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Time After Time
Genre
Based onTime After Time
by Karl Alexander
Developed byKevin Williamson
Starring
Theme music composer
ComposerJeff Russo
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (3 unaired)[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Lauren Warner
  • Michael Stricks
  • Jeffrey T. Bernstein
Production locationsSilvercup Studios East, Long Island City, Queens, New York
Cinematography
  • John Lindley
  • David Insley
Editors
Running time43 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 5 (2017-03-05) –
March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)

Time After Time is an American period drama/science fiction television series broadcast on ABC.[2] The series, developed by Kevin Williamson, is based on the novel of the same name[2] and was commissioned on May 12, 2016.[3] The series premiered on March 5, 2017.[4] On March 29, 2017, ABC cancelled the series after five low rated episodes.[5]

Cast

  • Freddie Stroma as H. G. Wells, a 19th-century author and intellectual who invented a time machine and travels to 2017 to capture John.
  • Josh Bowman as John Stevenson/Jack the Ripper, a London surgeon and Wells's friend who is secretly a notorious serial killer, and escapes, using Wells's time machine, to 2017.
  • Génesis Rodríguez as Jane Walker, assistant curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum, who falls in love with Wells.
  • Nicole Ari Parker as Vanessa Anders,[6]a wealthy philanthropist and Wells's great-great granddaughter.
  • Jennifer Ferrin as Brooke Monroe,[7]a neuropathologist with an interest in Stevenson.
  • Will Chase as Griffin Monroe, a politician romantically involved with Vanessa Anders, who has a secret agenda regarding Wells's time machine. He is Brooke Monroe's brother.

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Marcos SiegaStory by : Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes
Teleplay by : Nicholas Meyer		March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)T15.101342.54[8]
H.G. Wells hosts a dinner party in his Victorian England home in 1893. He shows his guests his time machine to which they don't believe is functional and then police arrive looking for John Stevenson, having learned John is the infamous Jack the Ripper. John escapes in Wells' time machine but the machine returns because John didn't have the key. Wells follows him to March 3, 2017. His machine is now in a museum in New York and his appearance is brushed off as a prank. He meets Jane Walker, a woman who works at the museum and ends up spending the night in her apartment after sustaining injuries from a taxi trying to pursue Stevenson. Wells takes Jane three days into the future to prove the existence of time travel to her and while in the future, they discover Jane is John's third victim. They race back to the present to stop him from killing his second victim. They are successful but Jane is soon abducted by John who wants Wells to give him the key in exchange for her life.
2"I Will Catch You"Marcos SiegaKevin WilliamsonMarch 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)T13.203522.54[8]
Wells meets Vanessa Anders, the runner of the museum who reveals that she is his great great granddaughter having known about the time machine because he will visit her when she was in college. Vanessa gives Wells a letter from his future self to prove what she's saying; he is worried that the reason so little is written on the letter is because something bad is going to happen. Stevenson calls and demands the key be given to him the following afternoon in Central Park. John keeps Jane by threatening to kill a separate hostage. At Central Park, Wells gives John the key but Vanessa's men ambush John afterward, who escapes before he tells Wells Jane's location. John takes Jane to the museum where Wells awaits him and gives him the key. John attempts to go to another time but Wells is able to stop him and then John escapes, afterwards calling and threatening to kill someone everyday until Wells gives him the key. John is later at a bar, taking his next victim while a mysterious unknown man takes pictures of him and then returns to an apartment where an entire wall contains information on Wells and John.
3"Out of Time"Steve ShillGabrielle StantonMarch 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)T13.203532.26[9]
Stevenson continues his threats against Wells and Jane, demanding the key. Wells attempts to fix the time machine while Vanessa is meeting a reporter for an interview for her boyfriend Griffin's campaign as senator. John meets a neurologist named Brooke, whom he sleeps with before she knocks him out; when he comes to, he is strapped to a table and Brooke reveals that she is aware that he is Jack the Ripper from 1893. The mysterious man from the previous episode visits his sick mother, telling her that John and Wells are in 2017 and she tells him to stop them from whatever experience she had with them. Wells and Jane kiss when they finally get the time machine fixed and when Vanessa tells Griffin about H.G., Griffin is later seen calling someone unknown having had prior knowledge of the time machine.
4"Secrets Stolen"Tim AndrewKaren Wyscarver & Sanford GoldenMarch 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)T13.203541.79[10]
Stevenson awakens in Brooke's laboratory where she tries to help him recover from being drugged only to have him try to attack her. Wells is trying to navigate the Internet when Jane joins him in the ballroom. Doug and Vanessa arrive with information about Chad, including his full name and address. Doug take Wells and Jane to the apartment to investigate.Vanessa and Griffin discuss Wells, the time machine, and a fundraiser she is holding for Griffin's campaign that evening at the mansion.With Martin Scott's help, Wells and Jane find out the coordinates on the note from Chad's apartment are for Glen Cove, Long Island and include the date and time - 15 September 1980, 1:42pm. They use the time machine to travel there and then. Jane and Wells discover that Robert Holland's murder was covered up. When Jane goes to get her phone to contact a colleague who can help with learning about Project Utopia, she runs into Stevenson as he sneaks around the mansion. She hits him with her purse and raises the alarm. Stevenson stabs a guard and runs off.When Griffin uses his stolen access card to enter the ballroom, Stevenson attacks him from behind. They fight but Stevenson puts him out and manages to activate the time machine. The time machine returns to the ballroom a second later but it is empty. Stevenson has traveled to Paris, 30 March 1918.
5"Picture Fades"Marcos SiegaDaniel T. ThomsenMarch 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)T13.203551.87[11]
6"Caught Up in Circles"[12]Michael A. AllowitzDewayne JonesairedTBATBD
7"Suitcases of Memories"[13]Allison AndersKai Yu WuUnairedTBATBD
8"If You're Lost"[14]Marcos SiegaBrian MillikinUnairedTBATBD

