The Chronicle (TV series)

The show centers on a group of journalists at a tabloid newspaper, The Chronicle, and the contradictions that transpire when they realize that the various monsters, aliens, and mutants turn out to be real.

• Chad Willett as Tucker Burns
• Rena Sofer as Grace Hall
• Reno Wilson as Wes Freewald
• Jon Polito as Donald Stern

• Curtis Armstrong as Sal the Pig-Boy
• Sharon Sachs as Vera
• Elaine Hendrix as Kristen Martin
• Octavia Spencer as Ruby
• April Bolds Chronicle Staff Writer

Series creator Silvio Horta adapted the book series News from the Edge by Mark Sumner, whose concept was that every outlandish picture or story in a tabloid is real.{{cite magazine |last=Scapperotti|first=Dan|date=October 2001|title= The Chronicle |url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2033%20No%205%20%28Oct%202001%29/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater|url-status= |magazine=Cinefantastique |location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=October 7, 2024}} Horta stated his intention was to make a more fun, less dour version of The X-Files.

The series was initially developed for NBC as a half-hour comedy, but they passed on the produced pilot. The project was then picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel, where it was expanded to an hour-long comedic monster of the week format, similar in tone to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Pilot

|DirectedBy = Marc Buckland

|WrittenBy = Silvio Horta

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|7|14}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-179

|ShortSummary = Tucker Burns (Chad Willett), a journalism graduate from Columbia with a slightly blemished record, is desperate for a job in the print media. The only place that will hire him is The World Chronicle, a weekly tabloid. He quickly discovers that the Chronicle's articles may be truer than people think. The pilot introduces other Chronicle staff members, including lead reporter Grace Hall (Rena Sofer), photographer Wes Freewald (Reno Wilson), and editor/publisher Donald Stern (Jon Polito).

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = What Gobbles Beneath

|DirectedBy = Adam Davidson

|WrittenBy = Silvio Horta

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|7|14}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-105

|ShortSummary = Powerful new cell phones threaten the city when huge underground worms home in on the signals.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Here There Be Dragons

|DirectedBy = Sanford Bookstaver

|WrittenBy = Naren Shankar

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|7|21}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-107

|ShortSummary = Tucker, Grace and Wes investigate a dragon living in the sewers beneath Chinatown only to get tangled up in a love triangle. George Takei guest stars as the father of Mina Shen (Youki Kudoh).

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Baby Got Back

|DirectedBy = John T. Kretchmer

|WrittenBy = Silvio Horta

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|7|28}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-102

|ShortSummary = An abandoned baby on the doorstep of the World Chronicle building exposes the staff to a dangerous--some might even say demonic--pyramid scheme, led by David Tally (Richard Karn).

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = He's Dead, She's Dead

|DirectedBy = John T. Kretchmer

|WrittenBy = Erin Maher & Kay Reindl

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|4}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-106

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Bermuda Love Triangle

|DirectedBy = Krishna Rao

|WrittenBy = Henry Alonso Myers

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|11}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-110

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Only the Young Die Good

|DirectedBy = Adam Davidson

|WrittenBy = Peter Hume

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|18}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-109

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns

|DirectedBy = Sanford Bookstaver

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|25}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-111

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|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Let Sleeping Dogs Fry

|DirectedBy = Bruce Seth Green

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|8}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-101

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Take Me Back

|DirectedBy = Krishna Rao

|WrittenBy = Naren Shankar

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|15}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-112

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Touched by an Alien

|DirectedBy = Sanford Bookstaver

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|1|4}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-113

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|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = Pig Boy's Big Adventure

|DirectedBy = Michael Grossman

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|1|11}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-116

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|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = The Cursed Sombrero

|DirectedBy = Sanford Bookstaver

|WrittenBy = Silvio Horta

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|1|18}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-115

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|EpisodeNumber = 14

|Title = Tears of a Clone

|DirectedBy = Adam Davidson

|WrittenBy = Hans Beimler

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|1|25}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-117

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = I See Dead Fat People

|DirectedBy = Jay Tobias

|WrittenBy = Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|2|1}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-103

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|EpisodeNumber = 16

|Title = Man and Superman

|DirectedBy = Adam Davidson

|WrittenBy = Henry Alonso Myers

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|2|8}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-114

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|EpisodeNumber = 17

|Title = Hot from the Oven

|DirectedBy = Jay Tobias

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|2|15}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-108

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|Title = The Stepford Cheerleaders

|DirectedBy = Perry Lang

|WrittenBy = Henry Alonso Myers

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|2|22}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-104

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = The Mists of Avalon Parkway

|DirectedBy = David Straiton

|WrittenBy = Henry Alonso Myers

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|1}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-118

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|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = The King Is Undead

|DirectedBy = Krishna Rao

|WrittenBy = Javier Grillo-Marxuach

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|8}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-119

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|Title = Hell Mall

|DirectedBy = David Barrett

|WrittenBy = Michael Shear & Patrick Sean Smith

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|15}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-120

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|Title = A Snitch in Time

|DirectedBy = Krishna Rao

|WrittenBy = Hans Beimler

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|22}}

|ProdCode = 5009-01-121

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• {{cite web| url = http://www.scifi.com/chronicle/ | title = The Chronicle | publisher = Official site (Sci Fi Channel) | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020802163900/http://www.scifi.com/chronicle/ | archivedate= August 2, 2002}}
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