''The Beast'' was an American

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that aired on ABC. Created by Kario Salem, the series premiered on June 21, 2001 and was canceled after six episodes.

Synopsis

The series stars

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as Alice Allenby, a New York journalist who takes a job at World News Service, a Los Angeles based

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television station. Supporting cast members include

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as news anchor Resse McFadden and

Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards: two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's '' Frost/Nixon'' and as André in Flor ...

as Jackson Burns, the owner of World News Service.

Cast

as Alice Allenby, a reporter from New York who began working at WNS in the pilot. She became a celebrity after her first story and the public and Jackson viewed her as an on-screen beauty and was often complimented on her good looks. *

as Reese McFadden, the main anchor for WNS who made the job his own. *

as Jackson Burns, The owner of WNS and lover of Sonia. He created the channel and treated everyone like who worked for WNS like his family, especially Alice, who he felt he needed to protect. *

Naveen Andrews Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primet ...

as Timir Naipaul, worked for WNS as a camera man and other things. He named the show the beast and that became the nickname for it by everyone. *

Wendy Crewson Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film ''The Doctor (1991 film), The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in ma ...

as Maggie Steech, works for Jackson and has a desire to have a child but she finds out she cannot have children. *April Grace as Sonia, A reporter for WNS and lover of Jackson. *

Peter Riegert Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in '' Animal House'' (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in '' Local Hero'' (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in ' ...

as Ted Fisher, Works for Jackson and has anger issues. He has been fired from every other broadcasting station in the country. *

Harriet Sansom Harris Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955) is an American actress known for her theater performances and for her portrayals of Bebe Glazer on ''Frasier'' and Felicia Tilman on ''Desperate Housewives''. Harris won a Tony Award in 2002 as a Fe ...

as Mrs. Sweeney, Jackson's assistant and the mother of WNS. * Kario Salem as Harry, The eyes of WNS. He watches everyone and decides what is aired on the web and, when there's nothing else to put on, the TV.

Episodes

External links

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Review of the series at
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