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Created by Eric Kripke. With Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty. A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers. The cast of the show's first generation included Dev Patel, Nicholas Hoult, and 'Game of Thrones' actors Hannah Murray and Joe Dempsie. None of the original cast of 'Misfits' starred on all five seasons. Rudy Wade (right) was on seasons three through five.

Fame is an American television series originally produced between January 7, 1982, and May 18, 1987, by Eilenna Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and sponsored by Yamaha musical instruments, which are prominently showcased in the episodes. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts—a fictional establishment, but based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California. In all seasons except the third, the show filmed several exterior scenes on location in New York City.

The popularity of the series around the world, most notably in the United Kingdom, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast.^[1][2] Despite its success, few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. Several of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in 2008.

Episodes[edit]

Cast[edit]

Faculty[edit]

• Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
• Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
• Michael Thoma as Greg Crandall (season 1)
• Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood (seasons 1–5, final episode of season 6)
• Ann Nelson as Mrs. Gertrude Berg (seasons 1.07–6)
• Morgan Stevens as David Reardon (season 2; recurring seasons 3–4)
• Ken Swofford as Principal Quentin Morloch (seasons 3–5.09)
• Graham Jarvis as Principal Bob Dyrenforth (seasons 5.10–6)
• Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seeger (season 6.03)

Students[edit]

• Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
• Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
• P. R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil (season 1, final episode of season 6)
• Lori Singer as Julie Miller (seasons 1–2)
• Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez (seasons 1–3.08, episode of season 4, final episode of season 6)
• Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli (seasons 1–3, final episode of season 6)
• Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz (seasons 1–4, final episode of season 6)
• Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon (seasons 3–6)
• Cynthia Gibb as Holly Laird (seasons 3–5.10, final episode of season 6)
• Janet Jackson as Cleo Hewitt (season 4)
• Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez (seasons 4–6)
• Nia Peeples as Nicole Chapman (seasons 4.02–6.10)
• Page Hannah as Kate Riley (season 5.10)
• Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler (seasons 5–6)
• Carrie Hamilton as Reggie Higgins (seasons 5.10-6)
• Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware (season 6)
• Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett (season 6.02)
• Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp (season 6.12)

Recurring characters[edit]

• Carmine Caridi as Angelo Martelli (seasons 1–2)
• Judy Farrell as Charlotte Miller (seasons 1–3)
• Michael DeLorenzo as Michael (seasons 1–3)
• Bronwyn Thomas as Michelle (seasons 1–4)
• David Greenlee as Dwight Mendenhall (seasons 2–5)
• Stephanie E. Williams as Stephanie Harrison (season 2)
• Connie Needham as Kelly Hayden (seasons 1.05–2.21)
• Jimmy Osmond as Troy Phillips (season 2)
• Sam Slovick as Cassidy (season 4)
• Dick Miller as Lou Mackie (seasons 4–6)
• Robert Romanus as Miltie Horowitz (seasons 5–6)
• Caryn Ward as Tina Johnson (seasons 5–6)
• Carolyn J. Silas as Laura Mackie (season 6)
• Denny Dillon as Corky (season 6)

Production[edit]

The show was produced by MGM Television and aired Thursday nights at 8:00–9:00 on NBC beginning on January 7, 1982. Despite glowing reviews from critics, ratings were less than impressive, and NBC cancelled it after only two seasons. However, by special arrangement with LBS Communications, MGM revived the series for first-run syndication in the fall of 1983, where it continued for four more seasons, with the last first-run episode airing in the US on May 18, 1987.

