Dead Last
{{Short description|American television series}}
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13 (6 aired)
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| producer = Mary Hanes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- D.V. DeVincentis
- Patrick O'Neill
- Steve Pink
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| runtime = approx. 50 minutes
| network = The WB
| first_aired = {{Start date|2001|8|14}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2001|9|25}}
| company = Warner Bros. Television
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Dead Last is an American fantasy comedy-drama television series, produced by Warner Bros., and aired on The WB from August 14 to September 25, 2001.{{Cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/wb%E2%80%99s-ghostly-rock-%E2%80%98n-roll-comedy-%E2%80%9Cdead-last%E2%80%9D-premieres-august-14 |title=The WB's Ghostly Rock 'N Roll Comedy "Dead Last" Premieres August 14 |date=17 July 2001 |accessdate=2 June 2022 |website=Warner Bros. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220602204628/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/wb%E2%80%99s-ghostly-rock-%E2%80%98n-roll-comedy-%E2%80%9Cdead-last%E2%80%9D-premieres-august-14 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |url-status=live }} It starred Sara Downing as Jane Cahill, Tyler Labine as Scotty Sallback, and Kett Turton as Vaughn Parrish.{{Cite web |title=Tyler Labine Filmography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/239044/Tyler-Labine/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201032443/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/239044/Tyler-Labine/filmography |archive-date=December 1, 2013 |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/tyler-labine-ghosts-devil-and-temptation-punch-jam-204671 |title=Tyler Labine on ghosts, the devil, and the temptation to punch James Franco |date=May 15, 2014 |website=The A.V. Club}} The series ran for one season with 13 episodes produced, but only 6 episodes were aired by The WB before the series was cancelled.
Plot
The three members of the fictional band named The Problem find, and are unable to rid themselves of, a magical amulet that allows them to see and communicate with ghosts. Each episode featured the trio reluctantly completing the unfinished business of the ghosts they encounter in order to allow the ghosts to move on to the next world. Much of the humor of the series came from The Problem wanting to develop their career instead of helping ghosts, and that the trio almost invariably are viewed as, at best, mentally unbalanced by those who cannot see or hear ghosts.
Episodes
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|Title = Pilot
|DirectedBy = Randall Miller
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|Title = Heebee Geebee's
|DirectedBy = Kevin Dowling
|WrittenBy = J. Elvis Weinstein
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|21}}
|ProdCode = 226957
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|Title = Death Is in the Air
|DirectedBy = James Cox
|WrittenBy = Patrick O'Neill
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|28}}
|ProdCode = 226962
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|Title = The Mulravian Candidate
|DirectedBy = D.V. DeVincentis
|WrittenBy = Steve Pink
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|4}}
|ProdCode = 226961
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
|Title = The Problem with Corruption
|DirectedBy = Bob Balaban
|WrittenBy = Dan Mitchell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|18}}
|ProdCode = 226960
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|Title = To Serve, with Love
|DirectedBy = Tim Hunter
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|25}}
|ProdCode = 226998
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|Title = Gastric Distress
|DirectedBy = Bryan Gordon
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226955
|ShortSummary = Note: This was the next episode scheduled to air before the series was canceled.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|Title = Teen Spirit
|DirectedBy = James Cox
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226954
|ShortSummary = Note: Originally scheduled to air on September 11, 2001, but was preempted by coverage of the September 11 attacks.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|Title = He Who Smelt It
|DirectedBy = Kevin Dowling
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226951
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|Title = Laughlin It Up
|DirectedBy = Bob Balaban
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226952
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|Title = Jane's Exit
|DirectedBy = Matthew Harrison
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226953
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|Title = The Crawford Touch
|DirectedBy = James Cox
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|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226956
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|Title = To Live and Amulet Die
|DirectedBy = Kevin Dowling
|WrittenBy = Alex Taub & J. Elvis Weinstein
|OriginalAirDate = Unaired
|ProdCode = 226959
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Broadcast
All 13 episodes were aired in Canada on YTV with its first run between September 15 and December 8, 2001.{{cite press release|url=https://www.corusent.com/news/this-fall-ytv-launches-the-dark-corner-a-saturday-night-line-up-of-scare-fare/|title=THIS FALL YTV LAUNCHES "THE DARK CORNER", A SATURDAY NIGHT LINEUP OF SCARE FARE|date=August 20, 2001|access-date=December 24, 2018|publisher=Corus Entertainment|work=YTV|location=Toronto}}{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://support.crtc.gc.ca/logs/200112/YTV_0112_YTV0112.ZIP|server=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|url-status=dead|title=YTV Broadcast Log for December 2001|access-date=December 24, 2018}} The entire series was often shown on the Trouble channel in the UK.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0239330}}
- {{Epguides|DeadLast}}
{{The WB Television Network}}
Category:2000s American comedy-drama television series
Category:2001 American television series debuts
Category:2001 American television series endings
Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:The WB television dramas