My superhero family

Television series
German title	My superhero family
Original title	No ordinary family
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2010-2011
Production company	ABC Studios
length	45 minutes
Episodes	20 in 1 season ( list )
genre	Drama , science fiction
idea	Greg Berlanti , Jon Harmon Feldman
production	Greg Berlanti , Jon Harmon Feldman, Morgan Wandell, David Semell
music	Blake Neely
First broadcast	September 28, 2010 (USA) on ABC
German-language first broadcast	October 12, 2011 on Super RTL
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synchronization

My Superhero Family (Original title: No Ordinary Family ) is an American science fiction television series by Greg Berlanti , which was produced by ABC Studios from 2010 to 2011 for the American Broadcasting Company .

On May 13, 2011, the series was canceled by ABC due to low ratings.

action

The Powell family is actually a normal American family. Jim Powell is a frustrated phantom draftsman of the police. He is married to Stephanie, a brilliant and successful scientist. Although they still love each other, their marriage has lost its charm. All of that changes when Stephanie tries to take Jim and her two teenage children on a research trip to the Amazon Basin . Powell's plane crashes in the Amazon . Although the family members initially survived the crash unscathed, they notice that something has changed about them. Each of them has since had a unique ability that is otherwise only found in superheroes .

characters

Jim Powell

Jim has been married to Stephanie for 16 years and is the father of Daphne and JJ. He is a failed artist who is now working for the police as a sketch artist. He feared that his family would grow apart; so he had the idea of ​​going on a family vacation. His special ability is that he is quite strong and therefore almost invincible. He can also jump very high and far and is resistant to fire and electricity.

Stephanie Powell

Stephanie has been married to Jim for 16 years and is the mother of Daphne and JJ. She is a successful natural scientist and the youngest ever Vice President of Research at Global Tech. With her new strength, she copes with her work in the shortest possible time and uses the time freed up to spend it with her family. As a scientist, she uses her powers with caution. She makes it her task to find out where these forces come from in order to protect her family if necessary. She has the special ability to run very fast. Later in the series, Jim and Dr King inject her with the serum to save their lives. This changes her ability to run so fast as to travel through time.

Daphne Powell

Daphne is the daughter of Jim and Stephanie and the older sister of JJ. She is 16 years old, an intelligent teenager, and reasonably popular in school. She has problems with her new powers at the beginning of the series and has to learn to control them. She has telepathic skills and can read minds. Her ability develops over the course of the series and allows her not only to read minds, but also to control them.

Jim Junior "JJ" Powell

JJ is the son of Jim and Stephanie and the younger brother of Daphne. Until he discovers his new powers and becomes a genius, he is considered the dumbest of the family. He is 14 years old and thanks to his newly acquired skill he is able to learn and understand things in a very short time.

Katherine "Katie" Andrews

Katie is Stephanie's work colleague and works with her at Global Tech. She grew up as an outsider and takes refuge in the world of comics and superheroes. She admires Stephanie and would love to be her friend. When Stephanie tells her that she has superpowers, Andrews realizes the chance, with her knowledge of superheroes, to become a close confidante of Stephanie. She later begins a relationship with Joshua, one of Dr. King. The two want to get married, but separate again due to the difficult circumstances. She later learns that she is pregnant from him and that the baby gives her telekinetic abilities .

George St. Cloud

George has been Jim's best friend since they were studying together. He is the assistant prosecutor for Pacific Bay. Despite his good job, he is dissatisfied with his life, partly because of his two failed marriages. As he is looking for adventure, the news from Jim that he has super powers comes in handy. He realizes that he and Jim could take over the work of the Pacific Bay Police and make the city safer.

Dr. Dayton King

Dr. Dayton is Stephanie's boss at Global Tech. He worked his way up to the top position at Global Tech. With his knowledge and experience, he is the perfect mentor for Stephanie, who largely owes her progress to him. In the course of the series, the family learns from Dr. King's experiments on criminals, which has led to the creation of new superheroes or supervillains, with whom the Powell family has to do frequently. At the end of the series it is revealed that Dr. King was just a henchman and acted on behalf of a higher-ranking organization led by Helen Burton ( Lucy Lawless ). Their mission was to create super beings with permanent super powers, like those of the Powell family.

As the series progresses, it is revealed that Dr. Dayton King injects himself the serum too, just so he doesn't die of cancer. Due to the fact that he would get cancer, he has the quality of being unable to die. In the last episode, he injects himself another injection of the serum and thus gains superpowers. He is stronger than Jim after the injection, as fast as Stephanie, and like Daphne, can control other people's thoughts.

Joshua

Joshua is Katie Andrews' boyfriend. In the beginning, he poses as JJ's made-up character, named Will. He is a commissioned superhero killer by Dr. King. His super power is that he can make any person forget about everything that has happened lately. He once used that with Daphne when she found out that Joshua had replaced former work colleague Dr. Chylles killed. He can also block his thoughts, but not the visible thoughts that Daphne can find out by touching his hands. He is also from Dr. King has been hired to spy on the Powell family because the woman is keeping a secret about her research. What Dr. What King does not know until then is that the Powell family has superpowers and is hiding this and the research for the family serves to educate the family.

Dr. Chiles

Dr. Chiles is Stephanie Powell's former work colleague. He wasn't very popular while he was still in the company. He was fired for not spying on Stephanie as reported by Dr. King was expected. He didn't want to be a gossip. Since then, the evil machinations on Dr. Chiles carried down and passed on to Stephanie, as Stephanie was never allowed to find out that Dr. King 'makes' the other super villains. He was murdered in episode 10 by a sleeping pill overdose from Joshua. The murder was once again commissioned by Dr. King.

production

Promotion logo for the series

On January 25, 2010, ABC ordered a pilot episode . The pilot episode was written by Greg Berlanti and Jon Harmon Feldman . David Semel directed the pilot episode . Berlanti and Feldman are the executive producers , along with Morgan Wandell.

On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that ABC had ordered the series for the 2010/2011 season. After ABC ordered four more episodes on October 14, 2010, the series received a full season of 22 episodes on October 25, 2010. Due to declining ratings, ABC reduced the number of episodes in the first season from 22 to 20 on February 25, 2011.

Casting

First, the role of the father was Jim Powell with Michael Chiklis occupied, followed Autumn Reeser as Katie Andrews . Jim's best friend has been cast as Romany Malco . Other cast members such as Julie Benz as Jim's wife Stephanie Powell and Christina Chang as a cop who works with Jim joined the cast in March 2010. In the end, the roles of Daphne Powell with Kay Panabaker and JJ Powell with Jimmy Bennett were cast.

On June 3, 2010, it was announced that Donovan and Chang would be leaving the series. The producers say they have the potential for guest appearances later. Stephen Collins , who was supposed to only play a small role, was promoted as the main character in mid-June. On July 13, 2010, Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello announced that Josh Stewart would be playing the role of watcher .

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was for a synchronous book by Kai Taschner (result 1-3), Cosima Kretz (from Episode 4) and Heiko field and under the dialogue director Kai Taschner by the synchronous company FFS Film & TV sync GmbH in Munich .

Main cast

role	actor	Voice actor
Jim Powell	Michael Chiklis	Walter von Hauff
Stephanie Powell	Julie Benz	Claudia Lössl
Daphne Powell	Kay Panabaker	Malika Bayerwaltes
Jim Junior "JJ" Powell	Jimmy Bennett	Maximilian Belle
Katie Andrews	Autumn Reeser	Maren Rainer
George St. Cloud	Romany Malco	Thomas Wenke
Dr. Dayton King	Stephen Collins	Michael Schwarzmaier

Supporting cast

role	actor	Voice actor
The Observer / Joshua	Josh Stewart	Jakob Riedl
Det. Yvonne Cho	Christina Chang	Karoline Guthke
Mr. Litchfield	Jason Antoon	Claus-Peter Damitz
Det. Frank Cordero	Guillermo Díaz	Mike Carl
Mitch McCutcheon	Tate Donovan	Gerhard Acktun
Dr. Francis Chiles	Reggie Lee	Crock Krumbiegel
Amanda Grayson	Amy Acker	Ulla Wagener
Victoria Morrow	Rebecca Mader
Bailey Browning	Katrina Begin	Katharina Schwarzmaier
Kenny Barcly	James Earl (II)	Simon Pearce
Megan	Jonna Walsh	Farina Brock
Natalie	Katelyn Tarver

Charisma

In the United States, the first and only season aired from September 28, 2010 to April 5, 2011 on ABC . In Germany, the RTL Group secured the rights to the series and decided to broadcast it on Super RTL . The series started there on October 12, 2011.

International

Since the US launch, the series has been broadcast in Italy , South America and the United Kingdom , among others .