Ira Steven Behr wrote 12 episodes of the series. He recalled: 'I did three years on Fame, which was a lot of fun and was also in syndication. We had no one looking over our shoulder. We got to do some wonderfully bizarre things on the show, and the only time they gave us any trouble was the last show I was going to write after I knew we were cancelled. It was going to be Road Warrior meets Fame. It was a show that takes place in the future, and you could only sing for the state. It was a fascist society, and we were going to have motorcycles going through the school and have Iggy Pop as the guest star. It was great, and I was in the midst of writing the episode when somehow MGM read somewhere that we planned to burn down the sets, which was a lie. We were going to trash them a bit, but it wasn't the last episode. We had one more after that, and they stopped me from writing it.'^[3]

Following its cancellation, two versions of the series were syndicated in reruns: the original hour-long episodes, which usually contained a primary plot, a subplot, and two or more musical numbers; and a second version, stripped of the musical numbers and the subplot and reduced to 30 minutes in length.

The show's theme song was a pop hit for singer Irene Cara, having been featured in the motion picture. A re-recorded version of the theme, using similar instrumentation to the 1980 track, was used in the TV series and sung by co-star Erica Gimpel, who played Coco Hernandez.

Although Gimpel left the series midway through the third season (after the show moved from NBC to first-run syndication in 1983), her opening vocals were still heard on the show for two more seasons. An updated version of the song, featuring a modern, synthesized hard-rock flavor, was introduced in the fall of 1985 and performed by new cast member Loretta Chandler (Dusty). This version ran for the final two seasons of Fame.

'I Still Believe In Me', from an episode of the series titled 'Passing Grade', was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Original Song. It was performed by Erica Gimpel and Debbie Allen, and co-written by Gary Portnoy, who went on to co-write and sing the theme from Cheers. In the United Kingdom, two singles credited to The Kids from 'Fame', 'Hi-Fidelity' and 'Starmaker', peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.

Four cast members from the original movie appeared in the television series. Lee Curreri portrayed the character Bruno Martelli, an introverted musical genius. Gene Anthony Ray portrayed Leroy Johnson, a tough hood from the projects with a natural talent for dance, who muscles his way into an audition and wins. In the film, Leroy is also semiliterate, but this was dropped in favor of him having 'fourth-grade reading level' in the television series.^[4]Albert Hague played teacher Benjamin Shorofsky, a German music teacher who constantly battled with Bruno Martelli over musical styles. The final cast member from the film was Debbie Allen, who portrayed dance instructor Lydia Grant. Allen only appeared briefly in the movie, but her character was expanded in the series. She also became the show's original choreographer, in addition to directing several episodes and co-producing one season.

Also, several characters were carried over from the movie, played by different actors. Irene Cara was offered the role of Coco Hernandez by the show's producers, but she politely declined, as she wished to focus on developing her budding singing career. The part was played by Erica Gimpel. Actor P. R. Paul played Montgomery McNeil in the series, while Paul McCrane portrayed the gay student in the film. The Montgomery character was changed for TV and was no longer gay. English teacher Elizabeth Sherwood was played in the film by actress Anne Meara, but in the series was played by actress Carol Mayo Jenkins.

The character of Ralph Garci (Tommy Aguilar inheriting the role played in the film by Barry Miller) appeared in the first episode of the TV version, but was metamorphosed into the character of Danny Amatullo, (whose last name is after the associate producer Tony Amatullo) and played by Carlo Imperato. The character Doris Schwartz, played by Valerie Landsburg, was in the series, while the character Doris Finsecker appeared in the film version and was portrayed by Maureen Teefy.

The arts-focused cable network Ovation began airing reruns of Fame in 2011 for a period.

International broadcasts[edit]

• France: Series started on March 6, 1982, on TF1
• United Kingdom: Series started on June 17, 1982, on BBC One. Only the first four seasons were screened on BBC One; the full series was broadcast on The Children's Channel in 1992.^[5] The BBC also helped pay for seasons 3 and 4.^{[6][better source needed]}
• Sweden: Series started on September 5, 1982, on SVT1
• Israel: Series started in 1982
• Italy: Series was renamed 'Saranno famosi' (literally, 'They Will Be Famous'), started in January 1983 on Rai Due who also helped pay for seasons 3 and 4^[7]
• Brazil: Series started in 1983 on Rede Manchete
• Australia: Aired on the Seven Network

Home media[edit]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first season of Fame to DVD in Region 1 on November 1, 2005.

