''Level 9'' is an

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television series created by

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and

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that was broadcast on

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from October 27, 2000, until January 26, 2001.

Plot

The series revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.

Cast

* Fabrizio Filippo as Roland Travis, a former criminal hacker given a choice between prison and joining Level 9. *

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as Annie Price, the Level 9 team leader and a former FBI agent. * Michael Joseph Kelly as Wilbert "Tibbs" Thibodeaux *

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as Jerry Hooten, formerly with the

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. *

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as Jack Wiley, an agent with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a former army ranger who studied cyber-ops before joining the team in the second episode. * Kim Murphy as Margaret "Sosh" Perkins, born June 9, 1972, she was an internet model before she got into anti-cyber-crime. * Susie Park as Joss Nakano *

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as Jargon, a few years ago he quit his high-school hacking club when they started getting into criminal hacking. *

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as Det. John Burrows, he works closely with Level 9 in first episode, but did not return. (Max Martini's character filling the same general role) *

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as Bones, an expert on internet privacy and "big brother" who helps the team in the first two episodes. *

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as Santoro Goff, the agency director in Washington D.C., with oversight of Level 9.

Production

Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings.

Episodes

Broadcast and syndication

In August 2006, the

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acquired rerun rights to the series which was added to their schedule in June 2007. Sci-Fi aired the episodes never shown by UPN in February 2008.

Home media

On May 11, 2018,

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released ''Level 9- The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1.Level 9 - TV Series
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References

External links

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