Episode list

No.	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)
1	Family ties	pilot	28 Sep 2010	Oct 12, 2011
The marriage between Jim and Stephanie Powell has lost its charm after 16 years of marriage. Daily family life consists only of balancing the professions and needs of their children. To escape this situation, they plan a family vacation, with unforeseen consequences. The plane crashes in the Amazon and soon after they discover superpowers in themselves.
2	New strength, new worries	No ordinary marriage	Oct 5, 2010	Oct 19, 2011
After a bank robbery, Jim has to admit that it is not that easy to be clear about your superpowers. His wife Stephanie tries to investigate why they have these superpowers, but the water sample from the jungle is worthless. Daphne has trouble getting the voices of others out of her head. And nobody believes JJ that he can solve math problems so easily, especially his math teacher thinks he is a cheat.
3	Raiders of the Lost Ring	No ordinary ring	Oct 12, 2010	Oct 26, 2011
The Powell family is invited to their babysitter's wedding reception. During the celebration, a robbery takes place in which everyone present has their valuables removed. Jim decides to get his wife's wedding ring back. Everything is going well in Stephanie's laboratory too, she just has to pass a blood test. Daphne is broken up because her parents' friends know the secret, but she also needs someone to talk to. JJ again achieved a good result in an exam. His schoolmate Sara noticed that too.
4th	Vigilante justice	No ordinary vigilante	Oct 19, 2010	Nov 2, 2011
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5	Shock waves	No ordinary Quake	Oct 26, 2010	Nov 9, 2011
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6th	An expensive game of billiards	No ordinary visitors	Nov 9, 2010	Nov 16, 2011
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7th	Nothing but trouble with the mafia	No ordinary mobster	Nov 16, 2010	Nov 23, 2011
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8th	Dangerous dropouts	No ordinary accident	Nov 23, 2010	Nov 30, 2011
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9	A crazy wedding day	No Ordinary Anniversary	Nov 30, 2010	Dec 7, 2011
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10	Partners, not helpers!	No ordinary sidekick	Dec 7, 2010	Dec 14, 2011
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11	Who has friends ...	No ordinary friends	Jan. 4, 2011	Dec 21, 2011
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12	Among brothers	No ordinary brother	Jan. 11, 2011	Dec 28, 2011
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13	detention	No ordinary detention	Jan. 18, 2011	Dec 28, 2011
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14th	In the fog of memory	No Ordinary Double Standard	Feb 8, 2011	Jan. 4, 2012
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15th	Attention! Doppelganger!	No Ordinary Powell	Feb 15, 2011	Jan. 11, 2012
A hired doppelganger tries to kill Jim. She can transform into any person. Jim finds out that the doppelganger is spying on his family. Dr. King hired her to kill Jim because he was in love with Stephanie. In the end, Jim manages to eliminate the woman and Stephanie manages to keep death a secret. JJ and Daphne try to solve a murder and end up in danger. Jim manages to save his children and call the police. The first murder that JJ and Daphne cleared up involved a trailer that was stolen. The trailer belonged to JJ's ex-girlfriend's mother.
16	In love, engaged, ... and then?	No Ordinary Proposal	Feb 22, 2011	Jan. 18, 2012
Katie and Joshua want to get married. While on a criminal hunt, Jim holds a few bullets from himself and accidentally shifts them to someone else. This is fatally wounded. The case in the series is about ATMs being robbed. Jim and George suspect Chris, Daphne's boyfriend, of stealing the serum during the engagement parties. He did this too, but not for himself, but for his father. The two of them had a car accident two years ago, now he can walk through the serum again. It turns out that Chris's father is robbing the ATMs because he has money problems. In the end, Daphne and Chris get together, JJ starts his teacher's math class and still has feelings for Natalie. It also turns out that the injured person who received the bullet initially had a tumor. This was only found because of the bullet. He'll get well again, so Jim saved another life. Katie and Joshua split up and Joshua moves. Mr. Litchfield, JJ's teacher, has teamed up with Dr. King to test his brain, which they only use as an excuse and JJ does not yet know anything about the machinations of his fellow men.
17th	With a woman's arms	No ordinary love	1st Mar 2011	Jan 25, 2012
A new inmate named Winneck is wounded and can only die behind bars. Dr. King injects and a new supervillain is born, but Dr. King still thinks that his life is perfect. Daphne uses her superpowers to gain advantage to help her boyfriend keep his job. George falls in love with a woman who also has super powers. Like Daphne, she can force people to do things you don't want to do yourself. Chris suspects that his girlfriend Daphne and her family have superpowers. Jim also falls in love with Sophie, the woman with superpowers, but only because of her superpowers. Jim destroys his whole family in the process. Apparently, Sophie has forgotten superpowers just like George and applies them to George. He hasn't been in love with Sophie since then and doesn't know her anymore. Because her plan went wrong, the building of Dr. Blowing up King, she ended up being blown up by her client. The client found out about Winneck's powers and has now brought him into her team because her previous employee was murdered by her.
