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{{Infobox television
| image = Deadline NBC.jpg
| caption =
| genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| creator = [[Dick Wolf]]
| developer = Robert Palm
| starring = {{Plain list|
*[[Oliver Platt]]
*[[Hope Davis]]
*[[Bebe Neuwirth]]
*[[Lili Taylor]]
*[[Damon Gupton]]
*[[Christina Chang]]}}
| composer = [[Mike Post]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 5 (+8 unaired)
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Dick Wolf
| producer =
| location =
| camera =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = {{Plain list|
*[[Wolf Films]]
*[[Universal Television|Studios USA Television]]
}}
| network = [[NBC]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|10|2}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2000|10|30}}
}}


'''''Deadline''''' is an American [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series created by [[Dick Wolf]], that aired on [[NBC]] from October 2, 2000, to October 30, 2000. It stars [[Oliver Platt]] as Wallace Benton, star columnist for the fictional ''New York Ledger'', a daily tabloid [[newspaper]] seen in many episodes of ''[[Law & Order (franchise)|Law & Order]]'' and modeled after the real-life ''[[New York Post]]''.
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| show_name = Deadline
| image = [[Image:Deadlinecast.jpg|250px]]
| caption = the cast of ''Deadline''
| format = [[Drama]]
| runtime = 1 hour per episode
| creator = [[Dick Wolf]]
| starring = [[Oliver Platt]]<br>[[Hope Davis]]<br>[[Bebe Neuwirth]]<br>[[Lili Taylor]]<br>[[Damon Gupton]]
| country = [[United States|USA]]
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| first_aired = [[2000-10-02]]
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'''''Deadline''''' was a [[television series]] which was shown on the [[NBC]] [[television network]] in the 2000-2001 season. It starred [[Oliver Platt]] as Wallace Benton, who worked for the ''[[New York Ledger]]''. This was a daily [[newspaper]] which was seen in many episodes of [[Law & Order franchise|''Law & Order'']].


== Cast and characters ==
==Cast and characters==
[[Oliver Platt]] ... Wallace Benton<br>
*[[Oliver Platt]] as Wallace Benton
[[Bebe Neuwirth]] ... Nikki Masucci<br>
*[[Bebe Neuwirth]] as Nikki Masucci
[[Tom Conti]] ... Si Beekman<br>
*[[Tom Conti]] as Si Beekman
[[Lili Taylor]] ... Hildy Baker<br>
*[[Lili Taylor]] as Hildy Baker
[[Hope Davis]] ... Brooke Benton<br>
*[[Hope Davis]] as Brooke Benton
[[Damon Gupton]] ... Charles Foster<br>
*[[Damon Gupton]] as Charles Foster
[[Christina Chang]] ... Beth Khambu<br>
*[[Christina Chang]] as Beth Khambu


== Episodes ==
==Production==
Series creator [[Dick Wolf]] hired Robert Palm as head writer and executive producer.<ref name="liebeskind">{{cite news
*Pilot (Originally Aired 10/2/2000)
| last = Liebeskind
*Lovers And Madmen (Originally Aired 10/9/2000)
| first = Ken
*Perception (Originally Aired 10/16/2000)
| title = On ''Deadline''
*Daniel In The Lion's Den (Originally Aired 10/23/2000)
| work = Mediaweek
*Howl (Originally Aired 10/30/2000)
| date = July 17, 2000
*The Old Ball Game (Originally Aired 3/17/2001)
| url =
*Don't I Know You? (Originally Aired 3/17/2001)
| access-date =
*The Undesirables (Originally Aired 3/24/2001)
}}</ref> Palm had worked for years as a newspaper reporter on ''[[The Hartford Times]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Herald Examiner]]'' before moving into screenwriting with jobs on ''[[Miami Vice]]''.<ref name="liebeskind" /> He and Wolf had worked together previously on the tenth season of ''Law & Order''. They didn't want to do another "cop show" and agreed on one with journalism as its focus.<ref name="liebeskind" /> In 1999, Wolf pitched the show to [[NBC]] with Oliver Platt as its star and sold it with a three-minute trailer, instead of producing a pilot, as is the norm.<ref name="gg">{{cite news
*Somebody's Fool (Originally Aired 3/24/2001)
| author = G.G.
*The First Commandment (Originally Aired 3/31/2001)
| title = In Wolf's New ''Deadline'', the Detective is a Reporter
*Just Lie Back (Originally Aired 3/31/2001)
| work =[[The Christian Science Monitor]]
*Shock (Originally Aired 4/7/2001)
| date = October 6, 2000
*Red Herring (Originally Aired 4/7/2001)
| url = https://www.csmonitor.com/2000/1006/p18s2.html
| access-date = February 18, 2020
}}</ref> Wolf and Palm worked with NBC Entertainment President Garth Ancier on developing the show with Platt in mind.<ref name="liebeskind" /> Wolf invited director [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]] to direct episodes of ''Deadline'' but Ritchie had to drop out for personal reasons.<ref name="grego">{{cite news| last = Grego| first = Melissa| title = Auteurs Join Wolf Gang| work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date = July 17–23, 2000}}</ref> Producer [[John L. Roman]] had previously worked with Wolf on [[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie|''Exiled'']] and ''DC''. (They would later work together on ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' and [[Chicago Fire (TV series)|''Chicago Fire'']].)

