the Stephen King character.John Smith is a fictional character and the main protagonist originally appearing in the Stephen King novel, The Dead Zone, then in the film and the television series of the same name.-Novel:In the novel,...
is involved in a car accident that leaves him
comaIn medicine, a coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions....
tose for approximately six years. After regaining consciousness, Johnny begins having visions of the past and future triggered by touching items or people; doctors attribute the visions to activity in a previously unused "dead zone" of his
brainThe brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all...
that is attempting to compensate for the impaired function of the portions injured in the accident. Johnny also learns that his fiancée, Sarah, gave birth to his son in the interim following the accident, but has since married another man.
With the help of Sarah, her husband Walt, and physical therapist Bruce, Johnny begins using his abilities to help solve crimes. However, his attempts to do good are complicated by intermittent visions of
apocalypticApocalypse is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end...
events brought about following the future election of congressional candidate
Greg StillsonGreg Stillson is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in Stephen King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone. Played by Martin Sheen in the film adaptation and Sean Patrick Flanery in the USA Network television series, Stillson is a rising politician and future U.S...
.
Starring
- Anthony Michael Hall
Michael Anthony Hall , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who starred in several successful 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...
— John Robert "Johnny" SmithThis page is about the novel and television series versions of the Stephen King character.John Smith is a fictional character and the main protagonist originally appearing in the Stephen King novel, The Dead Zone, then in the film and the television series of the same name.-Novel:In the novel,...
(Seasons 1–6)
- Nicole DeBoer — Sarah Anne Bracknell-Bannerman (Seasons 1–6)
- Connor Price
Connor Price is a Canadian actor.An early role was Young Bobby Jr in the television drama Sins of the Father . Other works include BB. Jammies, Harvey and Bud in the Save-Ums , and Jay Braddock in Cinderella Man...
— John "Johnny" 'JJ' Bannerman/Smith (Season 6)
- John L. Adams
John L. Adams is an American film and television actor.After attending Winston-Salem State University, Adams moved to Los Angeles where he began a career as a stand-up comic, performing at such venues as The Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, as well as the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas.In...
— Bruce Lewis (Season 1–5) (main star) (Guest Star Season 6)
- Chris Bruno
Chris Bruno is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone.His brother Dylan Bruno plays Colby Granger on Numb3rs....
— Sheriff Walter T. "Walt" Bannerman (Seasons 1–5) (main star) (Guest Star Season 6)
Recurring guests
- David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers is an American actor, voice actor, and musician, noted for his role in the television sitcom M*A*S*H as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy...
— Rev. Eugene "Gene" Purdy (Seasons 1–6)
- Bill Mondy
Bill Mondy is an actor, best known for his appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Dead Zone. He also made guest appearances in Wolf Lake and The 4400.- Filmography :...
— Deputy Roscoe (Seasons 1-6)
- Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery is an American actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints as well as portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.-Early life:...
— Gregory Ammas StillsonGreg Stillson is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in Stephen King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone. Played by Martin Sheen in the film adaptation and Sean Patrick Flanery in the USA Network television series, Stillson is a rising politician and future U.S...
(Seasons 1–6)
- Spencer Achtymichuk
Spencer Achtymichuk is a Canadian teen actor best known for his role as Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman in seasons 1-5 on The Dead Zone. -Biography:...
— John "Johnny" 'JJ' Bannerman (Seasons 1–5)
- Kristen Dalton — Dana Bright (Seasons 1–2, 5)
- Johanna Olson — Kate (Seasons 2–6)
- Frank Whaley
Frank Joseph Whaley , an American film and television actor known for his roles in independent films.-Personal:Whaley was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Josephine and Robert W. Whaley, Sr. He is half-Irish and half-Sicilian and grew up in Albany, New York. He has two sisters and an older...
— Christopher Wey (Seasons 2–3)
- Sarah Wynter
Sarah Wynter is an Australian actress, most widely known for her roles on American television – such as Kate Warner on the television drama 24 and as Beth on Windfall.-Personal life:...
— Rebecca Caldwell (Seasons 3–4)
- Jennifer Finnigan
Jennifer Christina Finnigan is a Canadian actress, perhaps best-known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004.-Biography:...
— Alexandra "Alex" Sinclair (Seasons 4 and 6)
Former recurring
- Garry Chalk
Gary Chalk is a British-born Canadian actor and voice actor. He is also known as Garry Chalk.Chalk was born in Southampton, England and moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1957. He has been involved with professional theatre since 1978, and has performed at The Playhouse, The Arts Club and numerous...
— James Stillson (Seasons 1–4) (recurring)
- Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
— Malcolm JanusMalcolm Janus, played by Martin Donovan, is a later antagonist of the USA Network original television series The Dead Zone, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King...
