A Gifted Man
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | A Gifted Man |
| Original title | A Gifted Man |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2011–2012 |
| Production company |
CBS Television Studios , Timberman-Beverly Productions |
| length | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 16 in 1 season |
| genre | Drama , hospital series , fantasy |
| idea | Susannah Grant |
| production |
Jonathan Demme , Susannah Grant , Lindsay Jaeger |
| music | WG Snuffy Walden |
| First broadcast | September 23, 2011 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 21, 2012 on kabel eins |
| occupation | |
A Gifted Man is an American television series starring Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Ehle and conceived by Susannah Grant . It was produced from 2011 to 2012 by CBS Television Studios in collaboration with Timberman-Beverly Productions for the US broadcaster CBS . The series is about the talented but self-centered neurosurgeon Michael Holt, who receives advice on life from his late ex-wife Anna. In the US, it was first broadcast on September 23, 2011 on CBS.
action
Michael Holt is a talented but self-centered neurosurgeon in an exclusive New York hospital . He lives a comfortable and prosperous life because of the wealthy clients he treats, but is still not satisfied with himself. This life is turned upside down when he gets a visit from his ex-wife Anna, who died in a car accident two weeks ago. Anna was the director of a hospital for the poor.
As a result, Michael, as a man of science, doubts his mind. Michael's sister Christina is a single mother who cares for her troubled teenage son, Milo. She believes in the supernatural and is obsessed with the idea that Anna is back in Michael's life. When Anna asks Michael to continue running her clinic for the poor, he meets Autumn, who works there as a volunteer. Touched by the needy, Michael decides to change his attitude towards the poor and rich.
production
After Susannah Grant was able to accommodate her untitled series project at the beginning of 2011 at the station CBS , the latter also ordered the production of a pilot episode . Jonathan Demme ( The Silence of the Lambs ) was hired as Executive Producer alongside Grant . With the engagement of Patrick Wilson in the role of the protagonist Michael Holt , the casting began in mid-February 2011. In March 2011, Jennifer Ehle , Afton Williamson , Julie Benz and S. Epatha Merkerson joined the series. At the end of March 2011, however, Merkerson was replaced by Margo Martindale . Production for the pilot began in early April 2011 and ended at the end of the same month. In May 2011, the broadcaster CBS gave the series the green light and initially ordered 13 episodes. In June 2011, Pablo Schreiber was promoted to lead actor after being only featured as a guest actor in the pilot episode. At the beginning of July 2011, Rachelle Lefèvre joined the cast as Kate Sykora .
Although the audience's ratings for the series have been relatively low since the first episode, CBS commissioned three more episodes for the series in November 2011. The series was canceled on May 10, 2012.
occupation
| Role name | Actress | Voice actor | Brief description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Michael Holt | Patrick Wilson | Markus Pfeiffer | A talented, self-centered neurosurgeon who receives advice on life from his late wife |
| Anna Paul | Jennifer Ehle | Sabine Arnhold | Michael's late ex-wife, who now gives him advice on life from the afterlife |
| Rita Perkins-Hall | Margo Martindale | Regina Lemnitz | Michael's assistant |
| Christina Holt | Julie Benz | Antje von der Ahe | Michael's sister and mother of Milo |
| Milo | Liam Aiken | Christina's teenage son and Michael's nephew | |
| Anton Little Creek | Pablo Schreiber | Martin Kautz | A shaman and spirit healer who helps Michael understand his unearthly experiences |
| Dr. Kate Sykora | Rachelle Lefèvre | Daniela Hoffmann | A doctor who works in Anna's clinic and who later becomes its director |
| Autumn | Afton Williamson | Julia Kaufmann | A volunteer who works in Anna's clinic |
| Dr. Zeke Barnes | Rhys Coiro | Tobias Nath | A doctor who works in Anna's clinic |
| Edward "E-Mo" Morris | Eriq La Salle | Michael Iwannek | A psychiatrist and neurologist in Michael's clinic |
| Victor Lantz | Mike Doyle | Robin Kahnmeyer | The anesthetist in Michael's clinic |
Charisma
- United States
After A Gifted Man received the series order in May 2011, a series start for September 23, 2011 was called. When it premiered, the series reached 9.45 million viewers and a rating of 1.4 among the advertising-relevant target group . With these numbers, which fell to 8.18 million viewers in the second week and a rating of 1.2, the series was considered to be at risk of discontinuation quite early on. Although the ratings got slightly better over time, the fact that A Gifted Man was still the worst series in the CBS program remained unchanged. The first season finale, which is also the series finale, was broadcast on March 2, 2012.
