Strange Luck

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Strange Luck
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Created by Karl Schaefer
Starring D. B. Sweeney
Pamela Gidley
Cynthia Martells
Frances Fisher
Composer Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesMT2 Services
Unreality, Inc.
New World Entertainment
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseSeptember 15, 1995 (1995-09-15) 
February 23, 1996 (1996-02-23)

Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on Fox, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper who constantly stumbles into unusual situations. The series aired on Fox from 1995 to 1996. A total of seventeen episodes were aired before the show was canceled due to low ratings. Reruns were shown briefly on the Sci Fi Channel in 1997. The series was initially slotted as a lead-in to The X-Files on Friday nights, and was largely shot in Canada like the show which followed it. [1]

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Plot

Chance Harper, a freelance photographer, is afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a restaurant, somebody chokes. If I walk into a bank, it gets robbed." Harper's strange luck began when, as a small child, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed everyone else aboard, including his mother and sister.

Cast

Production

Casting

D. B. Sweeney had been primarily a film actor before taking the role of Chance Harper. He did so because he had a series of unsuccessful low-budget films and decided to try his hand at television. He commented that "Fox has spent more time and money and effort promoting me and this show than all of my movies put together" [2]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Soul Survivor" David Carson Karl Schaefer September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15)
2"Over Exposure" David Jackson John J. Sakmar & Kerry LenhartSeptember 22, 1995 (1995-09-22)
3"Last Chance" Ralph Hemecker Michael Cassutt September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29)
4"She Was" Elodie Keene Karl SchaeferOctober 6, 1995 (1995-10-06)
5"Blind Man's Bluff"John McPherson Melinda M. Snodgrass October 13, 1995 (1995-10-13)
6"Angie's Turn" Greg Beeman Cathryn Michon October 20, 1995 (1995-10-20)
7"Hat Trick" Martha Mitchell Matt Dearborn November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03)
8"The Liver Wild"David JacksonJohn J. Sakmar & Kerry LenhartNovember 10, 1995 (1995-11-10)
9"Walk Away" James Whitmore Jr. Page TurnerNovember 17, 1995 (1995-11-17)
10"The Box" John T. Kretchmer Michael CassuttDecember 1, 1995 (1995-12-01)
11"Brothers Grim"Greg BeemanJohn J. Sakmar & Kerry LenhartDecember 8, 1995 (1995-12-08)
12"Trial Period"David JacksonMatt DearbornDecember 15, 1995 (1995-12-15)
13"Healing Hands"John T. KretchmerScott Smith MillerJanuary 5, 1996 (1996-01-05)
14"Wrong Number"Mark SobelMichael CassuttJanuary 19, 1996 (1996-01-19)
15"In Sickness and in Wealth" Scott Brazil Babs GreyhoskyFebruary 2, 1996 (1996-02-02)
16"Blinded by the Son"Jim CharlestonAndy Hedden & Rob Hedden February 9, 1996 (1996-02-09)
17"Struck by Lighting" Brad Turner Eric Overmyer February 23, 1996 (1996-02-23)

Awards

YearAssociationCategoryNominated artist/workResult
1996 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Sound Editing for a SeriesAndrew Spencer Dawson (supervising editor), Stacey Nakasone (dialogue editor), Rich Cusano (sound effects editor), Richard Webb (sound effects editor)
For episode "The Liver Wild".
Nominated

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