Plots for the show were based on true stories from newspaper articles that Palm and Wolf found.<ref name="liebeskind" /> Richard Esposito, a New York newspaper veteran of 20 years, was hired as a consultant on the show. He worked with the actors and writers on outlines of stories and on "everything that helps them get a feel for the tone and pace of a newspaper."<ref name="liebeskind" /> He also introduced Platt and other cast members to journalists around the city.

Platt had been approached numerous times to do a television show but it was Wolf's reputation and the chance to work in his hometown and be close to his family that persuaded him.<ref name="gg" /> Wallace Benton was modeled on veteran New York journalist [[Jimmy Breslin]], [[Mike McAlary]], and other New York tabloid columnists.<ref name="liebeskind" /> To research the role, Platt spent time with crime reporters Phil Messing of the ''[[New York Post]]'', Lenny Levitt of ''[[Newsday]]'', and Juan Gonzalez and Jim Dwyer of the [[Daily News (New York)|New York ''Daily News'']].<ref name="liebeskind" /> The actor went out on stories with them, watched them interview and listened to them work the phones. During lunches, he said, he "got them to tell me their trade secrets."<ref name="liebeskind" />

''The New York Ledger''{{'}}s offices were constructed at the old ''New York Post'' building on South Street in [[New York City]]. The set design for the offices was based on old black-and-white photographs of the ''Post'' offices.<ref name="liebeskind" /> The newspaper allowed the producers to shoot the pilot episode in its old offices and then agreed to a short-term lease through November 2000.<ref name="liebeskind" /> Shooting started in mid-July of 2000 and the first episode debuted on October 2. ''Deadline'' was scheduled to air Mondays at 9 pm opposite [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' and [[20th Century Fox|Fox]]'s ''[[Ally McBeal]]''.

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Pilot
| DirectedBy = Don Scardino
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=[[Dick Wolf]]|t= Dick Wolf & [[Robert Palm]]}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|2}}
| Aux4=14.30<ref name="Dealine viewers">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvtango.com/series/deadline_2000/episodes|title = Deadline - Series - Episode List - TV Tango}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Lovers and Madmen
| DirectedBy = Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy = Yahlin Chang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|9}}
| Aux4=10.90<ref name="Dealine viewers"/>
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Perception
| DirectedBy = Bob Balaban
| WrittenBy = Chris Mundy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|16}}
| Aux4=10.00<ref name="Dealine viewers"/>
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Daniel in the Lion's Den
| DirectedBy = Don Scardino
| WrittenBy = Willie Reale
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|23}}
| Aux4=7.00<ref name="Dealine viewers"/>
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Howl
| DirectedBy = James Quinn
| WrittenBy = Martin Weiss
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|30}}
| Aux4=6.80<ref name="Dealine viewers"/>
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Old Ball Game
| DirectedBy = David Platt
| WrittenBy = Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|17}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Don't I Know You?
| DirectedBy = Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Dick Wolf & Robert Palm|t=Willie Reale}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|17}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = The Undesirables
| DirectedBy = Matthew Penn
| WrittenBy = Yahlin Chang
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|24}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Somebody's Fool
| DirectedBy = Michael Fields
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Dick Wolf & Robert Palm & Willie Reale|t=Willie Reale}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|24}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = The First Commandment
| DirectedBy = James Quinn
| WrittenBy = Matt Prudence & Michael Berns
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|31}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Just Lie Back
| DirectedBy = Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place|t=Robert Palm & Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|31}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Shock
| DirectedBy = Robert Berlinger
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Dick Wolf|t= Eva Nagorski}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|7}}
| Aux4=
| LineColor = B30713
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Red Herring
| DirectedBy = Alexander Cassini
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Robert Palm|t=Martin Weiss & Robert Palm}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|7}}
| Aux4=
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==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine praised Platt's work on the show in their review: "Platt, best-known for his work on the big screen, is a colorful choice for Benton, and, judging from the first episode, he can carry the bulk of the action."<ref>{{cite news
| last = Fries
| first = Laura
| title = ''Deadline''
| work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
| date = October 2–8, 2000
| url = https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/deadline-2-1200464038/
| access-date = February 18, 2020
}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' criticized the show's authenticity in their review: "The only thing accurate about ''Deadline'' is the sense of urgency implied by the title. Someone had better fix this show fast, before it becomes yesterday's news."<ref>{{cite news
| last = Bianco
| first = Robert
| title = ''Deadline''
| work =[[USA Today]]
| date = October 2, 2000
| url =
| access-date =
}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' found fault with some of the characters on the show: "Benton's merry band of journalism students are silly, and the show should replace them with an expanded cast of ''Ledger'' co-workers."<ref>{{cite news
| last = Gilbert
| first = Matthew
| title = ''Deadline'' Misses, and That's a Crime
| work = [[The Boston Globe]]
| date = October 2, 2000
| url =
| access-date =
}}</ref>