20th Century Fox, under license from MGM and MGM Television, released the complete first and second seasons of Fame on DVD in Region 1 and Region 2 on September 15, 2009.^[8] On January 12, 2010, Fox released seasons 1 and 2 in separate collections.

DVD releases also followed a similar pattern in Europe and Australia. Due to licensing issues, all DVDs contain some unspecified music substitutions.

Awards[edit]

The series won a number of Emmy awards, and in 1983 and 1984, was voted the Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Series, Musical/Comedy. Actress, director and choreographer Debbie Allen, who had a small role in the motion picture, but played a major character in the television version, also won several awards.^[9]

Bring Back...Fame[edit]

On 27 December 2008, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom (despite Fame having originally been aired in Britain on BBC One) aired a 90-minute special titled Bring Back...Fame, which sought out and reunited some of the original cast members of the television series.

Hosted by Justin Lee Collins, and apparently filmed the previous summer, the show followed the presenter around the United States as he tracked down actors from the series and then staged a reunion. The program showed Collins appearing to surprise the former cast members in locations, including restaurants, a recording studio, a gym, LAX airport, and a cinema, before interviewing them and persuading them to take part in the reunion.

The actors featured were Debbie Allen, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Valerie Landsburg, and Carlo Imperato. Also interviewed were Irene Cara and the mother of the late Gene Anthony Ray. Whether other actors from the series had also been approached but had declined to take part was not stated. Excerpts from the TV series were shown throughout the programme. The final scenes showed the six principal actors and a number of backing dancers taking part in a recreation of the title sequence of the TV programme.

Fame UK Reunion 2019[edit]

In May 2019, eight members of the cast, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg, PR Paul, Cynthia Gibb, Jesse Borrego, and Nia Peeples, performed two reunion concerts in Liverpool. This was the first time in over 35 years that the cast had performed together. A three-day fan convention, the Fame Family Experience, held in conjunction, was the first of its kind anywhere. Carol Mayo Jenkins, Loretta Chandler, and David Greenlee were special guests at the convention.

See also[edit]

• The Kids from 'Fame' – an article on the recording group
• Un Paso Adelante(Spanish series based on Fame)

References[edit]

1. ^O'Connor, John J. (1983-03-03). 'TV: 'Kids From Fame,' NBC Special'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
2. ^Unger, Arthur (1983-03-03). ''Fame' is making it in Britain -but may not in the US'. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
3. ^Gross, Edward; Altman, Mark A. (1996). Captain's Logs Supplemental: The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages. London: Little, Brown & Company. p. 28. ISBN978-0316329200.
4. ^Season 1, Episode 1: 'Metamorphosis'
5. ^'A Place to Belong'. Fame Episode Guide. February 13, 2020.
6. ^https://sites.google.com/site/fameepisodeguide3/season-three-overview
7. ^https://sites.google.com/site/fameepisodeguide3/season-three-overview
8. ^Lambert, David (June 3, 2009). 'Fame DVD news: Announcement for Fame – Seasons 1 & 2'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
9. ^''FAME,' NBC Lead The Craft Emmys'. Los Angeles Times. 1982-09-14. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

External links[edit]

• Fame on IMDb
• Fame at TV.com

As with much of the film and television industry, production on the Lord of the Rings TV show had been put on pause due to the coronavirus. However, there's been reports that – due to filming taking place in New Zealand, where cases of COVID have been particularly low – work has already begun again on the series!

During the break, we learnt a fair amount about the Lord of the Rings TV show, including a number of casting announcements and even word of a few recognisable characters popping up here and there. We’ve scoured the internet like Sauron's eye searching the plains of Mordor to bring you everything we know about the upcoming adventure through Middle Earth. Below, we break down more of what you need to know about the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show. To Mordor!

Latest update: Filming has reportedly begun again on the show. Plus, there's word that Galadriel, Elrond, and Sauron could make appearances in the series.

