Lifetime
Only two new ‘blank and you missed them’ TV series premiered this week across the decades despite some talent in their casts who went on to bigger and better things … or some who were already well-established in the industry. Both shows ran on cable networks, one basic, one premium, but neither lasted more than a single season. Read on to see if you remember either of this week’s shows.
1951
- No new series debuted in 1951.
1961
- No new series debuted in 1961.
1971
- No new series debuted in 1971.
1981
- No new series debuted in 1981.
1991
- No new series debuted in 1991.
2001
July 29 – Leap Years
- Cast: David Julian Hirsh, Nina Garbiras, Bruno Campos, Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Hurd
- Guest Cast: Kenneth Mitchell, Peter Onorati, Mary Kay Place, Amanda Brugel, Malcolm Xerxes
- Synopsis: Five friends. Fifteen years. Pushing each other’s buttons all the way.
- Network: Showtime
- Broadcast History: One season, 20 episodes, last broadcast on January 31, 2002
- Trivia: The show was structured as a series of flashbacks to 1993 and flashforwards to 2008.
2011
July 31 – Against the Wall
- Cast: Rachael Carpani, Kathy Baker, Marisa Ramirez, Brandon Quinn, Mayko Nguyen, Andrew W. Walker, Chris Johnson, Treat Williams, Daniel Kash, Steve Byers
- Guest Cast: Jason George, Chris Mulkey, Lorraine Toussaint, JoBeth Williams, JoBeth Williams, Damon Runyan, Rick Worthy, Mitch Pileggi, Annie Murphy, Lindsay Duncan
- Synopsis: A family drama set in Chicago following policewoman who causes a rift with her three cop brothers when she decides to join the department’s Internal Affairs division.
- Network: Lifetime
- Broadcast History: One season, 13 episodes,last broadcast on October 23, 2011
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