Andromeda (TV series)

For the 1960s British series, see A for Andromeda.
Andromeda
Also known asGene Roddenberry's Andromeda
GenreScience fiction
Action
Created byGene Roddenberry
Developed byRobert Hewitt Wolfe
Written byRobert Hewitt Wolfe
Starring
ComposerMatthew McCauley[1]
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes110 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Allan Eastman
  • Majel Barrett
  • Jay Firestone
  • Adam Haight
  • Eric Gold
  • Kevin Sorbo
  • Robert Engels
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 2, 2000 (2000-10-02) –
May 13, 2005 (2005-05-13)
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Andromeda (formally titled Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda) is a space opera television series, based on unused material by Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett.[2] The series follows Kevin Sorbo as Captain Dylan Hunt of the Systems Commonwealth, an intergalactic government that presided over an extended period of peace and prosperity until its destruction from a rebellion led by the warmongering Nietzcheans and parasitic Magog. The series premiered on October 2, 2000, and ended on May 13, 2005.

Andromeda was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and produced by Andromeda Productions, Tribune Entertainment, Fireworks Entertainment[1] and MBR Productions.[3] In Canada, the show aired on Global Television Network (Fireworks' parent company) and ran in first-run broadcast syndication in the United States.

Andromeda is one of two television series (alongside Earth: Final Conflict) produced after Roddenberry's death based on concepts he had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s; Roddenberry died in 1991, nine years prior to the series premiere. The name Dylan Hunt had previously been used for the hero of two television pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s – Genesis II and Planet Earth – all of which shared a similar dystopian post-apocalyptic premise.

  1. ^ a b Zahed, Ramin (October 5, 2000). "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Lipper, Don (2000-11-01). "The Great Hen of the Galaxy Speaks". Space.com. Archived from the original on 2005-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  3. ^ Oei, Lily (January 31, 2003). "'Andromeda,' 'X' renewed". Variety. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.