- Germany
ProSiebenSat.1 Media had secured the German broadcasting rights, where it was broadcast on Kabel Eins from September 21, 2012 . After eleven episodes broadcast, Kabel Eins stopped broadcasting early because there were too few viewers. On January 8, 2014, the pay TV channel FOX began broadcasting the series. From February 12 to 26, 2014, he also showed the five missing episodes.
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna's ghost | pilot | 23 Sep 2011 | 21 Sep 2012 | Jonathan Demme | Susannah Grant |
| 2 | Given life | In Case of All Hell Breaking Loose | Sep 30 2011 | 28 Sep 2012 | Jonathan Kaplan | Neal Baer & Daniel Truly |
| 3 | imminent danger | In case of discomfort | Oct 7, 2011 | Oct 5, 2012 | Peter Werner | Jonathan Green |
| 4th | Separation anxiety | In Case of Separation Anxiety | Oct 14, 2011 | Oct 12, 2012 | Jonathan Kaplan | Alison Tatlock |
| 5 | Loss of control | In case of loss of control | Oct 21, 2011 | Oct 19, 2012 | David Platt | Daniel Truly |
| 6th | Memory loss | In case of memory loss | Nov 4, 2011 | Oct 26, 2012 | David Platt | Lisa Melamed |
| 7th | Furious rage | In case of exposure | Nov 11, 2011 | Nov 2, 2012 | Peter Werner | Adam S. Simon |
| 8th | Old wounds | In Case of Missed Communications | Nov 18, 2011 | Nov 9, 2012 | Donna Deitch | Jonathan Greene |
| 9 | rabies | In Case of Abnormal Rhythm | Dec 2, 2011 | Nov 16, 2012 | Constantine Makris | Becky fashion |
| 10 | Striked by Thunderbolt | In Case of a Bolt from the Blue | Jan. 6, 2012 | Nov 23, 2012 | John Coles | Dawn DeNoon |
| 11 | Rebirth | In Case of (Re) Birth | Jan. 13, 2012 | Nov 30, 2012 | Adam Bernstein | Lisa Melamed & Alison Tatlock |
| 12 | Despair | In case of blind spots | Feb 3, 2012 | Feb 12, 2014 | Peter Leto | Zachary Lutsky |
| 13 | revenge | In Case of Complications | Feb 10, 2012 | 19th Feb. 2014 | Ed Ornelas | Daniel Truly & Jonathan Greene |
| 14th | Hallucinations? | In Case of Co-Dependants | Feb 17, 2012 | 19th Feb. 2014 | Eriq LaSalle | Dawn DeNoon |
| 15th | farewell | In Case of Letting Go | Feb 24, 2012 | Feb. 26, 2014 | Constantine Makris | Alison Tatlock & Lisa Melamed |
| 16 | Heart failure | In case of heart failure | 2nd Mar 2012 | Feb. 26, 2014 | David Platt | Neal Bear & Daniel Truly |
reception
At Metacritic , the series has a Metascore of 62/100 based on 19 reviews. During an early review of the pilot episode, HitFix critic Daniel Fienberg praised the cast and Demme's directing, although he doubted the series would still be this good without Demme and that the plot could become predictable. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News gave the series three stars out of five and said that “the entire cast here would play their roles very well, from Wilson to supporting cast like Emmy winner Margo Martindale as his loyal assistant, Rita. Ehle has a slightly tougher role, but does well at it. It's a series that wants to say something. Now she needs viewers who want to hear that ”. The Los Angeles Times critic Mary McNamara said that "could be the series with a few small changes intelligently satirical comedy, but they do not think that's what Grant had in mind to create" and joked while on the cosmic Beliefs and the broken family of Julie Benz 'character. In the Boston Globe , Matthew Gilbert compared the series to Grey's Anatomy , adding that “[the series] must overcome the limited and overused construct in order to portray the characters free from endless debates about whether or not Anna is real. Let the actors find the drama in more earthly concerns. I think they are ready for that ”.
