Secret Agent Man (TV series)

Secret Agent Man starred Costas Mandylor as Monk, a gallivanting secret agent, who was one of a team of agents that included Holliday, played by Dina Meyer and Davis, played by Dondre Whitfield. The team reported to Brubeck, played by Paul Guilfoyle. The periodically appearing guest villain is the former agent Prima, played by Musetta Vander.

All the lead characters share the last names of jazz musicians: Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Louis Prima.

• Costas Mandylor as Monk
• Dina Meyer as Holliday
• Dondre Whitfield as Davis
• Paul Guilfoyle as Brubeck

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• Musetta Vander as Prima
• Grace Park as Louann
• John de Lancie as Marshall Gilder
• Diane Farr as Trish Fiore
• Ivana Milicevic as Laura Tupolev
• Lola Glaudini as Helga Devereaux
• Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Rachel
• Alexondra Lee as Nurse 613
• Wade Williams as Greg

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Secret Agent Man was 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.{{cite web |author=Cynthia Littleton |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/upn-s-silver-lining-1117750119/ |title=UPN's silver lining |work=Variety |date=6 August 1999 |access-date=2016-08-07}} Only 12 episodes were produced and broadcast before the series was cancelled due to poor ratings.

The series used an updated version of the 1960s hit, “Secret Agent Man”, performed by Supreme Beings of Leisure, for its theme song. Because the Johnny Rivers version 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. as Secret Agent), there were some mistaken impressions that this series was somehow a spin off or remake of the earlier program, but other than the theme song, no connections were made evident.

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| Title = From Prima with Love

| DirectedBy = Perry Lang

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz |t= Chris Dickie}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|7}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Back to School

| DirectedBy = Jefery Levy

| WrittenBy = Rick Copp

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|14}}

| ProdCode = 105

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = WhupSumAss

| DirectedBy = Greg Beeman

| WrittenBy = Sandy Frank

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|21}}

| ProdCode = 108

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Like Father, Like Monk

| DirectedBy = Paul Abascal

| WrittenBy = Adam Sigel

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|28}}

| ProdCode = 111

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Supernaked

| DirectedBy = Jefery Levy

| WrittenBy = Joel Fields

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|4}}

| ProdCode = 102

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = The Elders

| DirectedBy = Craig Zisk

| WrittenBy = Elizabeth M. Cosin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|5|26}}

| ProdCode = 112

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = The Face

| DirectedBy = Sarah Pia Anderson

| WrittenBy = Greg Plageman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|6|2}}

| ProdCode = 104

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Sleepers

| DirectedBy = Deran Serafian

| WrittenBy = Chris Dickie

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|6|9}}

| ProdCode = 103

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Uncle S.A.M.

| DirectedBy = Andy Wolk

| WrittenBy = Paul Redford

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|7|7}}

| ProdCode = 109

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Fail-Safe

| DirectedBy = Bo Welch

| WrittenBy = Chris Dickie

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|7|14}}

| ProdCode = 110

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = TKO Henry

| DirectedBy = Stuart Gillard

| WrittenBy = Michael Duggan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|7|21}}

| ProdCode = 101

| LineColor = 050206

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Breach

| DirectedBy = James Quinn

| WrittenBy = Joel Fields & Brent V. Friedman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|7|28}}

| ProdCode = 106

| LineColor = 050206

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On Rotten 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 Man is one spy show that should be disavowed by viewers at all costs."{{Cite web |title=Secret Agent Man - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/secret_agent_man/s01 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}

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• {{IMDb title|0200373|Secret Agent Man}}
• [https://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/30553/Secret+Agent+Man.html?dataSet=1 Variety Series Information]
• [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778758.html?categoryid=32&cs=1 Variety Review]

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