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Wonderland (U.S. TV Series)
''Wonderland'' is an American medical drama television series directed by Peter Berg that aired on ABC. It depicted daily life in a mental institution from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients. Only two episodes aired on ABC during its original run, from March 30 to April 6, 2000. DirecTV aired all eight filmed episodes on its channel The 101 Network starting January 14, 2009. In 2014, the entire series was available for free on Hulu (which has since become a subscription service). The show had controversial positions on the mental health crisis and its treatment. Main cast *Ted Levine – Dr. Robert Banger (8 episodes, 2000) *Michelle Forbes – Dr. Lyla Garrity (8 episodes, 2000) *Michael Jai White – Dr. Derrick Hatcher (7 episodes, 2000) * Billy Burke – Dr. Abe Matthews (8 episodes, 2000) *Martin Donovan – Dr. Neil Harrison (8 episodes, 2000) *Joelle Carter – Dr. Heather Miles (6 episodes, 2000) *Patricia Clarkson ... Tammy Banger (8 episodes, 2000) Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his 1964 work on the nature of media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series '' Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History '' City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the '' Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937-1947), starring a number of actors in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Studios
ABC Signature is an American television production studio that is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a division of Walt Disney Television, which is part of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the production arm of the ABC television network, and originally started in 1950 as the television unit of Walt Disney Productions, which was later renamed Walt Disney Television as a separate company from Walt Disney Television Animation, in 1983, and launched a subsidiary, the first incarnation of Touchstone Television, established in 1985 (later became part of ABC in 1999, and merged Walt Disney Network Television into Touchstone Television in 2003) and renamed ABC Studios in 2007. It adopted its current identity on August 10, 2020, after a merger between ABC Studios and the original ABC Signature Studios. Background Walt Disney Productions (television unit) In the 1930s, Walt Disney initially had no interest in tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theme Song
Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at some point during the program. The purpose of a theme song is often similar to that of a leitmotif. The phrase theme song or signature tune may also be used to refer to a signature song that has become especially associated with a particular performer or dignitary, often used as they make an entrance. Purpose From the 1950s onwards, theme music, and especially theme songs also became a valuable source of additional revenue for Hollywood film studios, many of which launched their own recording arms. This period saw the beginning of more methodical cross-promotion of music and movies. One of the first big successes, which proved very influential, was the theme song for ''High Noon'' (1952). Celebrities In the early years of radio and tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Mark
Bonnie Mark is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the ABC crime drama '' NYPD Blue'' and the NBC crime dramas ''Third Watch'' and '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on ''Homicide''. Biography 1990s Mark began working in television as a script co-ordinator for the first season of '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' in 1993. The series was executive produced by Tom Fontana and focused on a single squad of homicide detectives in the Baltimore police department. She was promoted to staff writer for the second season in Spring 1994. She remained a staff writer for the third season in Fall 1994. She contributed to four third-season episodes as a writer. She wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fits Like a Glove" from a story by Fontana and story editor Julie Martin. Mark, Fontana and Martin were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for episodic drama at the February 1996 cere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz Scott
Osborne Scott (born September 16, 1949) is an American film director, television director, television producer and theatre director. He is most known for '' Mr. Boogedy'', the award-winning short film. Life and career Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and earned a MFA before he began his career in Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. While at the Arena Stage, he managed the improvisational touring company The Living Stage. He then moved on to directing on and off Broadway plays including '' For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf'', which earned him a Drama Desk Award in 1977, in 1982 he also directed a television version. In 1981, he directed his first feature film, '' Bustin' Loose''. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott directed several television series and television movies including ''Gimme a Break!'', '' Scarecrow and Mrs. King'', '' Crash Course'', '' New Attitude'', ''Civil Wars'', ''American Gothic'', '' Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McDougall
Charles McDougall is a British Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning director. Biography McDougall has directed for popular television series which include the pilot episode of ABC's ''Desperate Housewives'' (which includes the unaired pilot as well). McDougall has also directed episodes of ''Queer as Folk'' on Channel 4 and ''Sex and the City'' on HBO. McDougall directed the first two episodes of the US TV Series The Tudors as well as an episode of Good Behavior. He won an Emmy for Best Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on ''Desperate Housewives''. McDougall was an executive producer and director for the pilot episode of '' The Good Wife''. Penned by Robert King and Michelle King (''In Justice'') the legal drama focuses on a politician's wife ( Julianna Margulies) who carves out her own niche as a defense attorney. The Kings and McDougall are executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David Coles
John David Coles is an American director and producer. Coles was nominated in 2015 for an Emmy and PGA Award for his work as an Executive Producer and Director on the Netflix phenomenon, '' House of Cards. '' Known for his recent directing credits on the Emmy Award-winning Showtime series '' Homeland,'' the Epix original series '' Berlin Station'', '' 11/22/63'' for Hulu, and Amazon’s '' Mad Dogs''. His production companyTalking Wall Pictures has focused on the development of cutting-edge and writer-forward feature and television projects after securing a first round of equity financing in 2019. Early life Coles shot his first full length 16mm film at age 17 – a wry update of ''Casablanca (1942)'' re-imagined in a high school. While at Amherst College he directed a documentary about the school that was aired on PBS, and soon after was making short films for NBC’s Saturday Night Live and directing industrial films for AT&T and Pepsi-Cola. Career Coles began his career a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television series like 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Disney Television Studios, ABC, Freeform, and FX Networks among others, as well as Hulu original programming. Hulu was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity Partners, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television networks. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus", which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and undelayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched ''Hulu with Live TV''—an over-the-top live TV service featuring linear television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DirecTV
DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It also provides traditional linear television service delivered by IP through its U-verse TV brand and a Virtual MVPD service through its DirecTV Stream brand. Its primary competitors are Dish Network, traditional cable television providers, IP-based television services, and other over-the-top video services. On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, AT&T acquired DirecTV in a transaction valued at $67.1 billion. As of the end of Q1 2021, AT&T had 15.9 million pay-TV customers, including DirecTV, U-Verse, and DirecTV Stream subscribers. On February 25, 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off DirecTV, U-Verse TV, and DirecTV Stream into a sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychiatric Hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative identity disorder, major depressive disorder and many others. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialize only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients. Others may specialize in the temporary or permanent containment of patients who need routine assistance, treatment, or a specialized and controlled environment due to a psychiatric disorder. Patients often choose voluntary commitment Voluntary commitment is the act or practice of choosing to admit oneself to a psychiatric hospital, or other mental health facility. Unlike in involuntary commitment, the person is free to leave the hospital against medical advice, though there ..., but those whom psychiatrists believe to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his 1964 work on the nature of media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series '' Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History '' City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the '' Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937-1947), starring a number of actors in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