18th	The hunt begins	No ordinary animal	22 Mar 2011	Feb. 1, 2012
The new super villain wanted to kill Katie because he only kills super people. But Katie doesn't know anything about her newfound skills by then. She can make things fly away and come closer like Joshua. However, she cannot use her powers sufficiently when she wants to. Lucas Winneck, that's the name of the new super villain, is subsequently wanted by the Powell family. But first they protect their family. Stephanie is fatally injured and has to be taken by Dr. King to be treated. Jim clears up Dr. King tells him to stop playing and now Dr. King almost the final formula to become an immortal superhero without further injections. Katie is pregnant by Joshua, which is why she got super powers. In addition, by injecting Dr. King has another superpower: it can 'walk' into the future.
19th	Future music	No ordinary future	26th Mar 2011	Feb 8, 2012
It's a sequel to episode number 18. Stephanie sees tons of police cars and policemen in front of her house. What has happened there? She traveled to the future. The police director Kodero celebrates his farewell ceremony. As it just ends, he is shot. Viktoria, the shapeshifter from episode 15, is brought back to life. Steff continues to go into the future, what happens there will happen in two days in reality. In the future, the government is seeking the entire Powell family. It is now the case that the incident happens today, which is why the family is exposed with all their might. Jim and George continue investigating Kodero's case and discover that an angry cop allegedly killed him. Stephanie is now traveling to the exact future where the incident takes place. Police Director Kodero's memorial service is currently taking place in the incident. There you can find Jim, but also Daphne, because her boyfriend Chris has a job there at the time. The angry cop is about to kill George, he's in a car with a gun. Jim walks to the car in front of the cameras and throws it through the air. In reality, Jim bypasses the cameraman and overrides the cop. But this one had an accomplice who was in the audience. He wanted to kill George, but Daphne brainwashes him and the accomplice gives Daphne the gun. The family demands that Daphne use her powers of forgetfulness on Chris. But he has not only forgotten his powers, but the whole relationship. In addition, JJ's teacher cannot be found. Katie's baby is also said to develop superpowers during pregnancy. The client wants the baby and the shapeshifter should bring it to her.
20th	For life and death	No ordinary beginning	Apr 5, 2011	Feb 8, 2012
Mr. Litchfield was electrocuted. The Powell family also has a power outage. JJ tries to fix it, but he's captured by a supervillain who is electrocuting people. Dr. By the way, King was fired by the client. George came back to Katie who is pregnant. They talk about their relationship and the upcoming child. It is learned that Dr. King will die without Tresetum and Steff saves her boss at the time to find out what is wrong with her son. Dr. King has cancer and needs the serum regularly to avoid death. JJ has been asked by the client to find out the last formula for the permanent super power. He's stuck in a room with George. But George is with Katie's or is he not? No, because the shapeshifter copied George and is now taking care of Katie because she wants the baby. George explains to JJ how the family got superpowered. On the day of the crash, the family flew on a Globel Tech plane with Tresetum on board. When the crash happened, the family must have inhaled the tresetum. Dr. King rescues the Powell and Joshua family from the client's 'prison'. When he frees Joshua, it is learned that Joshua is the son of Dr. King is. But Dr. King still loves Steff and tries to kill Jim after getting him out of prison. The client gives Jim a serum to make him run out of strength. Dr. King shoots Jim three times, he is in mortal danger. When Joshua tries to save his wife from the shapeshifter, the amniotic sac bursts. Meanwhile, Steff learns that Jim has died, but that Jim is alive. Stephanie learns from Dr. King's love for her and Jim then throws him through a wall. But Dr. King cannot die, he is immortal. It turns into an argument because now Dr. King also has a few superpowers: strength, speed, mind reading and a great brain, so everything the family can do, only much better. Stephanie plays in a romantic way, but she fails. Dr. King is now trying to kill Stephanie. JJ throws an antidote into Dr. King's eye. The cancer spreads through Dr. King's body until it's just a corpse. Katie's baby is born dead, it hasn't had enough time. After a short period of sadness, however, it takes a breath and comes to life. George is currently on an airplane that is said to have 80 super-beings on board to receive permanent powers. At 8:17 p.m. it loses altitude and falls into a reservoir, but no bodies are discovered. George is also on board, he and the 79 other occupants now have super powers. The government seeks help from the Powell family because the government now knows that this family is not normal.