The pilot episode was seen by 14.3 million viewers but the show's ratings declined steadily afterwards with 6.8 million viewers watching the last episode. NBC cancelled the show after five episodes.<ref name= "andreeeva">{{cite news
| last = Andreeva
| first = Nellie
| title = NBC Reports ''Deadline''s Demise
| work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]
| date = November 1, 2000
| url =
| access-date =
}}</ref> NBC showed the remaining episodes during the spring of 2001, in at least one part of the United States; they followed the network's broadcasts of Saturday night [[XFL (2001)|XFL]] football games in the western time zones.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://wolfentertainment.com/television/past/deadline/}} on [[Wolf Entertainment]]
*{{imdb title|0247086|Deadline}}
* {{IMDb title|0247086|Deadline}}
*[http://www.newyorkpressclub.org/hottopics.htm Dick Wolf and Oliver Platt speak at the New York Press Club]
* {{Epguides|Deadline|Deadline}}
*[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/tv/0,6115,278125_3|6437||0_0_,00.html ''Entertainment Weekly'' review]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041024003531/http://www.newyorkpressclub.org/hottopics.htm Dick Wolf and Oliver Platt talk about ''Deadline''] at the New York Press Club
*[http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/arts/tv/reviews/3834/ ''New York Metro'' review]

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Latest revision as of 05:48, 9 November 2024

For the 1959 series, see Deadline (1959 TV series).
Deadline
GenreDrama
Created byDick Wolf
Developed byRobert Palm
Starring
ComposerMike Post
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 (+8 unaired)
Production
Executive producerDick Wolf
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 2 (2000-10-02) –
October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)

Deadline is an American drama television series created by Dick Wolf, that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000, to October 30, 2000. It stars Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, star columnist for the fictional New York Ledger, a daily tabloid newspaper seen in many episodes of Law & Order and modeled after the real-life New York Post.

Cast and characters

[edit]

Production

[edit]

Series creator Dick Wolf hired Robert Palm as head writer and executive producer.[1] Palm had worked for years as a newspaper reporter on The Hartford Times and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner before moving into screenwriting with jobs on Miami Vice.[1] He and Wolf had worked together previously on the tenth season of Law & Order. They didn't want to do another "cop show" and agreed on one with journalism as its focus.[1] In 1999, Wolf pitched the show to NBC with Oliver Platt as its star and sold it with a three-minute trailer, instead of producing a pilot, as is the norm.[2] Wolf and Palm worked with NBC Entertainment President Garth Ancier on developing the show with Platt in mind.[1] Wolf invited director Michael Ritchie to direct episodes of Deadline but Ritchie had to drop out for personal reasons.[3] Producer John L. Roman had previously worked with Wolf on Exiled and DC. (They would later work together on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Chicago Fire.)

Plots for the show were based on true stories from newspaper articles that Palm and Wolf found.[1] Richard Esposito, a New York newspaper veteran of 20 years, was hired as a consultant on the show. He worked with the actors and writers on outlines of stories and on "everything that helps them get a feel for the tone and pace of a newspaper."[1] He also introduced Platt and other cast members to journalists around the city.