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Lord of the Rings TV show's release date

The Lord of the Rings TV show currently has no release date. However, we do know that Amazon – the company rumoured to have already spent $250 million on buying the rights to the series – has started production. There were reports that they were trying for a December 2021 release date, which would have made sense pre-pandemic. However, due to these unforeseen circumstances, there's no real knowing when we will see Middle Earth back on screens.

Reports previously indicated that the first two episodes – directed by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's J.A. Bayona – will be filmed back-to-back before a four-to-five-month hiatus. In this time, the showrunners will see what's working, and then map out the already-commissioned season 2. Deadline reports that season 2 may even film back-to-back with some later episodes from the first season, hence the need for a break and to have a solid two-season plan before venturing forward.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon Studios Head Jennifer Salke corroborated this timeline, explaining: “It’ll be in production in two years. 2021 is the hope. But there are other people who wish it was 2020.”

A photo posted by @filmbayona on Mar 4, 2020 at 10:26am PST

Filming began in early 2020, with Bayona posting a behind the scenes image of a tree. 'The light from our set accidentally cast on top of a tree and it made it look like a strange cloud from a Miyazaki movie. #nightshoot,' he captioned the image on Instagram.

However, the shoot soon stopped due to coronavirus, seising for a few months. Now, though, things are reportedly underway again, with Bayona and the cast and crew working under new COVID laws to complete their work. New Zealand has continuously had the coronavirus under control much better than many other countries, so it's no surprise that they have been able to allow people back to work much sooner than in other countries such as the United States.

The Lord of the Rings writers and directors

Writers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will act as co-showrunners on the new series. Speaking of their appointment, they said in a joint statement: “We feel like Frodo, setting out from the Shire, with a great responsibility in our care. It is the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime.”

Joining them as a consultant is Bryan Cogman, who is best known for rising from as assistant on Game of Thrones to writing some of the HBO fantasy series' best episodes. Also announced to be writing episodes for the Lord of the Rings TV show are Gennifer Hutchinson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul), Helen Shang (Hannibal), Justin Dohle (Stranger Things), and Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4).

Meanwhile, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona will helm the first two episodes of the first season (Amazon have signed on to produce five seasons) and will act as an executive producer. There are also some other extremely exciting behind-the-camera persons, including costume designer Kate Hawley (Edge of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad), production designer Rick Heinrichs (Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars: The Last Jedi), and visual effects supervisor Jason Smith (Super 8, Avengers). Concept artist John Howe, who worked on Jackson's trilogy, will also have the same position on the show.

“This team is our Fellowship, assembled from around the world, all walking the road together to try and accomplish something far greater than any of us could on our own,” McKay and Payne said in a statement. And what an incredible fellowship, indeed.

Lord of the Rings TV Show cast

After a multitude of reports concerning casting, Amazon has finally confirmed the first 15 names joining the main cast. They are Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, and Daniel Weyman.

One of the biggest announcements from the group is Game of Thrones alumni Joseph Mawle, a veteran television and film actor best known for playing Benjen Stark, has joined the cast. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the actor will likely play the villain Oren, though no character in the source material appears to be called this.

Then there's Robert Aramayo, who – like Mawle – previously played a Stark in Game of Thrones, having appeared as a young Ned Stark. He replaced Midsommar's Will Poulter as the leading male star in the show.

Variety previously reported that His Dark Materials actress Morfydd Clark has signed on to play a young Galadriel. The character – one of the three elves given a ring of power – was portrayed by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's movies. The announcement works with the Lord of the Rings TV series' Second Age setting, as Galadriel is over 7000 years old by the time the events of the movies take place.

Variety also first reported that Markella Kavenagh, an Australian actress best known for starring in the Romper Stomper TV show, joined the cast as the show's female lead. Details regarding her character are being kept very under wraps, though she has a name: Tyra. Ema Horvath – who appeared in the Blumhouse horror Like.Share.Follow – has also been cast in a main role.

There have also been reports that Maxim Baldry, of Years & Years fame, has been cast in a lead role. Deadline adds that Amazon co-head of television Vernon Sanders previously noted, “We still have a few key roles to cast,” and that Baldry is one of those 'key roles'.

