Secret Agent Man(TV series)
| Secret Agent Man | |
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| Genre | Spy-fi |
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| Opening theme | "Secret Agent Man" performed byJohnny Rivers |
| Composer | David Bergeaud |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No.of seasons | 1 |
| No.of episodes | 12 |
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| Executive producers | |
| Producer | Flody Suarez |
| Production locations | Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada |
| Cinematography | Greg Gardiner |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | UPN |
| Release | 7 March– 28 July 2000 |
Secret Agent Manis an Americanspy-fitelevision series that aired onUPNfrom 7 March to 28 July 2000. The series was created by writer Richard Regen.
Premise
[edit]Secret Agent ManstarredCostas Mandyloras Monk, a gallivantingsecret agent,who was one of a team of agents that included Holliday, played byDina Meyerand Davis, played byDondre Whitfield.The team reported to Brubeck, played byPaul Guilfoyle.The periodically appearing guest villain is the former agent Prima, played byMusetta Vander.
All the lead characters share the last names of jazz musiciansThelonious Monk,Billie Holiday,Miles Davis,Dave BrubeckandLouis Prima.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Costas Mandyloras Monk
- Dina Meyeras Holliday
- Dondre Whitfieldas Davis
- Paul Guilfoyleas Brubeck
Notable guest stars
[edit]- Musetta Vanderas Prima
- Grace Parkas Louann
- John de Lancieas Marshall Gilder
- Diane Farras Trish Fiore
- Ivana Milicevicas Laura Tupolev
- Lola Glaudinias Helga Devereaux
- Salli Richardson-Whitfieldas Rachel
- Alexondra Leeas Nurse 613
- Wade Williamsas Greg
Production
[edit]Secret Agent Manwas originally scheduled to premiere on UPN in September 1999, but was pushed back to a midseason premiere in August 2000 due to the desire to give the show's producers more time to work on props and special effects. It also did not have a traditional one-hour pilot filmed, and was instead ordered to series by UPN on the strength of just a presentation reel.[1]Only 12 episodes were produced and broadcast before the series was cancelled due to poor ratings.
Theme song
[edit]The series used an updated version of the 1960s hit, “Secret Agent Man”,performed bySupreme Beings of Leisure,for itstheme song.Because theJohnny Riversversion of this song was used as the theme song for American broadcasts of another television series, the 1960s British TV series,Danger Man(primarily broadcast in the U.S. asSecret Agent), there were some mistaken impressions that this series was somehow aspin offorremakeof the earlier program, but other than the theme song, no connections were made evident.
Episodes
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| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [2] |
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| 1 | "From Prima with Love" | Perry Lang | Story by : Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz Teleplay by : Chris Dickie | March 7, 2000 | 107 |
| 2 | "Back to School" | Jefery Levy | Rick Copp | March 14, 2000 | 105 |
| 3 | "WhupSumAss" | Greg Beeman | Sandy Frank | March 21, 2000 | 108 |
| 4 | "Like Father, Like Monk" | Paul Abascal | Adam Sigel | March 28, 2000 | 111 |
| 5 | "Supernaked" | Jefery Levy | Joel Fields | April 4, 2000 | 102 |
| 6 | "The Elders" | Craig Zisk | Elizabeth M. Cosin | May 26, 2000 | 112 |
| 7 | "The Face" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Greg Plageman | June 2, 2000 | 104 |
| 8 | "Sleepers" | Deran Serafian | Chris Dickie | June 9, 2000 | 103 |
| 9 | "Uncle S.A.M." | Andy Wolk | Paul Redford | July 7, 2000 | 109 |
| 10 | "Fail-Safe" | Bo Welch | Chris Dickie | July 14, 2000 | 110 |
| 11 | "TKO Henry" | Stuart Gillard | Michael Duggan | July 21, 2000 | 101 |
| 12 | "Breach" | James Quinn | Joel Fields & Brent V. Friedman | July 28, 2000 | 106 |
Reception
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OnRotten Tomatoes,the series has an aggregated score of 0% based on 10 critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: "With stilted acting and genre cliches galore,Secret Agent Manis one spy show that should be disavowed by viewers at all costs. "[3]
References
[edit]- ^Cynthia Littleton (6 August 1999)."UPN's silver lining".Variety.Retrieved7 August2016.
- ^From the United States Copyright Office catalog:"Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search:" Secret Agent Man "]".United States Copyright Office.Retrieved7 August2016.
- ^"Secret Agent Man - Rotten Tomatoes".rottentomatoes.Retrieved6 November2023.
External links
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