(Seasons 4–6) (recurring)
- Laura Harris
Laura Elizabeth Harris is a Canadian actress.-Early life:Harris was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of school teachers. She began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at Crofton House School and attended college...
— Miranda Ellis (Seasons 4–5) (recurring)
Characters
- Johnny Smith (played by Anthony Michael Hall
Michael Anthony Hall , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who starred in several successful 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...
) — A retired schoolteacher who, as a result of a car accident, has developed psychicA psychic is a person who claims to have the ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception, or is said to have such abilities by others...
abilities. An encounter with a carnival trickster in the first episode (before the car accident) makes it clear Johnny already has some psychic abilities. However, after the coma, their nature changes from intuitionIntuition is the apparent ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason. “The word ‘intuition’ comes from the Latin word 'intueri', which is often roughly translated as meaning ‘to look inside’ or ‘to contemplate’." Intuition provides us with beliefs that we cannot necessarily...
to visions, the latter requiring urgent action, even when personally inconvenient, whereas earlier Johnny only uses his ability on a carnival trickster to amuse his fiancée Sarah. Whenever he undergoes one of his visions, Johnny has shown to be capable of manipulating the time localized around the vision, allowing him to stop, slow, reverse, or forward the time relative to himself within the vision, leaving him as the only one aware of his temporal alterations within it and thus allowing him to further examine the details from the past, future, and occasionally the present.
- Sarah Bracknell Bannerman (played by Nicole DeBoer) — Johnny's former fiancée, and the mother of his son, J.J. Sarah married Walt Bannerman during Johnny's coma, and the two are raising J.J. together. Sarah knew Johnny when they were children, and later taught at the same school as him. Sarah's mother died when she was a teenager, which strained her relationship with her father. At the end of Season 5, Sarah was pregnant with Walt's child. At the beginning of Season 6, she gives birth to Walt's daughter and names her "Hope."
- Sheriff Walt Bannerman (played by Chris Bruno
Chris Bruno is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone.His brother Dylan Bruno plays Colby Granger on Numb3rs....
) — The relationship between Johnny and Walt is initially very rocky, as Johnny often feels that Walt stole Sarah from him. However, since then as Johnny displays his powers more and more often in law enforcement situations, Johnny becomes an asset to Walt, and the two become friends. The name Walt Bannerman is a combination of the names George Bannerman and Walt Hazlett. In the novelThe Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. It is about Johnny Smith, who is injured in an accident and enters a coma for nearly five years...
, George Bannerman was the sheriff, and Walt Hazlett was the man Sarah married. At the beginning of Season 6, Walt is killed in a fire at the Faith Heritage Chapel. However, he continued to pop up throughout the season in visions, flashbacks, and even briefly as a ghost.
- Bruce Lewis (played by John L. Adams
John L. Adams is an American film and television actor.After attending Winston-Salem State University, Adams moved to Los Angeles where he began a career as a stand-up comic, performing at such venues as The Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, as well as the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas.In...
) — A physiotherapist who helps Johnny regain his strength after his coma. Bruce is an open-minded spiritual junkie as a result of a religious upbringing by his pastor father. He is Johnny's best friend and frequently his voice of reason, and may very well be the reason for the divergence in this series when compared to the novel or 1983 movieThe Dead Zone is a 1983 science fiction-thriller film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by David Cronenberg, the film stars Christopher Walken, Tom Skerritt, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams, Anthony Zerbe, Ken Pogue, and Colleen Dewhurst...
(Johnny never tried to kill Greg Stillson before the election). An episode in Season 2 even featured a vision of an alternate reality where instead of being a physical therapist, Bruce was a reverend who never met Johnny after waking up from his coma. And thus, with the absence of his guidance, this version of Johnny became unstable, deranged, and driven mad by his abilities.
- Rev. Gene Purdy (played by David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers is an American actor, voice actor, and musician, noted for his role in the television sitcom M*A*S*H as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III and the science fiction drama The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy...
) — Another original character in the series, a religious leader and head of a prestigious university and foundations funded by Vera Smith, Johnny's mother. Johnny always speculated that Purdy's interest in Vera was for financial gain; however, his powers allowed him to discover that Purdy had been in love with Vera for more than 35 years. Upon Vera's suicideSuicide is the intentional killing of one's self. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"...
over the grief of the loss of her son, Purdy covered up the incident and made everyone believe she died of a heart attack, thus preserving her dignity in the public eye. Purdy has long been involved with somewhat shady dealings, but is always in the constant service of GodGod is a deity in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
. His devotion sometimes clouds his judgment, and he has even gone as far as to cover up a murder to protect better interests. At the end of the Season 6 premiere "Heritage", Purdy leaves Cleaves Mills after being involved in a fire that kills Walt Bannerman and Malcolm Janus at the Faith Heritage Chapel.