In other casting news, Sir Ian McKellen – who played Gandalf in the three Lord of the Rings movies and The Hobbit trilogy – has said that no other actor could play the wise wizard. “What do you mean, another Gandalf?” McKellen told Graham Norton when asked whether someone could take over the role. “I haven’t said yes because I haven’t been asked. But are you suggesting that someone else is going to play it? Gandalf is over 7,000 years old, so I’m not too old.”

The Lord of the Rings TV show will feature familiar characters

As noted, Morfydd Clark will reportedly play Galadriel. This works within the setting (more on that later) and also opens the doors to a few other familiar faces.

Reports have indicated that we can expect Elrond, played by Hugo Weaving in the movies, and plays a key role in Tolkien's work. During the Second Age, Elrond establishes Rivendell as a refuge for the Elves. As seen in The Lord of the Rings, he plays a key part in defeating Sauron. Speaking of the Dark Lord...

There's also word that Sauron will play a key part in the series. Considering how 'The Lord of the Rings' title refers to Sauron, it makes sense that the villain will be part of the TV series. There's no word on casting for Sauron or Elrond.

The Lord of the Rings TV show setting

Welcome to the Second Age: https://t.co/Tamd0oRgTwMarch 7, 2019

Despite theories to the contrary, looks like the Lord of the Rings TV show takes place in the Second Age - counting out a potential series centred on a young Aragon (Strider was not born until the Third Age).

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The setting was revealed when Amazon posted an image of the island of Númenor; home to Aragorn's people, the Númenoreans (who are, to massively simplify things, humans with a very long lifespan). They lived there until their home was destroyed, making it a ruin by the events of the main Lord of the Rings story. Whether the show is set on Númenor remains to be seen, but fans certainly are eager to get an insight into the world that came before the movies, with many hoping to see how Sauron rose to power. Perhaps we will even see the forging of the One Ring (which happened in the year 1600 - the Second Age lasted 3441 years).

Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey has also revealed that Amazon had no choice in the matter when it came to the Lord of the Rings TV show's setting. Despite the streaming service spending $250 million on the rights to Tolkien's work, the author's estate have made it mandatory that the show does not cross over with the events of Jackson's movies – Lord of the Rings or Hobbit.

“It's a bit of a minefield – you have to tread very carefully”, he told Deutsche Tolkien. “The Tolkien estate will insist that the main shape of the Second Age is not altered. Sauron invades Eriador, is forced back by a Númenórean expedition, returns to Númenor. There he corrupts the Númenóreans and seduces them to break the ban of the Valar. All this, the course of history, must remain the same.

“But you can add new characters and ask a lot of questions, like: What has Sauron done in the meantime? Where was he after Morgoth was defeated? Theoretically, Amazon can answer these questions by inventing the answers, since Tolkien did not describe it. But it must not contradict anything which Tolkien did say. That’s what Amazon has to watch out for. It must be canonical, it is impossible to change the boundaries which Tolkien has created. It is necessary to remain ‘Tolkienian’.”

The Tolkien estate has denied the claims, though Amazon has yet to officially say anything on the matter.

Filming location

Amazon has confirmed that the Lord of the Rings TV show will be filmed in New Zealand; the country that provided the astonishing setting of Peter Jackson's trilogy. Showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay said of bringing the series back to New Zealand: “As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff.' Expect lots of aerial shots of snowy peaks, rolling hillsides, and craggy cliff faces.

The Lord of Rings TV show won't involve Peter Jackson

Sadly, Peter Jackson, who directed the film trilogy, has confirmed he is not involved with Amazon's TV adaptation. He said at a New York Comic Con panel last year that he's 'kind of looking forward to it' as a viewer instead. 'I was a guy who didn't get to see the Lord of the Rings like everybody else because I had to make it', Jackson explained, 'so I'm looking forward to seeing somebody else's take on the Tolkien world.'

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