Eleventh Hour (American TV series)

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Eleventh Hour
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Genre
Based on Eleventh Hour
by Stephen Gallagher
Developed byMick Davis
Starring
Theme music composer Harry Gregson-Williams
Opening themeEleventh Hour Theme
Composer Graeme Revell
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMatthew Carlisle
Production location Los Angeles, California
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 9, 2008 (2008-10-09) 
April 2, 2009 (2009-04-02)
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Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour is an American science-based drama television series, which is based on the 2006 British series of the same name. The series was a joint venture between Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Granada America and Warner Bros. Television. The series ran on CBS for one season from October 9, 2008 to April 2, 2009. [1]

Contents

Plot

Eleventh Hour follows Dr. Jacob Hood (Rufus Sewell), a brilliant biophysicist and Special Science Adviser for the FBI who is brought in to investigate crimes of a scientific nature that other agents may be unable to solve. Hood is the government's last line of defense, and it is his mission to keep scientific advances out of the hands of those with nefarious intentions. Special Agent Rachel Young (Marley Shelton), of the FBI's executive protection detail, is assigned to protect Hood. Both Dr. Hood and Special Agent Young are assisted by Special Agent Felix Lee (Omar Benson Miller), towards the end of the series.

Cast and characters

Production

Development

The original ITV version ran for four 90-minute episodes. Before the American remake series premiered, CBS ordered 13 one-hour episodes. [2] The pilot episode was produced with a budget of four million dollars, and the remaining episodes were given approximately two million dollars each. [2] Despite shooting "Agro" as a second possible pilot, CBS premiered the series with its original $4 million pilot, "Resurrection", instead. [3]

