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FALL PREMIERE DATES ANNOUNCED!
9:47 am US/Pacific UPN will introduce two new dramas and one new comedy to its schedule for the 2002-2003 season! NEW DRAMAS HAUNTED (Tuesday, 9:00 PM ET), starring Matthew Fox ("Party of Five") and Russell Hornsby ("Gideon's Crossing"), puts a supernatural spin on private investigation, where crimes are solved with help from an inexplicable link between this world and the hereafter. Four years ago, Frank Taylor (Fox) was a career police detective, had a great partner, Marcus Bradshaw (Hornsby), and a happy family life with his wife, Jessica, and their son. But it all changed when their child was kidnapped and never found. Frank, now legally but not emotionally divorced from Jessica, is working as a private eye when he finds his life changed forever after a near-death experience results in his being haunted by lost souls from beyond the grave that help him in solving a variety of cases. As Frank reluctantly accepts his heightened awareness, he evolves from an incredulous non-believer to an intrigued witness to the beyond. THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Wednesday, 9:00 PM ET), hosted by Forest Whitaker (Panic Room), comes into the 21st century in UPNs modernized incarnation. On Oct. 2, 1959, THE TWILIGHT ZONE aired its first episode and instantaneously became one of television's seminal classics. Honoring Rod Serling's profound legacy, this new version of the perennial favorite will envelop viewers in a world of fantasy and suspense. Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker will host each self-contained episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, which will often feature known actors as ordinary people in beyond extraordinary situations as they enter the sometimes frightening, often intriguing, but always suspenseful and surprising world of The Twilight Zone. The pilot episode is directed by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: TNG.) NEW COMEDY: HALF AND HALF (Monday, 9:30 PM ET) stars Rachel True (The Craft) as Mona and Essence Atkins (Smart Guy) as Dee Dee, half-sisters who have only one thing in common - their father. Growing up separately, these two virtual strangers suddenly become neighbors in the same San Francisco apartment building and experience the challenges of sisterhood for the first time. Mona, a budding music executive, was raised by her single mother, Phyllis (Telma Hopkins of Family Matters), to be an independent woman who does things in her own free-spirited, and sometimes sardonic style. By contrast, younger sister Dee Dee is a privileged honor-roll college student who grew up in a two-parent home, but searches for her own identity out of the shadow of her overbearing mother, Big Dee Dee (Valarie Pettiford of One Life to Live). Now in their twenties, these two vastly contrasting women are discovering the advantages and joys that the special bond of sisterhood offers. But their relationship is not without its problems, as they often clash on everything from morals to money to men. Meanwhile Spencer (Theron 'Chico' Benymon of Moesha), Monas best friend, becomes the conscience of the group and helps build a bridge between the women. Here are premiere dates for the new fall lineup on UPN! MONDAY 8:00 PM THE PARKERS (New time) Season premiere September 23 8:30 PM ONE ON ONE Season premiere September 23 9:00 PM GIRLFRIENDS (New time) Season premiere September 23 9:30 PM HALF AND HALF (New series) Series premiere September 23 TUESDAY 8:00 PM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Season premiere September 24 9:00 PM HAUNTED (New series) Series premiere September 24 WEDNESDAY 8:00 PM ENTERPRISE Season premiere September 18 9:00 PM THE TWILIGHT ZONE (New series) Series premiere September 18 THURSDAY 8:00 PM WWE SMACKDOWN! FRIDAY 8:00 PM UPN MOVIE FRIDAY |
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