Fastlane (TV series)

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Television series
German title Fastlane
Original title Fastlane
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2002-2003
length 45 minutes
Episodes 22 in 1 season
genre Drama , action series
idea John McNamara
Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol
music Cameron Allan ,
Charlie Clouser
First broadcast September 18, 2002 (USA) on Fox
German-language
first broadcast		 August 26, 2003 on VOX
occupation

Fastlane ( Engl. Fast lane) is an American action television series . The Fox series, which has 22 episodes in one season, was created by John McNamara and McG , who also directed the pilot episode.

action

Deaqon Hayes and Donovan "Van" Ray are members of a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department , "Das Schlaraffenland". Led by Billie Chambers, both are sent on undercover missions against organized crime. For their camouflage they can fall back on their warehouse full of confiscated cars, accessories and weapons.

occupation

Main cast
Recurring occupation

During the runtime there were a number of guest or cameo appearances , B. Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit , Biz Markie , Mischa Barton , Jenny McCarthy , Jake Busey , Craig Sheffer , Jaime Pressly , George Hamilton , Eric Mabius , Michelle Forbes , Navi Rawat , Iggy Pop , Naomi Campbell , Tommy Lee , Terrence Howard , Krista Allen , Isaac Hayes , Tatyana Ali , Jennifer Sky and Paul Gleason .

background

  • Each episode cost Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox about 2.6 million US dollars (2.2 million euros ).
  • The series was eventually canceled because the production costs were too high in relation to the audience and the resulting advertising income.
  • The role of Billie Chambers was originally offered to Heather Locklear .
  • The portrayal of Mischa Barton , Simone , led producer McG to cast her on the series OC, California .
  • The series included many tributes to Miami Vice . The first episodes of both series show many similarities in tension and music, in addition to the similarities in atmosphere.

Charisma

Fox aired the series from September 18, 2002 through April 25, 2003. The German premiere will be from August 26, 2003 to January 5, 2004 on VOX . The broadcast in Austria took place on ORF .

On July 8, 2008, the series was released on DVD in the United States.

Episode list

episode Original title German title First broadcast
(Fox) 		First broadcast
(VOX)
01 pilot Land of milk and honey September 18, 2002 August 26, 2003
02 Girls Own Juice The biker gang September 25, 2002 September 2, 2003
03 Gone Native Russian disco October 30, 2002 September 9, 2003
04 Things Done Changed Exposed November 6, 2002 September 16, 2003
05 Ryde or Die The death club November 13, 2002 September 22, 2003
06 Ray Ray Blossom magic November 20, 2002 September 29, 2003
07 Wet Familiar enemy November 27, 2002 October 6, 2003
08 Mighty Blue Deadly love 4th December 2002 October 13, 2003
09 Get Your Mack On Girl trafficking December 11, 2002 October 20, 2003
10 Dogtown Scanned January 10, 2003 October 20, 2003
11 Strap on A hairy affair January 17, 2003 November 3, 2003
12 101 The greenhorn January 24, 2003 November 10, 2003
13 Defense (1) With your back to the wall (1) January 31, 2003 November 17, 2003
14th Offense (2) With your back to the wall (2) February 7, 2003 November 24, 2003
15th Popdukes The Nigeria Connection February 14, 2003 December 1, 2003
16 Slippery slope Ice cold angels March 7, 2003 December 8, 2003
17th Simone Says Explosive mix March 14, 2003 December 15, 2003
18th monster 72 hours only March 21, 2003 December 22, 2003
19th Overkill Overkill March 28, 2003 December 29, 2003
20th Asslane Blood ties April 4, 2003 December 29, 2003
21st Dosed (1) Diamond fever (1) April 18, 2003 January 5, 2004
22nd Iced (2) Diamond fever (2) April 25, 2003 January 5, 2004

Awards

Award
  • Primetime Emmy Awards 2003 :
    • Best Stunt Coordination ( Outstanding Stunt Coordination ) for Dick Ziker for Episode 20 Blood Ties (Asslane)
Nominations
  • NAACP Image Award 2003:
  • Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2003:
    • Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic - Sound Effects & Foley for episode 1 Schlaraffenland (Pilot)
    • Best Sound Editing in Television Episodic - Music
  • Teen Choice Awards 2003 :
    • Choice TV Actor - Drama / Action Adventure for Bill Bellamy
    • Choice TV Actress - Drama / Action Adventure for Tiffani Thiessen
    • Choice TV - Drama / Action Adventure

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