Cancellation

The show was canceled on May 19, 2009, due to its inability to hold the CSI audience lead-in. [4] [5] Upon learning of Eleventh Hour's cancellation, a small core group of fans banded together to form the Eleventh Hour Resurrection Campaign. They were unsuccessful in convincing another television network to pick up the show. [6]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Resurrection" Danny Cannon Mick DavisOctober 9, 2008 (2008-10-09)11.59
Local police in Seattle find 19 aborted fetuses in the course of a crime investigation. Dr. Hood and Agent Young arrive to investigate the possibility that the fetuses have been cloned, a fact which is proven by finding all the fetuses have identical DNA. They discover a young woman has been impregnated with fetus #20, and a plot possibly funded by a billionaire business man who lost his only son years before. The man who was hired to get rid of the aborted fetuses finally shows Dr Hood and Agent Young the warehouse where the women were taken to be impregnated in a small temporary procedure room but they find it abandoned. He also tells them that the woman in charge called "Gepetto" on the phone to talk about what was happening and receive instructions. The young pregnant woman ends up in the hospital bleeding and they discover she has a condition that will cause her and the baby to die if she goes into labor. The hospital reports this to the police when the woman escapes and disappears from the ICU. Dr Hood confronts the billionaire with one of the fetuses and forces him to realize that he can't bring his son back and they finally learn the young woman has been taken to a recently abandoned clinic. They arrive to find another woman performing CPR on the pregnant woman and Dr Hood starts to assist while Agent Young goes to find blood to transfuse into the dying woman. The woman who works for Gepetto attacks Agent Young but ends up being knocked out. Meanwhile, Dr Hood discovers that the woman who is performing CPR actually is Gepetto and she walks out, leaving him to try to save the young woman alone.
2"Cardiac" Clark Johnson Mick DavisOctober 16, 2008 (2008-10-16)12.04
Several 11-year-old boys die of heart attacks.
3"Agro"Danny CannonHeather MitchellOctober 23, 2008 (2008-10-23)12.16
Hood investigates several cases of food-related paralysis in northern California.
4"Savant" Terry McDonough Ildy Modrovich October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30)11.48
Several autistic teens are kidnapped.
5"Containment"Danny CannonAdam TargumNovember 6, 2008 (2008-11-06)10.97
A mysterious disease threatens Pittsburgh, PA.
6"Frozen" Karen Gaviola André Bormanis November 13, 2008 (2008-11-13)11.60
A series of mysterious deaths by way of freezing the person solid plagues the Western coast of the US.
7"Surge" Guy Ferland Story by: Fred Golan
Teleplay by: Angel Dean Lopez
November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20)10.67
A government experiment, in which US troops were subject to inhumane tests, goes awry in Nevada.
8"Titans" Nick Gomez Speed Weed December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04)10.91
College students are dying from the bends.
9"Flesh" David M. Barrett Ben LeeDecember 11, 2008 (2008-12-11)13.43
College students, in Miami, suffer from flesh-eating bacteria.
10"H2O"Terry McDonoughStory by: Kim Newton
Teleplay by: Heather Mitchell
January 15, 2009 (2009-01-15)15.52
While investigating outbreaks of violence in Texas, Hood becomes affected as well.
11"Miracle" Paul Shapiro Mick Davis (teleplay)
(British episode: "Mircale")
Simon Stephenson
January 22, 2009 (2009-01-22)12.32
A young boy's cancer is miraculously cured after he drinks from a mineral spring.
12"Eternal" Jeffrey Hunt Ildy ModrovichJanuary 29, 2009 (2009-01-29)12.71
Hood investigates a millionaire with two fully developed hearts who has congenital heart disease.
13"Pinocchio"Guy FerlandAngel Dean LopezFebruary 12, 2009 (2009-02-12)11.04
Hood investigates a cloning operation and suspects that Geppetto may be back.
14"Minamata" Dermott Downs Adam TargumFebruary 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)11.23 [7]
A helicopter pilot goes blind during a live televised traffic report and dies when the helicopter crashes. Hood tracks down the mysterious poison before other people go blind. A new member of the team helps with the investigation. Omar Benson Miller joins the cast as Special Agent Felix Lee.
15"Electro"Nick GomezStory by: André Bormanis
Teleplay by: Heather Mitchell
February 26, 2009 (2009-02-26)11.73 [8]
Hood is called to investigate when 30 people are killed by lightning during a storm that lasts only 10 minutes.
16"Subway" Paul McCrane Stephen GallagherMarch 5, 2009 (2009-03-05)12.15
Doctor Hood is called in to determine the cause of a poison cluster, which is killing people in Philadelphia.
17"Olfactus"Paul ShapiroAngel Dean Lopez & Ildy ModrovichMarch 12, 2009 (2009-03-12)11.78
Four homicides during fashion week due to sudden fits of rage lead to Doctor Hood being asked to investigate.
18"Medea"Guy FerlandStephen GallagherApril 2, 2009 (2009-04-02)10.38
The Deputy Director of the FBI is accused of stealing a woman's child and Dr. Hood is the only one who believes her.

DVD release

Warner Brothers released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on October 20, 2009 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release and is available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. [9] The series is only available online as a pay-per-episode offering on Vudu.

Reception

Critical

Despite the absence of any supernatural or science fictional elements, some critics compared the series to The X-Files . [2] [10] Eleventh Hour debuted after CSI at 10:00 but at 11.6 million viewers retained only 50% of CSI's audience. The show came in second in its timeslot after the premiere of Life on Mars . Although Life on Mars lost 27% of its audience in its second week, Eleventh Hour gained numbers and saw a further gain in its third week, leading CBS to increase its script order. On December 2, 2008, TV Guide reported that CBS has ordered five additional scripts bringing the series’ total number of episodes to 18. [11] On Rotten Tomatoes, Eleventh Hour has an aggregate score of 35% based on 6 positive and 11 negative critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: "A cardboard cut-out drama that fails to wow, Eleventh Hour relies too heavily on formula and not enough in its star power." [12]

The Biotechnology Industry Organization launched a blog, EleventhHourFacts.com, which features subject matter experts discussing the scientific basis of each episode through video interviews, live episode blogging and posts. [13]

Ratings

SeasonTimeslot (EST)PremiereFinaleViewers
(in millions)
Rank
1Thursday 10:00 PM October 9, 2008April 2, 200912.11 [14] 22 [14]

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