- Dana Bright (played by Kristen Dalton) — A sexy journalist for the Bangor Daily News
The Bangor Daily News is an American newspaper that was founded on June 18, 1889; in 1900 the paper merged with the Bangor Whig and Courier. The Bangor Publishing Company publishes the paper in Bangor, Maine, in addition to two weekly papers that it distributes throughout Maine. The Bangor Daily...
. Dana covered much of Johnny's early work, and later became romantically linked with him; she was also in a relationship with Gene Purdy. She left the show for some time, and her absence was not explained until the Season 5 episode "Articles of Faith." Because of her coverage of Johnny, Dana was able to move on up to reporting for a Boston television station, choosing her career ambitions above her increasingly complex relationship with Johnny. At the end of that episode when she leaves, it is shown that both harbor, to some degree, feelings for each other.
- Greg Stillson (played by Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery is an American actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints as well as portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.-Early life:...
) — A mentally unstable politician who has taken many illegal steps to secure an election. Upon meeting with Johnny Smith, it became clear that Stillson would become responsible for an apocalyptic event that Johnny has seen in his visions and is trying to prevent. After the death of Malcolm Janus (see below), Johnny's visions of a Stillson-created apocalypse ceased, but after some further revelations, they returned at the end of the season.
- Deputy Roscoe (played by Bill Mondy
Bill Mondy is an actor, best known for his appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Dead Zone. He also made guest appearances in Wolf Lake and The 4400.- Filmography :...
) — A deputy who works for Walt. Roscoe is usually first on the scene, and very dependable.
- Johnny "J.J." Bannerman (played by Spencer Achtymichuk
Spencer Achtymichuk is a Canadian teen actor best known for his role as Johnny 'JJ' Bannerman in seasons 1-5 on The Dead Zone. -Biography:...
(Season 1-5) and Connor PriceConnor Price is a Canadian actor.An early role was Young Bobby Jr in the television drama Sins of the Father . Other works include BB. Jammies, Harvey and Bud in the Save-Ums , and Jay Braddock in Cinderella Man...
(Season 6)) — The biological son of Johnny and Sarah. Sarah was pregnant when Johnny had his accident, and she ultimately married Walt, who raised J.J. as his own son. As of the third season, Walt and Sarah have told J.J. that Johnny is his real father, and Johnny has taken on more fatherly duties. In the season six episode "Big Top", Johnny starts to believe that J.J. has inherited his powers, but J.J. appears to be covering up his innate abilities. In the series finale, J.J. has his first actual vision when he sees ArmageddonArmageddon is the site of an epic battle associated with the end time prophecies of the Abrahamic religions....
during a scuffle with Greg Stillson.
- Malcolm Janus (played by Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
) — A power-broker who believes that Greg Stillson is "destined for great things." His ultimate goal is to place Stillson in the White HouseThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the residence of every...
. He also gave Reverend Purdy a global sphere of influence, in return for financial support of Stillson's campaigns. Janus is apparently a member of the IlluminatiIlluminati is a name that refers to several groups, both historical and modern, and both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776...
, as he wears a ring with their symbol. At the beginning of Season 6 episode "Heritage", Janus is killed in self-defense by Purdy at the Faith Heritage Chapel.
- Christopher Wey (played by Frank Whaley
Frank Joseph Whaley , an American film and television actor known for his roles in independent films.-Personal:Whaley was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Josephine and Robert W. Whaley, Sr. He is half-Irish and half-Sicilian and grew up in Albany, New York. He has two sisters and an older...
) — A man from the future who has been comatose since 2003. He wakes after the apocalypse to discover that he has a "dead zone" similar to Johnny's, and that he can communicate with the present-day Johnny when both are in contact with the head of his cane. Wey is revealed to be in league with a future Johnny Smith and J.J.
- Rebecca Caldwell (played by Sarah Wynter
Sarah Wynter is an Australian actress, most widely known for her roles on American television – such as Kate Warner on the television drama 24 and as Beth on Windfall.-Personal life:...
) — A child psychiatristA psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry and is certified in treating mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
who met Johnny during his investigation of the murder of her sister Rachel. Rebecca became Johnny's girlfriend, and at one point in time, found out that Greg Stillson may have been responsible for her sister's murder and will be responsible for the upcoming apocalypse. As of the third-season finale, she has purchased a gun in an attempt to assassinate Stillson. Rebecca was stopped by Johnny and discovered that Stillson did not kill Rachel. She left Johnny, seeking to sort things out for herself.
- Alex Sinclair (played by Jennifer Finnigan
Jennifer Christina Finnigan is a Canadian actress, perhaps best-known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004.-Biography:...
) — A female psychic who discovered her "dead zone" when she was stung by a swarm of bees (presumably "killer beesAfricanized honey bees , known colloquially as "killer bees" or Africanized bees, are hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata , with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligustica and A. m. iberiensis...