Reception

Critical response

The series has received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 6.29/10 based on 30 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Time After Time employs its central narrative gimmick to ill effect, leaving a charming cast stranded in a stream of tedious storylines."[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 59 out of 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[16]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Time After Time
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Pilot" March 5, 2017 0.7/2 2.54[8] TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 "I Will Catch You" March 5, 2017 0.7/2 2.54[8] TBD TBD TBD TBD
3 "Out of Time" March 12, 2017 0.6/2 2.26[9] TBD TBD TBD TBD
4 "Secrets Stolen" March 19, 2017 0.4/2 1.79[10] 0.3 0.93 0.7 2.72[17]
5 "Picture Fades" March 26, 2017 0.4/2 1.87[11] 0.3 — 0.7[18] —

References

  1. ^ Petski, Denise (29 March 2017). "'Time After Time' Pulled From ABC Schedule After Five Episodes".
  2. ^ a b Holloway, Daniel (May 12, 2016). "ABC Orders Dramas Time After Time, Notorious to Series". Variety. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2016). "Time After Time Kevin Williamson Drama Picked Up To Series By ABC". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2017). "ABC Midseason Schedule: 'Time After Time', 'American Crime', 'The Catch,' 'Dirty Dancing', Others Get Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "ABC's "Match Game" to Replace "Time After Time" on Sunday Nights Beginning April 2". The Futon Critic. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (June 22, 2016). "ABC's Time After Time Drama Recast: Nicole Ari Parker In, Regina Taylor Out". TVLine. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (August 10, 2016). "Time After Time: Jennifer Ferrin Joins Kevin Williamson ABC Drama". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d Porter, Rick (March 7, 2017). "'NCIS: LA' and 'Time After Time' adjust up: Sunday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Porter, Rick (March 16, 2017). "'American Crime' premieres low, 'Chicago Justice' fairly steady: Sunday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Porter, Rick (March 21, 2017). "'Little Big Shots' adjusts up, 'NCIS: LA' adjusts down: Sunday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Porter, Rick (March 28, 2017). "'Family Guy' and 'America's Funniest Home Videos' adjust down: Sunday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "(#106) "Caught up in Circles"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "(#107) "Suitcases of Memories"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  14. ^ "(#108) "If You're Lost"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  15. ^ "Time After Time: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "Time After Time - Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  17. ^ Porter, Rick (March 30, 2017). "'This Is Us' finale, 'Designated Survivor' top week 26's broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  18. ^ Porter, Rick (April 6, 2017). "'Empire' and 'Designated Survivor' score in week 27 broadcast Live +7 ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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