Strange Luck
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{{Infobox television
| image = Strange Luck.jpg
| caption =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| creator = Karl Schaefer
| starring = D. B. Sweeney
Pamela Gidley
Cynthia Martells
Frances Fisher
| composer = Mark Mothersbaugh
| country = United States
| language = English
| company = MT2 Services
Unreality, Inc.
New World Entertainment
| network = Fox
| first_aired = {{Start date|1995|09|15}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1996|02|23}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 17
| list_episodes =
}}
Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on Fox, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper who constantly stumbles into unusual situations. The series aired on Fox from 1995 to 1996. A total of seventeen episodes were aired before the show was canceled due to low ratings. Reruns were shown briefly on the Sci Fi Channel in 1997. The series was initially slotted as a lead-in to The X-Files on Friday nights, and was largely shot in Canada like the show which followed it.[https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/strange-luck-1200442951/ Lowe, Kinsey. Strange Luck] www.variety.com September 11, 1995
Plot
Chance Harper, a freelance photographer, is afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a restaurant, somebody chokes. If I walk into a bank, it gets robbed." Harper's strange luck began when, as a small child, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed everyone else aboard, including his mother and sister.
Cast
- D. B. Sweeney as Chance Harper
- Pamela Gidley as Audrey Westin
- Cynthia Martells as Dr. Richter
- Frances Fisher as Angie
- Drew Monroe as Spirit
- Scott Plank as Arthur Vandenberg
Production
= Casting =
D. B. Sweeney had been primarily a film actor before taking the role of Chance Harper. He did so because he had a series of unsuccessful low-budget films and decided to try his hand at television. He commented that "Fox has spent more time and money and effort promoting me and this show than all of my movies put together"[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1995/10/22/film-actor-tries-strange-luck/ecd55003-12b2-4d0c-a21e-91d21a9cf2c3/ Washington Post: Film Actor Tries "Strange Luck"]
Episodes
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title=Soul Survivor
|DirectedBy=David Carson
|WrittenBy=Karl Schaefer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|09|15}}
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|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title=Over Exposure
|DirectedBy=David Jackson
|WrittenBy=John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|09|22}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title=Last Chance
|DirectedBy=Ralph Hemecker
|WrittenBy=Michael Cassutt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|09|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title=She Was
|DirectedBy=Elodie Keene
|WrittenBy=Karl Schaefer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title=Blind Man's Bluff
|DirectedBy=John McPherson
|WrittenBy=Melinda M. Snodgrass
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|13}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title=Angie's Turn
|DirectedBy=Greg Beeman
|WrittenBy=Cathryn Michon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|10|20}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title=Hat Trick
|DirectedBy=Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy=Matt Dearborn
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|11|03}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title=The Liver Wild
|DirectedBy=David Jackson
|WrittenBy=John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|11|10}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title=Walk Away
|DirectedBy=James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy=Page Turner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|11|17}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title=The Box
|DirectedBy=John T. Kretchmer
|WrittenBy=Michael Cassutt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|12|01}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title=Brothers Grim
|DirectedBy=Greg Beeman
|WrittenBy=John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|12|08}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title=Trial Period
|DirectedBy=David Jackson
|WrittenBy=Matt Dearborn
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1995|12|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title=Healing Hands
|DirectedBy=John T. Kretchmer
|WrittenBy=Scott Smith Miller
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|01|05}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|Title=Wrong Number
|DirectedBy=Mark Sobel
|WrittenBy=Michael Cassutt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|01|19}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|Title=In Sickness and in Wealth
|DirectedBy=Scott Brazil
|WrittenBy=Babs Greyhosky
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|02|02}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|Title=Blinded by the Son
|DirectedBy=Jim Charleston
|WrittenBy=Andy Hedden & Rob Hedden
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|02|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|Title=Struck by Lighting
|DirectedBy=Brad Turner
|WrittenBy=Eric Overmyer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|02|23}}
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Awards
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| style="width:04%;"| Year
! style="width:15%;"| Association ! style="width:25%;"| Category ! style="width:51%;"| Nominated artist/work ! style="width:10%;"| Result |
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| 1996
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Andrew Spencer Dawson (supervising editor), Stacey Nakasone (dialogue editor), Rich Cusano (sound effects editor), Richard Webb (sound effects editor) | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0112182|Strange Luck}}
- [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/strange-luck/episodes/204636/ TV Guide: Strange Luck]
Category:1990s American drama television series
Category:1995 American television series debuts
Category:1996 American television series endings
Category:Television series by New World Television
Category:Television shows set in Missouri