''The Watcher'' is an American anthology drama series created by Christopher Crowe that premiered on

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on January 17, 1995 and ended on June 7, 1995, during the network's inaugural season. The series aired Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m Eastern time.

Synopsis

Set in

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, the series stars

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as "The Watcher", an omniscient narrator who watches the activities of others all throughout the city of Las Vegas via all the monitors in his suite at the Riviera Hotel which are filming live from the hidden cameras all throughout the city. ''The Watcher'' also starred

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as Lori Danforth, a limo driver. ''The Watcher'' was one of five series that aired on UPN during its first year, joining other drama series '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and '' Marker'' and the sitcoms ''

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'' and ''

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''. Like the latter three series, it was canceled following its one and only season.

Guest stars

Guest stars include comedian and ''

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'' regular Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling,

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, and comedians

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and

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, as well as the band

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Episodes

References

External links

* 1995 American television series debuts 1995 American television series endings 1990s American anthology television series English-language television shows Television series by CBS Studios Television series created by Christopher Crowe (screenwriter) Television shows set in the Las Vegas Valley UPN original programming {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub