Beyond (2017 TV series)

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Beyond
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Genre
Created byAdam Nussdorf
Starring
Composer(s) Toby Chu
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)Tracey Jeffrey
Running time41–43 minutes
Production company(s)
  • Automatik
  • Imperative Entertainment
Release
Original network Freeform
Original releaseJanuary 1, 2017 (2017-01-01) – March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)
External links
Website
Production website

Beyond is an American science fiction drama television series created by Adam Nussdorf that premiered on Freeform on January 1, 2017. The series stars Burkely Duffield, Dilan Gwyn, Jeff Pierre, Jonathan Whitesell, Michael McGrady, and Romy Rosemont. On January 10, 2017, Freeform renewed the series for a 10-episode second season, which premiered on January 18, 2018, and finished on March 22, 2018. On March 29, 2018, Freeform announced they had cancelled the series after two seasons. [1]

Science fiction genre of fiction

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas".

In film and television, drama is a genre of narrative fiction intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular subgenre, such as "police crime drama", "political drama", "legal drama", "historical period drama", "domestic drama", or "comedy-drama". These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods.

Freeform is an American pay television channel that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. Freeform primarily broadcasts programming geared toward teenagers and young adults – with some programming skewing toward young women – in the 14–34 age range, a target demographic designated by the channel as "becomers". Its programming includes contemporary off-network syndicated reruns and original series, feature films, and made-for-TV original movies.

Contents

Plot

Holden Matthews wakes up from a 12-year coma and discovers that he now has supernatural abilities, ones that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now that he is out of his coma, Holden wants to figure out what happened to him during the past dozen years and how to live in a world that has changed significantly while he was in his coma. However, perhaps the biggest question of all is why it happened to him beyond this Earth's timeline in the hereafter. As Holden tries to adjust to adulthood, a mysterious woman named Willa warns him not to trust the people around him.

Cast and characters

Main

Burkely Duffield is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Eddie Miller in House of Anubis and as Holden Matthews in Beyond. His sister is actress and singer Victoria Duffield.

Jordan Calloway is an American actor. He is known for his role as Zach Carter-Schwartz on the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous (2004–2007). Calloway has also had recurring roles on NBC's ER (2005–2006), as well as The CW series Riverdale (2017–present) and Black Lightning (2018).

Michael Steven McGrady is an American theater, film and television actor. He is also an artist whose work is represented in various galleries throughout the United States.

Recurring

Erika Alexander actress

Erika Rose Alexander is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1990–1992), and Maxine Shaw on the FOX sitcom Living Single (1993–1998). She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.

Peter Kelamis Australian-born Canadian actor

Peter Kelamis is an Australian-born Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian. He is arguably best known for playing Tail Terrier in Krypto the Superdog, Dr. Adam Brody in Stargate Universe, Goku in Ocean's English dubs of the animated series Dragon Ball Z, and Rolf from Ed, Edd n Eddy.

Alex Diakun is a Canadian actor.

Production

A pilot was green-lit for Freeform, then known as ABC Family, in April 2015. [2] The series was ordered for production in November 2015 with a ten-episode order. [3] A sneak peek aired on January 1, 2017, with the official premiere on January 2, 2017.

To green-light is to give permission or a go ahead to move forward with a project. The term is a reference to the green traffic signal, indicating "go ahead". In the context of the film and television industries, to green-light something is to formally approve its production finance and to commit to this financing, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development phase to pre-production and principal photography.

On January 10, 2017, Freeform renewed the series for a second season; [4] season 2 premiered on January 18, 2018, with a double episode. [5] The 10-episode second season's finale aired March 22, 2018. [6]

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
2 10 [6] January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22) [6]

Season 1 (2017)

The entire first season was released on digital platforms, such as OnDemand, the Freeform App and website, and Hulu, on January 2, 2017. [7]

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [8] [9] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [8] [9] U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot" Lee Toland Krieger Adam NussdorfJanuary 1, 2017 (2017-01-01) [lower-alpha 3] 0.95 [11] [lower-alpha 3]
22"Tempus Fugit" Steven A. Adelson Adam NussdorfJanuary 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)1.07 [10]
33"Ties That Bind"Steven A. AdelsonMark DubeJanuary 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)0.60 [12]
44"The Man in the Yellow Jacket" Sam Hill Hillary BenefielJanuary 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)0.51 [13]
55"Fancy Meeting You Here" Nick Copus Jim GalassoJanuary 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)0.41 [14]
Absent: Jeff Pierre as Jeff McArdle, Michael McGrady as Tom Matthews, Romy Rosemont as Diane Matthews
66"Celeste" Darnell Martin Mimi Won TechentinJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)0.38 [15]
77"The Hour of the Wolf"Nick CopusRyan MottesheardFebruary 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)0.32 [16]
88"Last Action Hero" Guy Norman Bee Elias BenavidezFebruary 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)0.35 [17]
Absent: Michael McGrady as Tom Matthews
99"Out of Darkness"Steven A. AdelsonAdam NussdorfFebruary 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)0.38 [18]
Absent: Michael McGrady as Tom Matthews
1010"Into the Light"Steven A. AdelsonAdam NussdorfFebruary 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)0.30 [19]

Season 2 (2018)

A recap special entitled "Beyond: What Lies Ahead" aired on December 28, 2017, and drew 357,000 viewers. [8] [20]

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [8] [9] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [8] [9] Prod.
code [8]
U.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Two Zero One" Steven A. Adelson Adam NussdorfJanuary 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)20010.31 [21]
122"Cheers, Bitch"Steven A. AdelsonAdam NussdorfJanuary 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)20020.15 [22]
133"No Es Bueno" Nick Copus Marc DubeJanuary 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)20030.23 [23]
144"Knock, Knock" Vanessa Parise Nichole BeattieFebruary 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)20040.23 [24]
155"Six Feet Deep"Nick CopusRyan MottesheardFebruary 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)20050.25 [25]
166"Bedposts"Carol BankerJim GalassoFebruary 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)20060.38 [26]
177"Stir" Dawn Wilkinson Hillary BenefielMarch 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)20070.23 [27]
188"I Scream, You Scream"Rick Bota David Eick March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)20080.15 [28]
199"F.G.B."Steven A. AdelsonAdam NussdorfMarch 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)20090.24 [29]
2010"There's No Home for You Here"Steven A. AdelsonAdam NussdorfMarch 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)20100.26 [30]

Ratings

SeasonEpisodesFirst airedLast airedAvg. viewers
(millions)
DateViewers
(millions)
DateViewers
(millions)
1 10January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)0.95 [11] February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)0.30 [19] 0.53
2 10January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)0.31 [21] March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)0.26 [30] 0.24

Broadcast

Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on FOX8 on January 17, 2017. [31] In the UK and Ireland, all ten first-season episodes were available on Netflix before their U.S. broadcasts, and new second-season episodes were added weekly.[ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. Colloway was listed as "starring" in the pilot, but was later downgraded to a guest role.
  2. Pierre was not in the pilot, but was listed as "starring" from the second episode—"Tempus Fugit"—onward.
  3. 1 2 This episode was shown as a sneak peek on January 1, 2017, and then as the official series premiere on January 2, 2017. The viewership data is 1.18 million viewers [10] for the official premiere on January 2, 2017.

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