BrainDead (TV series)

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Television series
Original title BrainDead
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2016
length 42 minutes
Episodes 13 in 1 season ( list )
genre Dramedy political
thriller
science fiction
idea Michelle King
Robert King
music David Buckley
First broadcast June 13, 2016 (USA) on CBS

Brain Dead is an American dramedy - television series of satirical elements of Michelle and Robert King for the US network CBS has been devised. The series consists of a season and 13 episodes. The first episode aired on CBS on June 13, 2016. Michelle and Robert King previously created the successful drama series Good Wife .

action

The series is about Laurel Healy, who comes from a dynasty of US Democrats. She left Washington, DC to become a documentary filmmaker, but is returning for financial reasons and starts working in her brother, a senator's office. Laurel discovers that the brains of some employees and politicians have been taken over by aliens.

production

Robert and Michelle King (2015)

BrainDead is Robert and Michelle King's first project as part of a three-year production contract with CBS Television Studios that the couple signed in September 2014. On July 22, 2015, the broadcaster CBS announced that it had ordered a 13-episode season. On March 17, 2016, a start date for June 13, 2016 was announced. On September 10, 2015, it was announced that Mary Elizabeth Winstead had received the lead role. A month later, Aaron Tveit was successfully cast. In November 2015, Danny Pino , who left the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit six months earlier , in which he had a leading role from 2011 to 2015, was offered the role of Democratic Senator Luke Healy. On February 4, 2016, Tony Shalhoub joined the main cast. On April 26, 2016, MTV exclusively published the first teaser for BrainDead .

In October 2016, CBS announced the discontinuation of the series after the first season. In mid-January 2017, Mary Elizabeth Winstead told the Television Critics Association Panel on the occasion of the presentation of the third season of Fargo that BrainDead had not been discontinued because of unsatisfied audience ratings, but because the broadcaster had decided that the series did not fit into the scheme of a typical CBS series production ("I think it didn't quite fit in with the typical cbs lineup"). The conception as a political series does not fit into the regular audience of CBS. Winstead also emphasized that BrainDead would probably have been extended by a second season on another broadcaster, such as FX .

publication

The pilot episode premiered on June 20, 2016 in Australia on Eleven television, which is part of the Network Ten broadcasting company . The DVD release took place on December 6th, 2016. A DVD set consisting of four discs was released, which contain all 13 episodes, which come to a total of 560 minutes (9 hours & 20 minutes).

occupation

Main cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the protagonist Laurel Healy

Supporting cast

  • Charlie Semine as FBI agent Anthony Onofrio
  • Zach Grenier as Dean Healy
  • Paige Patterson as Scarlett
  • Megan Hilty as Misty Alise

Guest actor

Trivia

  • The infected people keep hearing You Might Think from The Cars .
  • Jonathan Coulton writes and sings from the second episode the " What happened so far " (" Previously on BrainDead ") song.

Episode list

No. Original title First broadcast in the USA Director script Spectator
(USA)
1 The Insanity Principle: How Extremism in Politics
Is Threatening Democracy in the 21st Century		 June 13, 2016 Robert King Robert King & Michelle King 4.59 million
2 Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow
of the Budget Showdown - A Critique		 20th June 2016 Jim McKay Larry Kaplow 3.46 million
3 Goring Oxes: How You Can Survive the War
on Government Through Five Easy Steps		 June 27, 2016 Jim McKay Jonathan Tolins 3.29 million
4th Wake Up Grassroots: The Nine Virtues of Participatory Democracy, and How
We Can Keep America Great by Encouraging an Informed Electorate		 July 11, 2016 Allan Arkush Peter Parnell 3.13 million
5 Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress
and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't)		 July 24, 2016 Allan Arkush Jacquelyn Reingold 2.29 million
6th Notes Toward a Post-Reagan Theory of Party
Alliance, Tribalist, and Loyalty: Past as Prologue		 July 31, 2016 Fred Toye Aurin Squire 2.88 million
7th The Power of Euphemism: How Torture Became a
Matter of Debate in American Politics		 7 Aug 2016 Fred Toye Laura Marks 1.75 million
8th The Path to War Part One:
The Gathering Political Storm		 14 Aug 2016 Brooke Kennedy Peter Parnell 1.78 million
9 Taking on Water: How Leaks in DC are Discovered and Patched Aug 21, 2016 Ron Underwood Jonathan Tolins & Aurin Squire 2.02 million
10 The Path to War Part Two: The Impact of
Propaganda on Congressional War Votes		 28 Aug 2016 Felix Alcala Larry Kaplow 2.31 million
11 Six Points on the New Congressional Budget: The False
Dichotomy of Austerity vs. Expansionary Policies		 4th Sep 2016 Brooke Kennedy Jacquelyn Reingold & Jonathan Tolins 2.33 million
12 Talking Points Toward a Wholistic View of
Activism in Government: Can the Top Rebel?		 Sep 11 2016 Felix Alcala Larry Kaplow 2.37 million
13 The End of All We Hold Dear: What Happens
When Democracies Fail: A Brief Synopsis		 Sep 11 2016 Robert King Jacquelyn Reingold & Jonathan Tolins 2.06 million

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lisa de Moraes: CBS '' BrainDead ': 13 Episodes Explaining Aliens Eating Brains Of Congress To Debut In Summer 2016. July 22, 2015, accessed June 26, 2016 (American English).
  2. ↑ Maureen Ryan: TV Review: 'BrainDead'. June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016 (American English).
  3. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Robert & Michelle King Ink New Overall Deal With CBS Studios, Sell DC Horror Show To CBS As Put Pilot. September 3, 2014, Retrieved July 21, 2016 (American English).
  4. ↑ Lisa de Moraes: CBS '' BrainDead ': 13 Episodes Explaining Aliens Eating Brains Of Congress To Debut In Summer 2016. July 22, 2015, accessed July 21, 2016 (American English).
  5. ↑ Matt Webb Mitovich, Matt Webb Mitovich: Big Brother, Zoo, Good Wife Creators' Follow-Up Get Premiere Dates at CBS. In: TVLine. March 17, 2016, accessed July 21, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Mary Elizabeth Winstead To Topline CBS 'Comic-Thriller Series' BrainDead'. September 10, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016 (American English).
  7. ^ Nellie Andreeva: Aaron Tveit To Star In CBS Series 'BrainDead'. October 15, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016 (American English).
  8. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Danny Pino To Star In CBS Summer Series 'BrainDead' From 'Good Wife' Creators. November 30, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016 (American English).
  9. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Tony Shalhoub To Star In 'BrainDead' CBS Series From 'The Good Wife' Creators. February 4, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016 (American English).
  10. ^ TV.com: BrainDead: Watch the First Teaser for CBS's Goofy Aliens in Congress Series. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Elizabeth Wagmeister: CBS Cancels 'BrainDead' and 'American Gothic' After First Seasons . In: Variety.com . July 17, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jarett Wieselman: Mary Elizabeth Winstead said this about the demise of BrainDead. In: Twitter . January 13, 2017, accessed February 6, 2017 .
  13. ^ BrainDead Is a Delightfully Weird Show. In: Vulture. Retrieved June 26, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Here's the Story Behind BrainDead's Delightfully Wacky "Previously On ..." Song In: tvguide.com, Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  15. ↑ James Poniewozik: Review: Alien Ants Become Washington Insiders in 'BrainDead' . In: The New York Times . June 12, 2016, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 21, 2016]).
  16. ^ BrainDead: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

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