reception

Salon.com's Heather Havrilesky added No Ordinary Family to her list of nine new must-see TV series in 2010, giving her a "B" rating. The series has a Metascore of 65/100 at Metacritic based on 28 reviews. At TV.com the series has a rating of 8.2 / 10 based on 542 votes and at IMDb.com the series has a rating of 7.6 / 10 based on 1624 votes.

"There's a lot of promise here, of drama, action, comedy, etc, all wrapped up in a family-friendly series."

"That promises a lot of drama, action, comedy, etc., packaged in a family-friendly series."

- Tim Goodman : San Francisco Chronicle

"With believable chemistry together, Chiklis and Benz help create a solid TV couple and, let's hope, no ordinary series."

"Believable chemistry between Chiklis and Benz helps create a compelling television couple and hopefully won't bring us a normal series."

- Matthew Gilbert : The Boston Globe

Web links

• No Ordinary Family in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bill Gorman: Updated: 'V' Canceled; 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'Mr. Sunshine, '' Detroit 187, '' Off The Map, '' No Ordinary Family 'Canceled Too . TV by the Numbers . May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} ABC Program Development Guide . In: The Futon Critic . March 25, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nellie Andreeva: ABC greenlights 'Family,' 'Freshman' . The Hollywood Reporter . January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. 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 September 12, 2010. 
4. ↑ Lynette Rice: Breaking: ABC picks up 'No Ordinary Family' starring Michael Chikilis . In: Entertainment Weekly . May 12, 2010. Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. 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 September 12, 2010. 
5. ^ Bill Gorman: ABC Orders More Scripts For 'No Ordinary Family', 'Brothers & Sisters' & 'Off The Map' . TV By the Numbers. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
6. ↑ Bill Gorman: ABC Gives Full Season Orders To 'Better With You,' 'No Ordinary Family'; More Episodes For 'Detroit 1-8-7,' 'Brothers & Sisters' . TV By the Numbers . October 25, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Kate O'Hare: 'No Ordinary Family': Stephen Collins says the end is now . Zap 2 It . February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. 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 February 25, 2011. 
8. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Michael Chiklis starring in 'Family' pilot . In: The Hollywood Reporter . February 7, 2010. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. 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 September 12, 2010. 
9. ↑ Development Update: Thursday, February 18 . In: The Futon Critic . February 18, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
10. ↑ Development Update: Tuesday, February 23 . In: The Futon Critic . February 23, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
11. ↑ Joyce Eng: Julie Benz Joins ABC's New Super Family . TVGuide.com. March 2, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
12. ↑ Development Update: Tuesday, March 2 . The Futon Critic. March 2, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
13. ↑ Development Update: Friday, March 5 . In: The Futon Critic . March 5, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
14. ↑ Joyce Eng: Tate Donovan and Christina Chang Leaving No Ordinary Family . In: TVGuide.com . June 3, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
15. ↑ James Hibberd: 'No Ordinary Family' ups '7th Heaven' actor . In: The Hollywood Reporter . June 11, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. 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 September 12, 2010. 
16. ↑ Michael Ausiello: 'No Ordinary Family' exclusive: 'Minds' grad Josh Stewart eyes watcher role . Entertainment Weekly . July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. 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 September 12, 2010. 
17. ↑ ^{a b c} My Superhero Family . German dubbing files . Retrieved November 22, 2011.
18. ↑ ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates . In: The Futon Critic . July 8, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
19. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: No Ordinary Family: Super RTL brings the series to Germany . Serial junkies . August 1, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
20. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: No Ordinary Family: German premiere in October . Serial junkies . September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
21. ↑ Fox: No Ordinary Family dal 6 ottobre, Happy Town arriva il 6 September, The Cleveland Show il 7 (video) . complimentiperlatrasmissione.it. August 28, 2010. Accessed on September 13, 2010.  ( 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.  
22. ^ Watch unveils new factual, drama . C21 Media . October 15, 2010. Accessed October 30, 2010.  ( 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.  
23. ↑ Don't miss these 9 new TV shows . Salon.com . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
24. ↑ No Ordinary Family: Season 1 . Metacritic . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
25. ^ No Ordinary Family Show Reviews . TV.com . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
26. ↑ User ratings for "No Ordinary Family" . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
27. ^ Tim Goodman: ABC, Fox offer a little hope for new TV season . San Francisco Chronicle . August 4, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
28. ^ Matthew Gilbert: Chiklis and Benz a dynamic duo in 'Family' . The Boston Globe . September 28, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.