"Wonderfalls" (2004) TV series

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Creators:

Todd Holland
Bryan Fuller

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Eccentric | Niagara Falls | Brother Sister Relationship | Inanimate Object | Sister Sister Relationship

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Caroline Dhavernas	...	Jaye Tyler (14 episodes, 2004)
Katie Finneran	...	Sharon Tyler (14 episodes, 2004)
Tyron Leitso	...	Eric Gotts (13 episodes, 2004)
Tracie Thoms	...	Mahandra McGinty (12 episodes, 2004)
Lee Pace	...	Aaron Tyler (11 episodes, 2004)
William Sadler	...	Darrin Tyler (11 episodes, 2004)
Diana Scarwid	...	Karen Tyler (11 episodes, 2004)
Jeffrey R. Smith	...	Muse Voice / ... (11 episodes, 2004)
Scotch Ellis Loring	...	Muse Voice / ... (8 episodes, 2004)
Ted Dykstra	...	Muse Voice (7 episodes, 2004)
Neil Grayston	...	Alec (7 episodes, 2004)

Also Known As:

Maid of the Mist (USA) (working title)
Touched by a Crazy Person (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials) (13 episodes)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:14 | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Living Dead Guy Productions

Trivia:

Caroline Dhavernas normally speaks with a French-Canadian accent and had to take lessons in order to adopt a more American tone of voice for the role.

Quotes:

Gretchen Speck-Horowitz: He's much more Jewish than I am. Mostly because he was born that way. I'm sort of a Christmas and Easter Jew.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

I Wonder Why The Wonder Falls

The Curse of Fox

So, here we have another impressive, interesting show, that's thankfully interesting and not some sort of godawful reality mess...but it's on Fox. You know Fox, right? That network renowned for giving amazing shows a chance, then never advertising them, airing them out of order or preempting them for some tripe like American Idle, changing their place int he schedule from week to week and finally cancelling them cuz "Gee Wally, these ratings aren't so good."

I can only conclude that there are two seperate entities at work over at Fox. One likes to take these new shows and give them a place to live and grow, to go beyond the normal, dare I say crap, we see on TV. And the other entity is the one who gets to control the show once it's signed on. It's the thing that says "You're on here, opposite Monday Night Football...no wait, at 3AM on Tuesdays...no wait, Fridays at 9!" This entity is of substandard intelligence and may very well be Rupert Murdoch. But I digress.

Wonderfalls is another rare hit for Fox, if only they take the time to promote it, give it a good timeslot and keep it around long enough for it to develop a fanbase. Failing that, brace yourself for more godawful and pointless reality TV. We shall see.