Platt had been approached numerous times to do a television show but it was Wolf's reputation and the chance to work in his hometown and be close to his family that persuaded him.[2] Wallace Benton was modeled on veteran New York journalist Jimmy Breslin, Mike McAlary, and other New York tabloid columnists.[1] To research the role, Platt spent time with crime reporters Phil Messing of the New York Post, Lenny Levitt of Newsday, and Juan Gonzalez and Jim Dwyer of the New York Daily News.[1] The actor went out on stories with them, watched them interview and listened to them work the phones. During lunches, he said, he "got them to tell me their trade secrets."[1]

The New York Ledger's offices were constructed at the old New York Post building on South Street in New York City. The set design for the offices was based on old black-and-white photographs of the Post offices.[1] The newspaper allowed the producers to shoot the pilot episode in its old offices and then agreed to a short-term lease through November 2000.[1] Shooting started in mid-July of 2000 and the first episode debuted on October 2. Deadline was scheduled to air Mondays at 9 pm opposite ABC's Monday Night Football and Fox's Ally McBeal.

Episodes

[edit]
No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Don ScardinoStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Dick Wolf & Robert Palm		October 2, 2000 (2000-10-02)14.30[4]
2"Lovers and Madmen"Constantine MakrisYahlin ChangOctober 9, 2000 (2000-10-09)10.90[4]
3"Perception"Bob BalabanChris MundyOctober 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)10.00[4]
4"Daniel in the Lion's Den"Don ScardinoWillie RealeOctober 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)7.00[4]
5"Howl"James QuinnMartin WeissOctober 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)6.80[4]
6"The Old Ball Game"David PlattRobert F. Campbell & Jonathan GreeneMarch 17, 2001 (2001-03-17)TBA
7"Don't I Know You?"Richard DobbsStory by : Dick Wolf & Robert Palm
Teleplay by : Willie Reale		March 17, 2001 (2001-03-17)TBA
8"The Undesirables"Matthew PennYahlin ChangMarch 24, 2001 (2001-03-24)TBA
9"Somebody's Fool"Michael FieldsStory by : Dick Wolf & Robert Palm & Willie Reale
Teleplay by : Willie Reale		March 24, 2001 (2001-03-24)TBA
10"The First Commandment"James QuinnMatt Prudence & Michael BernsMarch 31, 2001 (2001-03-31)TBA
11"Just Lie Back"Constantine MakrisStory by : Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place
Teleplay by : Robert Palm & Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place		March 31, 2001 (2001-03-31)TBA
12"Shock"Robert BerlingerStory by : Dick Wolf
Teleplay by : Eva Nagorski		April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)TBA
13"Red Herring"Alexander CassiniStory by : Robert Palm
Teleplay by : Martin Weiss & Robert Palm		April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)TBA

Reception

[edit]

Variety magazine praised Platt's work on the show in their review: "Platt, best-known for his work on the big screen, is a colorful choice for Benton, and, judging from the first episode, he can carry the bulk of the action."[5] USA Today criticized the show's authenticity in their review: "The only thing accurate about Deadline is the sense of urgency implied by the title. Someone had better fix this show fast, before it becomes yesterday's news."[6] The Boston Globe found fault with some of the characters on the show: "Benton's merry band of journalism students are silly, and the show should replace them with an expanded cast of Ledger co-workers."[7]

The pilot episode was seen by 14.3 million viewers but the show's ratings declined steadily afterwards with 6.8 million viewers watching the last episode. NBC cancelled the show after five episodes.[8] NBC showed the remaining episodes during the spring of 2001, in at least one part of the United States; they followed the network's broadcasts of Saturday night XFL football games in the western time zones.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Liebeskind, Ken (July 17, 2000). "On Deadline". Mediaweek.
  2. ^ a b G.G. (October 6, 2000). "In Wolf's New Deadline, the Detective is a Reporter". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Grego, Melissa (July 17–23, 2000). "Auteurs Join Wolf Gang". Variety.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Deadline - Series - Episode List - TV Tango".
  5. ^ Fries, Laura (October 2–8, 2000). "Deadline". Variety. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Bianco, Robert (October 2, 2000). "Deadline". USA Today.
  7. ^ Gilbert, Matthew (October 2, 2000). "Deadline Misses, and That's a Crime". The Boston Globe.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 1, 2000). "NBC Reports Deadlines Demise". The Hollywood Reporter.
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