") as a child and became hyper-allergic to bee stings and products. Alex first appears in the fourth season episode "Double Vision" where she and Johnny track down a sniper together. At the end of the episode, it's clear that she and Johnny have developed feelings for each other, but she decides that she's not ready to pursue the relationship. Alex does later appear in the fourth season ChristmasChristmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini...
episode "A Very Dead Zone Christmas" where the idea of her and Johnny getting together is further explored.
- Anna Turner (played by Cara Buono
Cara Buono is an American actress, screenwriter and director.-Early life:Buono was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, in a blue-collar family. She made her acting debut in Harvey Fierstein's play Spook House....
) — The new "sheriff pro tem" of Penobscot County. Anna is currently investigating the final unofficial case of the recently-deceased Sheriff Walt Bannerman.
Ratings=
Average Viewers(Millions)
Season One (6.4 Million)
Season Four (3.4 Million)
Season Six (2.1 Million)
Series Premiere scored 6.4 Million Viewers, holding the record for highest premiere on USA Network, until bested by
The 4400The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
premiere which drew 7.4 Million Viewers.
Music
- In the pilot episode, "Wheel of Fortune," the music class practices the song "Mr. Sandman." In the same episode, Johnny and Sarah make out in his car to "Sleep Walk", a song by Santo & Johnny, which also featured in the Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
movie "SleepwalkersSleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film based on an unpublished Stephen King novel and adapted by Mick Garris...
."
- The theme song from Seasons 1-3 is "New Year's Prayer" by Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
.
- The new theme song since Season 4 is "Dead Zone Epic" by Blues Saraceno
Blues Saraceno is an American rock guitarist, composer, and music producer who currently resides in Los Angeles California. Saraceno was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, at the age of 16, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis...
.
- The promos for Season 4 featured the song "Brace Yourself
Brace Yourself may refer to:*Brace Yourself , a 2006 album*Brace Yourself , a 1998 album*A song of the album Stop All the World Now by Howie Day*"Brace Yourself", an episode of the TV show The Brady Bunch...
" by Howie DayHoward Kern "Howie" Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself...
.
- The promos for Season 5 featured the song "By My Side
"By My Side" was a single by Australian band INXS, the third single taken from their album X. The song is a piano, strings and acoustic guitar based ballad with a big chorus....
" by INXS----INXS achieved international success with a series of hit recordings through the 1980s and 1990s, including the albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X and Welcome to Wherever You Are and the singles "Original Sin", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside" and "New Sensation".Hutchence died in 1997 and...
.
- The promos for Season 6 feature the song "Touch Me
"Touch Me" is a song by The Doors from their album The Soft Parade. Written by Robby Krieger, its riff was influenced by The Four Seasons' "C'mon Marianne"...
" by The DoorsThe Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California by vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. They are considered a controversial and influential band, due mostly to Morrison's cryptic lyrics and unpredictable...
.
DVD releases
Lions Gate Home Entertainment has released all 6 seasons of
The Dead Zone on DVD in
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, while CBS Home Entertainment (distributed by
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) has released the first 4 seasons in Region 2.
| DVD name |
Ep # |
Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Additional information |
| Season 1 |
13 |
June 17 2003 |
January 30 2006 |
- Genesis- The creators of the series explain how The Dead Zone came to be.
- Writing-A featurette that takes you inside meetings with the writing staff as they outline each episode.
- Music And Special Effects- An in-depth tour of The Dead Zone's amazing visual effects.
- Never before seen interviews with various guest stars
- Commentary on all 13 episodes.
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| Season 2 |
19 |
June 8 2004 |
May 1 2006 |
Production Commentary for all 19 episodes
The Making of an Episode
Cast & Crew Interviews
Never-before-seen interviews with directors and guest stars
Deleted Scenes
Storyboards |
| Season 3 |
12 |
June 7 2005 |
Feb 12 2007 |
Commentaries for all 12 episodes
Featurettes: HD Conversion and Wacky Caterers
Deleted Scenes
Short Film ("Five Minutes 'Til Mitch") Directed by John L. Adams with Intro. |
| Season 4 |
12 |
June 13 2006 |
July 23 2007 |
The production design of The Dead Zone featurette
Audio commentaries
Deleted scenes |
| Season 5 |
11 |
June 5 2007 |
July 13 2009 |
The Other side of the Camera explores the directorial debut of series stars Chris Bruno and John L. Adams.
A Day With JLA is a guided tour of a typical day on set with series star John L. Adams.
Audio Commentaries |
| Season 6 |
13 |
June 3 2008 |
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A New Home for The Dead Zone
All Aboard: Filming The Dead Zone
Audio Commentary on 4 Episodes |
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