The series also attracted attention from the film award critics, for example A Gifted Man was nominated as Best Network Television Series at the Saturn Awards 2012 and as Favorite New TV Drama at the People's Choice Awards 2012 . Actor Austin Williams was also nominated at the Young Artist Awards 2012 for his guest role in the episode In Case of Exposure (Season 1, Episode 7) in the category Best Guest Actor in a TV Series - Between 14 and 17 Years .
Web links
- A Gifted Man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A Gifted Man at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lynette Rice: CBS announces fall premiere dates . In: Entertainment Weekly . June 29, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on April 11, 2012.
- ^ Stuart Levine: CBS orders up medical drama . In: Variety.com . January 14, 2011. Accessed on April 11, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Jonathan Demme To Direct CBS Drama Pilot . In: Deadline Hollywood . February 1, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: Patrick Wilson To Headline CBS Medical Drama Pilot Directed By Jonathan Demme . In: Deadline Hollywood . February 18, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Rainer Idesheim: Law & Order: S. Epatha Merkerson supports Patrick Wilson in CBS pilot . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 23, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Rainer Idesheim: Margo Martindale replaces S. Epatha Merkerson in the CBS pilot . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 31, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ↑ a b Bernd Michael Krannich: A Gifted Man: CBS orders supernatural medical series . In: Serienjunkies.de . May 16, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: TV Castings: Actors Join 'A Gifted Man', 'Outlaw Country' & 'Weeds' . In: Deadline Hollywood . June 23, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.
- ↑ James Hibberd: 'Twilight' vamp cast in CBS medical drama . In: Entertainment Weekly . July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'A Gifted Man' Gets 3-Episode Back Order . In: Deadline Hollywood . November 14, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Robert Seidman: 'A Gifted Man' Canceled by CBS . In: TV by the Numbers . May 10, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^ A Gifted Man. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on October 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Bill Gorman: Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: No Adults 18-49 Adjustments, Plus 'Fringe' & 'A Gifted Man' 15 min. Ratings . In: TV by the Numbers . September 26, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Robert Seidman: Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: 'CSI: NY,' 'Kitchen Nightmares' Adjusted Up; Sorry 'Fringe' fans, No Adjustment for You . In: TV by the Numbers . October 3, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Bill Gorman: CBS: 'How To Be A Gentleman' Likely To Be Canceled, Blame CBS's Success . In: TV by the Numbers . October 4, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: A Gifted Man: Kabel eins will show the US series in Germany . In: Serienjunkies.de . June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ↑ A Gifted Man: broadcast dates of the TV series on kabel eins . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- ↑ A Gifted Man: Season 1 . In: Metacritic.com . Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Daniel Fienberg: Take Me To The Pilots '11: CBS '' A Gifted Man ' . In: HitFix.com . July 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.
- ↑ David Hinckley: 'A Gifted Man' review: Doctor drama stars Patrick Wilson as surgeon who talks to dead wife Anna . In: Daily News . September 23, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Mary McNamara: Television review: 'A Gifted Man' . In: Los Angeles Times . September 23, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Matthew Gilbert: 'A Gifted Man' needs to rise above ghost story . In: The Boston Globe . September 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards . In: SaturnAwards.org . Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.
- ↑ 33rd Annual Young Artist Award - Nominations . In: Young Artist Award . Retrieved April 10, 2012.
